Improver

John Egan

CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas. Chairman at L’Atelier Asia. Board Member at IDATE. Board Member at ANU productions. Senior advisor to Sfermion and Emeritus. Contributor to Forbes, Business insider, Wired.

France

I am the CEO at L'Atelier BNP Paribas, a foresight business identifying investable opportunities at the intersection of technological and social change.

Previously, I led the institutional business at London based VC firm Anthemis Group. Prior to joining Anthemis, I founded and sold two engineering companies and a capital markets startup, earning a number of entrepreneurship awards in the process.

I was also the CEO of Swiss Network, Sandbox.
I have authored and contributed to numerous books and reports on Innovation theory and the future of retail banking published by Harriman House, Gill & McMillan and Lafferty.

I am Irish, based in Paris, having previously worked in London, New York and Zurich.

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Experience:

• CEO (Thousand Network)
• CEO (L'Atelier BNP Paribas)
• Head of Institutional Advisory (Anthemis Group)
• ABS Analyst (Bank of Ireland Corporate and Markets)
• CEO (WellerGroup)

Skills:

• Corporate Fundraising
• Strategic Planning
• Business Analysis
• Foresight
• Partnerships
• strategy
• Finance
• Public Speaking
• New Business Development
• Business Development
• Turnaround Experience
• Strategy
• Economics
• Recruiting
• Cost Reduction
• Business Strategy
• Board of Directors
• Management
• Media Relations
• Balance Sheet
• Futures Thinking
• Leadership
• P & L Oversight
• Retail Banking
• Management Consulting
• Restructuring
• P&L Management
• Banking Technologies
• Change Management
• FinTech
• Financial Services
• Banking Solutions
• Economic Forecasting
• Banking
• Entrepreneurship
• Team Leadership
• Fundraising
• Start-ups
• Strategic Partnerships
• Financial Markets
• Executive Management
• New Venture Development
• Organizational Leadership
• Investments
• Venture Financing
• Portfolio Management
• Venture Capital