Previously Pierre-Jean was a lecturer at the London College of Fashion and a coach at the Advanced Leadership Initiative Program of Harvard University. He also served as an expert and judge in startup competitions, mainly at MIT Delta V / GFSA and the Harvard Business School New Venture Competition. Prior to academia, he was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Citi Ventures, founder of a FinTech startup and long-time banking intrapreneur, his last role being Chief of Staff to the COO at HSBC Private Bank. He also co-founded “IDDEA” Startup Accelerator, the first contest and training program for aspiring entrepreneurs in French-speaking Switzerland.Pierre-Jean earned an MBA as a Sloan Fellow from MIT and also holds a BBA from HEC School of Management – University of Liège, an MSc in Marketing Management from Vlerick Business School and an MSc in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi.