Francis Jacquerye

WORLD LEADER IN CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF WIND FARMS. Plant Engineering: Contributed to team effort to increase by more than 50% the company’s volume of projects in Central and Northern Europe; by overseeing the cost estimate, configuration and installation of automation solutions.

CONSULTANT IN WATCH DEVELOPMENT. Contributed to 40% yearly growth and overseas market entry by bringing optimisations to branding strategy and consolidating the collections portfolio, and by suggesting improvements for cost optimisation. Facilitated the acquisition of IP and retainment of selected staff. • Nordgreen • NUUN Official • Patria Watch • Festina Candino • Techné • Movado Group MGI

EU LEADER, HYBRID WATCHES. Steered the product positioning, design workflow, detailing of colour, material and finishing (CMF) and design for manufacturing. Co-led supplier scouting and setup of supply chain, for production of 60,000 watches by year 2.

PREMIUM CORE, SWITZERLAND'S TOP 5 WATCHMAKER. Contributed to a double digit growth by creating new collections and standardising the design process from concept to mass production launch. Commissioned by CEO to submit reports on competitive intelligence.

DOMESTIC LEADER, CONSUMER MARKET WATCHES. Contributed to a double digit growth, by supervising the development and bi-annual launch of watches and costume jewellery for fashion licences. Handled trends monitoring and research for new materials.

WEB DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. Contributed to doubling the volume of projects, by developing proprietary HTML4 standard-compliant content management software (CMS).

WEB DESIGN AGENCY. Contributed to doubling the studio team size by training and supervising junior staff and interns.

DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF INTERIORS FURNITURE Contributed to the business expansion from B2C to B2B by cutting the development lead time in half, while improving quality.

Industrial Design

Bachelor's degree in Design