Elie is passionate about helping partners to manage the development of global innovative solutions, with always a “souci” of excellence, his unique French touch.
Elie has joined Ernst & Young in 2005 to coordinate European R&D projects activities in Europe and in the US. He has lead a center of excellence managing global innovative projects from initiation to completion. During the last 12 years, Elie has played a major role in several medium and large scale collaborative projects. Elie is also an active member in technology platforms, and European Commission review panels.
Elie left Ernst & Young in the last quarter of 2011 to dedicate his time to his new business development scheme, The Open Innovation Platform.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Elie served as a managing director at ARTTIC (Applied Research Transfer Technology Industrial Collaboration) and developed the Israeli branch of this European consultancy agency (2001-2005). Before his experience at ARTTIC, Elie was in charge of strategic management advisory at L'Oreal Israel.
Elie holds a Post-MBA in Communication, an MBA, and a BA in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, France.
Outside of work, Elie is a big fan of interior design. He is also a tennis coach getting inspiration from Roger Federer.