Laurence Mahéo has 25 years' experience in the technology, digital and innovation sectors, gained as a consultant and then Managing Director of international executive search firms. She worked in France and the USA for Heidrick & Struggles, based in Paris and then in their Menlo Park, Palo Alto, California office.
On her return from the USA, she joined Whitehead Mann in Paris in 2005 to strengthen the Technology practice. She participated in the launch of the Private Equity practice in Continental Europe, of which she became a very active member. After Whitehead Mann was acquired by Korn Ferry, where she stayed for two years, she joined Leaders Trust, where she was the youngest partner, specializing in digital and technology. In 2015, she joined Pedersen & Partners as Country Manager to develop their presence in France.
Since September 2021, she has headed the Paris office of H.I. Executive Consulting, an international executive search firm specializing in the digital, technology, private equity and professional services sectors.
Each year, Laurence leads a pro-bono research project, which is what led her to meet and collaborate with Claire Mounier-Véhier in spring 2018.
A member of the Blue Sky business angels fund since 2007, Laurence graduated from the University of Lille I with a Master's degree in International Business.
Thierry Drilhon has 35 years of experience in the fields of technology, digital transformation, and innovation acquired as an international director for companies like Microsoft, where he was Deputy General Manager, and Cisco Systems, where he became CEO France in 2000, EMEA President, then Senior Vice President based in Paris and San Francisco, and member of the Global Executive Committee. In 2012, [...]
Claire Mounier-Vehier is a cardiologist. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Lille 2 in 1991, she discovered cardiovascular disease in women at the Lille University Hospital, and this was to be her life's work. Appointed University Professor - Hospital Practitioner in Vascular Medicine in 2003, she has been Head of the Vascular Medicine and Hypertension Department at [...]
Geneviève Plu-Bureau is professor of gynecology and holds a PhD in biomathematics. A graduate of the department of medicine at Paris Descartes University, she began her clinical practice in Paris at Necker-Enfants Malades hospital, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris hospital and Cochin-Port-Royal hospital. She currently directs the gynecology department at Port-Royal hospital in Paris. She also conducts research [...]