Experience

Ludovic de Saint Sernin

• France
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager (Int.)

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Paris, Île-de-France, France



VAN EEDEN buro

• France
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • May 2021 - Present

  With VAN EEDEN buro I mostly assist emerging brands in developing general strategy, brand platforming, financial management, and operations. I further cover commercial and supply chain optimisation, and mediate between brands and financial partners. VAN EEDEN buro also provides me with a platform for lecturing, courses, or other types of collaboration with educational institutions in art and fashion across Europe.



CARVEN

• France
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CMO & Consultant to CEO

  • Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

  Paris, Île-de-France, France



MARINE SERRE

• France
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

• Co-founder & Managing Director

  • Feb 2017 - Sep 2019

  Paris, Ile-de-France, France During my collaboration with Marine Serre the brand went through to three years of hyper-growth. We started from scratch and ended 2020 with over 15M in annual turnover and employing a 60+ team. Essentially, I accompanied Marine's talent in design and creative direction by taking care of brand strategy and business development. Key takeaways: ** Strategic positioning: defining brand DNA, seasonal themes, brand signifiers and overall image politics in close collaboration with Marine.… Show more During my collaboration with Marine Serre the brand went through to three years of hyper-growth. We started from scratch and ended 2020 with over 15M in annual turnover and employing a 60+ team. Essentially, I accompanied Marine's talent in design and creative direction by taking care of brand strategy and business development. Key takeaways: ** Strategic positioning: defining brand DNA, seasonal themes, brand signifiers and overall image politics in close collaboration with Marine. ** Leading and developing the brand's daily operations: internal infrastructure, ERP, and HR acquisition and management. ** Commercial development -- wholesale and B2C -- and setting up digital and non-digital marketing operations. ** The brand's textual output: collection discourses, sales narratives, press kits, etc. ** Finance and Business development: seting up and managing the brand's analytical accountancy, Treasury, key KPI's, Business Plans, while obtaining a range of short- and longer term credit lines to secure cashflow. ** Optimising supply chain, production and collection merchandising: product coding systems, sell-through analysis, OTB, warehousing, delivery dates, budgets and relations with manufacturers and raw material suppliers.



Université libre de Bruxelles

• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Research Fellow

  • Aug 2014 - Jul 2018

  Brussels Metropolitan Area I was awarded funding from the Belgian state scientific research fund FNRS in 2014, entering the Université libre de Bruxelles as a doctoral researcher in the political sciences, reporting to prof. Jean-Michel Dewaele. In the years that followed, I published a series of three peer-reviewed articles, acquainted myself with actor-network theory (ANT), deepened my skills on discourse analysis, and drafted and presented numerous working papers at conferences in the US and Europe. I would further… Show more I was awarded funding from the Belgian state scientific research fund FNRS in 2014, entering the Université libre de Bruxelles as a doctoral researcher in the political sciences, reporting to prof. Jean-Michel Dewaele. In the years that followed, I published a series of three peer-reviewed articles, acquainted myself with actor-network theory (ANT), deepened my skills on discourse analysis, and drafted and presented numerous working papers at conferences in the US and Europe. I would further cover semestrial lecture series on theory and methodology in political science, in support of the final thesis of the ULB’s master students. My biggest academic achievement came, perhaps, when I convened an international conference at ULB, hosting several MEPs next to the leading international scholars in the field of environmentalism in Eastern Europe. Show less



European Greens

• Belgium
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager & Assistant of General Secretary

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2013

  Brussels Metropolitan Area I made my step from Amsterdam to Brussels in 2012, where I came to report to Jacqueline Cremers, then the Secretary-General of the organization. Besides a range of operational and practical tasks, I monitored and advised her on (aspiring) member parties. I picked up on a skill set ranging from managing politically delicate processes and strategic communication, to a smooth rolling out of political events.



International Foundation GroenLinks

• Netherlands
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant International Relations

  • Oct 2010 - Jun 2012

  Utrecht, Netherlands In 2010 I applied for an assistantship at the think-tank De Helling. As the assistant of the organization's International Relations director, I organized and attended meetings, congresses and seminars across Europe, focused on environmental policies and politics in the EU and its neighbouring countries.