Philippe is an intra and entrepreneur in business building services. He has over 25 years of international experience spanning from consulting, to building (disruptive) technology ventures, and more recently in investing ventures in key B2B spaces.
He started his career in consulting in Paris and London with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman), to join McKinsey&Company in Brussels in 1995. He was elected Partner in 2000, and focused on marketing, sales and innovation across several industries. He then started a second phase of his career by ideating, designing, launching and leading McKinsey Solutions, from late 2006 to early 2015. As founder and global leader of the division, he went through all the steps of this innovative and disruptive venture, bringing it to more than 1,500 dedicated professionals globally, with over 20 dedicated partners, and more than 40 individual solutions, of which a third were based on some form of collaboration with, investment into or acquisition of an external venture. These Solutions are now an integer part of McKinsey’s global client service offerings.
Prior to leaving McKinsey to set up his own company, The Bridge, Philippe helped set up and lead McKinsey Scale Ups, McKinsey’s efforts to help fast growing tech companies in Europe and in Israel achieve higher performance, and more importantly, improve collaboration with corporates.
He finds his professional passion in working as a bridge between corporates and start-ups, between markets and innovation ecosystems, and between selected service providers (including investors) and those needing support. He joined SPDG in 2018 as Chief Investment Officer, where he leverages his extensive experience as a consultant and especially as a venture builder to guide the company’s investment activities, and actively helps the portfolio companies improve their performance.
Philippe is also a Marketing Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, and a co-founder of Teach for Belgium. He also serves on the Boards of other entrepreneurial endeavors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Commercial Engineering from Solvay, and an MBA from INSEAD.
He lives in Brussels with his wife and 3 children. He is a drummer, a long-distance runner and tennis player. He speaks French, English, Spanish, Dutch and conversational Hebrew.
