Paris, Île-de-France, France
Emmanuel brings 20 years of experience leading large-scale global organisations paired with 3 years of startup experience, driving global expansion and implementing new business models. His achievements include the explosion of iflix’s adoption across South-East Asia to reach 25M active users and the launch of Disney’s first ever multi- content direct-to-consumer digital subscription service in the UK, namely DisneyLife. Emmanuel is capable of oscillating between business model strategic thinking and detailed technology oriented implementation. Emmanuel Frenehard is a passionate, determined and efficient executive known for high capacity to get work done while applying his “cutting edge” technology expertise to both support and lead business strategy. Intelligent and confident, Emmanuel has established himself as a technology oriented executive and reliable partner with high standards who shows up as a business leader not just a functional expert. His extensive experience in leading international technology organizations, proven track record of delivering results through collaboration, and high degree of learning agility position him well for broad “techno-centric business leader” advisory roles.
As Chief Digital Officer, Emmanuel oversees Sanofi’s digital, data and technology strategy to help transform the practice of medicine, empower healthcare professionals, and better serve patients. Our aim is to build the first bio pharma powered by artificial intelligence at scale.
Lead Digital Products, the Sanofi Accelerator and Digital Commerce initiatives to launch best-in-class experiences and help redefine digital healthcare.
As Chief Technology Officer, Emmanuel is responsible for iflix’s global consumer experience which spans from technology strategy and operations to content acquisitions, marketing and programming. In his capacity, Emmanuel also oversees iflix’s own content production function which creates iflix Originals. He oversees a team of technology professionals that span multiple geographies and is based with the leadership team in Kuala Lumpur. iflix is the largest premium & local first OTT platform across South-East Asia, based out of Malaysia. Under Emmanuel’s leadership, iflix user base has more than tripled the monthly active users to 17M today, the business model has evolved to support freemium ad supported monetisation, the user experience is fully personalised with a proprietary recommendation engine and consumers are able to purchase iflix VIP through more payment options than ever before.
As Senior Vice President and Chief Information & Technology Officer, Emmanuel was responsible for Disney International’s technology strategy and operations across all subsidiaries of The Walt Disney Company in Europe, Middle-East, Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Latin America. In addition, he was part of the team leading Disney’s digital strategy across International. He had direct accountability for a number of direct to consumer technology initiatives which include the recent launch of Disney’s first multi-content subscription service DisneyLife in the UK, video platforms for web and mobile, e-Commerce solutions, monetization thru advertising as well as deeper consumer insights thru business intelligence.
Previously, Emmanuel served as Vice President & Chief Information Officer for Walt Disney International. In this position he was responsible for Information Technology services including strategy and planning, infrastructure, common applications and support operations. He led a team focused on implementing IT shared services strategies to drive business results and eliminate inefficiencies. He lead and motivated successful technology professionals in multi-lingual, multi-cultural and distributed environments to deliver flexible technology services.
Responsibility for setting the overall IT strategy and operations for Walt Disney International, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Define an international IT strategy and roadmap across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Implement common operational processes. Design international cost recovery models.
Managed the largest IT initiative within Walt Disney International to modernize and standardize the infrastructure for all subsidiaries outside of North America. Defined a strategy to optimize the cost structure for IT operations. Represent the International division of The Walt Disney Company with enterprise boards such as the Architecture Board and the Security Board.
Senior consultant specialized in the implementation of Oracle E-business Applications. Lead team of consultants in one of the largest Oracle E-business suite implementation for a division of the French Ministry of Defense. Implementation of ERP solutions alongside shared services to maximize returns and create long term efficiences.