Octave Auger

Bis 2022, VP Growth, EMEA, upGrad

London, Vereinigtes Königreich

Über mich

As a marketing & growth leader with experience in SaaS, consumer services and marketplaces across B2C and B2B, I have been an integral part to the rise of some of the most successful scale-ups in Europe such as Paddle (in the top 10 fastest growing UK startups for the last 4 years), GoCardless (now a unicorn) and Skrill (fastest growing PE-backed company in Europe at the time, now a unicorn). I combine a deep understanding of the journey between early product market fit and scale with a well-rounded, revenue-focused marketing and growth skill-set across the European and US markets, and a strong ability to build high performing, cohesive teams.

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Berufserfahrung von Octave Auger

  • 1 Jahr und 4 Monate, Mai 2021 - Aug. 2022

    VP Growth, EMEA

    upGrad

  • 1 Jahr und 7 Monate, Okt. 2019 - Apr. 2021

    VP Growth

    Lyvly

    Reporting into the CEO as part of the executive team at Lyvly, a shared living startup re-inventing renting in large cities, I am responsible for overall revenue growth, marketing and consumer sales, managing a team of 9.

  • 2 Jahre und 7 Monate, Apr. 2017 - Okt. 2019

    Vice President (VP), Marketing

    Paddle

    Joined Paddle, the Revenue Delivery Platform and amongst the 5 fastest growing SaaS startups in the UK, to build their marketing function from scratch, overseeing growth, brand and product marketing. Helped scale from $100k to $1m MRR, and from 30 to 140 people, raising over $20m.

  • 2 Jahre und 3 Monate, März 2014 - Mai 2016

    European Growth Lead

    GoCardless Ltd

    Joined early when GoCardless, now a fintech unicorn, was only a team of 30 to help one of the two major growth plans, the European expansion where I played a succession of roles to plan the Go-To-Market strategy, enter the first market in France, and coordinate the rest of the expansion.

  • 5 Jahre und 2 Monate, Dez. 2008 - Jan. 2014

    VP Consumer Business

    Skrill / Moneybookers

    Joined the leading B2B payment provider as employee #100 as Senior Marketer and quickly became responsible for the newly launched consumer product, promoted 3 times to become the 2nd youngest VP, reporting to the co-CEO. Built a €10m/year B2C business from scratch, up to a €600m exit.

  • 1 Jahr, Nov. 2007 - Okt. 2008

    co-CEO

    GameGoods International

    GameGoods is the European leader in virtual goods for online gaming with a €10m annual turnover and 40 employees - Turned the company profitable - Acquired a competitor - Grew revenues via strategic partnerships and new services

  • 8 Monate, Apr. 2007 - Nov. 2007

    Country Manager France

    GameGoods International

    Responsible for online marketing and business development of the French market for GameGoods, in Cologne (Germany)

Ausbildung von Octave Auger

  • 10 Monate, Sep. 2005 - Juni 2006

    Strategic Management

    HEC Paris

  • 4 Jahre und 11 Monate, Sep. 2000 - Juli 2005

    Energetics and Environment

    INSA Lyon

Sprachen

  • Englisch

    Fließend

  • Französisch

    Muttersprache

  • Deutsch

    Gut

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