Pascal Coppens
Lecturer at London Business School
Schools
- London Business School
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Biography
London Business School
Pascal Coppens is the expert in all things innovation and Day After Tomorrow in China, rooted in his deep understanding of the country as a sinologist. He is an entrepreneur at heart with more than 20 years of experience in China and Silicon Valley.
Pascal has employed, partnered and competed with hundreds of Chinese innovators. Armed with a degree in Business Engineering from Solvay Business School he started his career with Alcatel in Shanghai, and – after an intense period in Silicon Valley at Wind River Systems and Polycore Software (which he co-founded) – he returned to China and later founded Letsface to build the first offline digital community platform for premium brands.
Currently, Pascal is an inspiring international keynote speaker and partner at nexxworks and author of the book China’s New Normal, which offers sensational insights into business and technology in China and their potential for the rest of the world.
Work experience
- nexxworks Partner
- London Business School Visiting Lecturer
- Sinnolabs Director Europe
- Letsface Founder and CEO
- Sundance Asia ltd. CEO
- PolyCore Software VP Marketing
- Wind River Systems
- Product Marketing Manager
- Business Development Manager, Platforms Business Unit, Asia Pacific
- Eonic Systems Export Manager South East Asia
- Exotic Plant and Forpex Belgium Export Manager, China
Education
- Solvay Brussels School Bachelor Handelsingenieur
- EU-China Junior Managers Training Program EU Training Degree Chinese, Business
- Beijing Foreign Studies University Chinese Language and Business
- Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing Level A Language Training Chinese Language
- State University of Ghent, Belgium Master Oriental Languages and Cultures, major Chinese
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel Bachelor Business Engineering
- State University of Ghent, Belgium Bachelor Oriental Languages and Cultures, major in Chinese
- Don BoscoCollege Zwijnaarde
Videos
Should Zalando be worried by SHEIN in Europe? Can SHEIN business model prevail in the West?
China's game plan for this decade - Pascal Coppens
How China has built for 40 years to start leading innovation globally - Pascal's China Lens week 54
How poor is China still? - Pascal's China Lens week 16
Should the coronavirus scare us? - Pascal Coppens
Can we trust Huawei? - Pascal Coppens
Can Tencent challenge Disney? The world's biggest entertainment company is Chinese.
Keynote: Retail innovations in China - Pascal Coppens
SAS Virtual Fridays - China's Never Normal - Pascal Coppens
Apple versus Xiaomi - Who has the best offer that we can't refuse?
How will China feed 1.4 billion people? China's next big boom: AgriTech and FoodTech.
What is China's most innovative company? - Pascal's China Lens week 9
Zalando versus SHEIN - by Steven Van Belleghem and Pascal Coppens
How China reinvents global e-commerce with C2M on Pascal's China Lens week 45
Interview Microsoft - Brussels 12/2019 - Pascal Coppens
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