Frederic Di Monte

As a workstream Project Manager / Consultant (self-employed) for the CEFLEX consortium (> 160 companies from the Flexible Packaging value chain), I help to make flexible packaging circular in Europe and beyond.: initiatives related to packaging design, collecting/sorting/recycling infrastructure improvement, end-market mapping & creation for recycled polymers, new technology assessment, circularity metrics development (From data gathering & analysis to cross-industrial collaborative teamwork coordination).

I help international companies to reinvent themselves & create new ventures with sustainability-driven innovation. From strategic thinking to fast operational implementation, I orchestrate teamwork with their teams & external actors - with agility & bringing broader perspectives (DACH, Nordics, Benelux, France - ROW online). (mindset change/eco-innovation training, green strategic planning, green products & business models creation & roll out, open innovation, new markets identification, digitalisation)

Circular Scout 24 is an online exchange and service platform for a community of talented circular economy makers and socially responsible corporations. Its purpose is to enable the sharing of ideas about circular ways to reshape business and life and trigger collaborations on circular projects

EIMEA P&L owner (XXm€) and flexible packaging team leader. Driving sales growth and shaping the organisation for growth in EIMEA through investment in production capacity, application testing capabilities, expert hiring and product range expansion. Strategy development

Pendula is digitalizing the recycling industry (mein-recycling.de) - Mentoring the CEO on business strategy, startup ramp up and financing. - Supported initial products and business models iterations - Enabled winning the startup week-end Hamburg competition and joining the Climate-Kic accelerator program from the European Union. - Angel investment pre-seed round (1m€ seed round closed in April 2018)

Developing H.B. Fuller´s strategy for Flexible Packaging in EIMEA. Leading strategic business initiatives (production transfer) and project teams. Managing NPI projects.

Leading the "Day In the Life Of the Customers" program (Design Thinking / Customer journey approach). Facilitating Innovation workshops (Brainstorming method). Leading major global and regional innovations projects from ideation to commercialization (Stage Gate). Strategic marketing for Adhesive Coated Technologies.

Leading the introduction of a disruptive technology in EIMEA (new adhesive form & application equipment - food & beverage packaging) • VOC • Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning • Strategy, business case, communication plan, training development. • Gaining buy-in – stage gate. • Gaining beta-testing partners • EIMEA commercial launch. Innovation and strategic marketing champion Leading an initiative on megatrends-driven strategic planning. (training, workshop, ideation)

FD Marketing helps chemical companies to acquire and implement a more integrated Marketing, Sales, Intellectual Property and New Products Development approach and to fast track projects. Projects completed: Lanxess specialty chemicals: fast-paced design, IT development and implementation of a Global Sales CRM module / Exploring markets outside of core businesses. SpecialChem consulting: redaction of a series of articles on innovation and new products launches.

Commercial assessment of biochemicals / bioplastics. • Global market / industry analysis. • Potential partners assessment. • Formulation of a go-to-market strategy.

- Coordinating new business development projects between R&D, sales and agro-industrial and paper customers to trial and asses the market for new products. - Global coordination of a 180m$ key account (notably with Asian and South American teams). Improved service through better communication between marketing, sales, production, logistic, R&D teams.

- Leading a new product development cross-functional / multicultural task force which launched in Europe a new chemical product in 3 months (market research, strategy formulation and product positioning, internal selling of the business plan, negotiation of a co-branding and distribution contract with a partner company). - Marketing advisor (billion scale investment review). - Managed a portfolio of French multiple-industries borates customers.

- Macro-economic analysis, business intelligence, marketing reporting. - Company representative in the industry associations and forums. - Management of a portfolio of nickel and molybdenum customers (chemicals, steel and alloys sectors).

Marketing Internship. Set-up co-marketing initiatives between IBM and French / Belgian midrange servers distributors (packaged offers, loyalty program, trade fairs).

Leading digital transformation, digital platform strategies, digital execution (lean, sprint, hackathon, etc)

• Courses held in the USA / Hong Kong / Germany. • Personal focus on topics related to marketing, innovation, bio-based chemicals start-ups and business in Asia.

• Courses held in the USA / Hong Kong / Germany. • Personal focus on topics related to marketing, innovation, bio-based chemicals start-ups and business in Asia.

• 6 months Erasmus in Sweden as part of M.Sc program ESC Bordeaux / Kedge Business School

• Major: Marketing and Sales. • Third year at Uppsala University–Sweden (international / services marketing). • VP and Communication manager of a student-lead firm. People, market research projects management.