Herve Didier

Current

CEO & Owner at Keep Essentials Sports Network

Past

Professor at EDHEC Business School
Marketing Manager at Decathlon
Founder & CEO at Sportinfive.com

Project Manager at General Electric
Project Finance Associate at Credit National
Auditor at Salustro-Reydel

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Education

Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)
Essec Business School Paris
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

Lycée du Parc - Lyon
Lycée Gérard de Nerval - Soissons

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Connections

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Industry

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Herve Didier’s Summary

With some of the most respected brands in online sports communities in Europe, Keep Essentials Sport Network consists of 100 000 registered members who fuel some of the most dynamic sports talk on the web.

Keep Essentials Sports Network's portfolio includes a dozen action-specific websites that range from Football to Diving to Snowboarding, including the largest Skateboarding and Mountainbiking communities in France, and the second largest BMX, Diving and Sport Travelling online communities.

2.0 Million sports enthusiasts choose every month Keep Essentials Sports Network communities because they know they will find like-minded enthusiasts to engage in intelligent sports discussion, which makes us a premium place for top sports brands and major advertising agencies.

Find out more about Keep Essentials Sports Network on our corporate website : http://www.keep-essentials.com

On a more personal basis, I offer informations, studies, advice and useful resources on E-commerce, Web Marketing, Online Media and Internet Start-Ups. All details are here : http://www.hervedidier.com.

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Herve Didier’s Specialties:

Web marketing, online advertising, sport brands, Internet, e-commerce, sports online media, sports communities, sports networks, football, action sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, tennis, cycling, mountainbiking, diving, horseriding...

Herve Didier’s Experience

CEO & Owner

Keep Essentials Sports Network

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

June 2005 — Present (3 years 4 months)

With some of the most respected brands in online sports communities in European countries, Keep Essentials network consists of 100 000 registered members who fuel some of the most dynamic sports talk on the web.

Keep Essentials' portfolio includes a dozen action-specific websites that range from Football to Diving to Snowboarding, including the largest Skateboarding and Mountainbiking communities in France, and the second largest BMX, Horseriding, Diving and Sport Travelling online communities.

+ 2.0 Million sports enthusiasts choose every month Keep Essentials communities because they know they will find like-minded enthusiasts to engage in intelligent sports discussion.
Professor

EDHEC Business School

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

March 2004 — July 2008 (4 years 5 months)
Marketing Manager

Decathlon

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)

June 2001 — March 2004 (2 years 10 months)
Founder & CEO

Sportinfive.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

August 1999 — June 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Project Manager

General Electric

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

August 1997 — September 1999 (2 years 2 months)

Assignments in France, England and the Netherlands : FP&A Analyst for GE Capital European Equipment Finance France, FP&A Analyst for GE Capital Automotive Financial Services - SOVAC, Systems Analyst for GE Capital EEF Europe, Quality Analyst for GE Capital TIP Europe, Quality Manager and Ebusiness Initiative Leader for GE Assurances France.
Project Finance Associate

Credit National

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

March 1995 — August 1997 (2 years 6 months)
Auditor

Salustro-Reydel

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

June 1993 — January 1994 (8 months)

Herve Didier’s Education

Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)

DEA, Marketing, 2003 — 2004
Essec Business School Paris

1992 — 1995
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

MBA, Business Administration, 1994 — 1994
Lycée du Parc - Lyon

Classes préparatoires - Hautes Etudes Commerciales 1991 — 1992
Lycée Gérard de Nerval - Soissons

Baccalauréat C 1988 — 1991