Gilles Francfort
Co-founder at Initium Watches- Claim this Profile
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Français Native or bilingual proficiency
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Espagnol Full professional proficiency
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Anglais Full professional proficiency
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Allemand Limited working proficiency
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Italien Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Christine Demen Meier
As a Marketing and Strategic Management of SMEs professor, I hereby certify having taught Strategic Management Business for Small Businesses and Strategic Marketing concepts and tools to Gilles while he was attending the Master Entrepreneuship Program at Fribourg. During this module, Gilles has shown curiosity, dynamism and creativity during classes and his dissertation. His analytical mind, his eagerness to learn and his professionalism helped him to deal with the pressure of these courses.
Christine Demen Meier
As a Marketing and Strategic Management of SMEs professor, I hereby certify having taught Strategic Management Business for Small Businesses and Strategic Marketing concepts and tools to Gilles while he was attending the Master Entrepreneuship Program at Fribourg. During this module, Gilles has shown curiosity, dynamism and creativity during classes and his dissertation. His analytical mind, his eagerness to learn and his professionalism helped him to deal with the pressure of these courses.
Christine Demen Meier
As a Marketing and Strategic Management of SMEs professor, I hereby certify having taught Strategic Management Business for Small Businesses and Strategic Marketing concepts and tools to Gilles while he was attending the Master Entrepreneuship Program at Fribourg. During this module, Gilles has shown curiosity, dynamism and creativity during classes and his dissertation. His analytical mind, his eagerness to learn and his professionalism helped him to deal with the pressure of these courses.
Christine Demen Meier
As a Marketing and Strategic Management of SMEs professor, I hereby certify having taught Strategic Management Business for Small Businesses and Strategic Marketing concepts and tools to Gilles while he was attending the Master Entrepreneuship Program at Fribourg. During this module, Gilles has shown curiosity, dynamism and creativity during classes and his dissertation. His analytical mind, his eagerness to learn and his professionalism helped him to deal with the pressure of these courses.
Credentials
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Coach Process Communication
Kahler Communications, Inc.Jul, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
Expert in Fine Watchmaking
Fondation de la Haute HorlogerieJun, 2017- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Initium Watches
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Switzerland
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Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-founder
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Mar 2015 - Present
Initium does not produce any collections or even models. Instead, we empower everyone to unleash their creativity in order to create their dream watch. For those reasons, we do not consider ourselves a watch brand, but rather ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking eager to share our passion and know-how of our watchmakers. Initium does not produce any collections or even models. Instead, we empower everyone to unleash their creativity in order to create their dream watch. For those reasons, we do not consider ourselves a watch brand, but rather ambassadors of Swiss watchmaking eager to share our passion and know-how of our watchmakers.
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Brasserie Les Combières
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Switzerland
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Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-fondateur
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Mar 2020 - Present
Les Combières is a craft brewery that we founded in la Vallée de Joux, cradle of high-end watchmaking and place of birth of its co-founders. We aim at making excellent home-made products while having fun. Our beers are named after the main founding families from our region and we love to make people laugh at our jokes and play on words. Les Combières is a craft brewery that we founded in la Vallée de Joux, cradle of high-end watchmaking and place of birth of its co-founders. We aim at making excellent home-made products while having fun. Our beers are named after the main founding families from our region and we love to make people laugh at our jokes and play on words.
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Audemars Piguet
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Switzerland
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Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
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700 & Above Employee
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Specialist Retail Development
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Sep 2016 - Aug 2019
Special sales and new concepts development VIP clients life-cycle managementBrand Ambassador program (events participation, training material, coaching)Development of two Apps in collaboration with the CRM department.
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Retail Project Coordinator
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Sep 2015 - Sep 2016
One-year mission to carry out a feasibility study for a new Retail concept, which lead to the actual "AP Houses" of the brand. Preparation of the implementation of the project by involving the departments and the necessary resources within the company.
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Responsable
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Sep 2010 - Sep 2012
Head of staffDevelopment of new concepts for events and partiesPromotion of the ClubRelationship with business partners and sponsors Head of staffDevelopment of new concepts for events and partiesPromotion of the ClubRelationship with business partners and sponsors
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Education
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2014 - 2015
HEC Lausanne - La Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l'Université de Lausanne
CAS, Marketing Management -
2012 - 2014
Haute école de gestion / Hochschule für Wirtschaft / School of Management Fribourg
Master of Science in Business Administration, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies -
2008 - 2008
Universitat de València
Semestre Erasmus, Filología hispánica e Historia catalana -
2006 - 2009
Université de Lausanne
Bachelor of Arts ès Lettres
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