Frederic SIMON

Global Head of Sales of Convera and CEO of Convera Europe

Paris, Île-de-France, France

About

Managing Director with 25 years of senior experience in business development, sales and marketing in technology and financial services. Strong business development skills in B2B with special focus on the payment industry. Large international exposure with more than 8 years living abroad (Spain, Russia, Singapore, Canada and the USA). Specialties: P&L management, building sales network, market analysis, product strategy, pricing, negotiation, team management

Experience

  • Convera (Luxembourg)
    • Global Head of Sales
      Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Vice President, B2B Segment
      Jul 2023 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr

  • Chief Executive Officer at Convera Europe
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Western Union Business Solutions (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
    • Regional Vice President, Europe
      Jan 2019 - Jun 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible in Europe for Western Union Business Solutions, a world class provider of payment solutions and foreign exchange services, targeting SMEs and large corporations.

    • Regional Director, Western & Southern Europe
      Jan 2016 - Dec 2018 · 3 yrs

      Responsible in Europe for Western Union Business Solutions, a world class provider of payment solutions and foreign exchange services, targeting both SMEs and large corporations.

    • Country Director, France
      Aug 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for Western Union Business Solutions in France, a world class provider of payment solutions and foreign exchange services, targeting both SMEs and large corporations.

  • Managing Director, EMEA region at FIME
    Feb 2009 - Jul 2014 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Responsible for FIME EMEA, a 20 M€ Business Unit of FIME, part of Orange Business Services, recognized as a global leader of test solutions and certification services in smartcard, contactless, RFID and NFC technologies

  • Group Marketing Director (based in Barcelona) at Ingenico
    Feb 2003 - Sep 2007 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    Led the global marketing function for Ingenico (leading electronic payment solutions provider, 90 countries, 560M€ turnover) including product strategy, long-term roadmap, sales strategy along with regional managers, business development, business support and operational marketing activities.