Frédérick Caillaud

L'Oréal, France

Frédéric Caillaud joined INPI (French Patent Office) on April 2015 as Director of Innovation in charge of developing IP awareness, IP landscaping and IP rating. Prior to joining INPI, he was Director of the Licensing and Business Development Department at L’Oréal for 20 years, Licensing and Business Development Director at Fournier Pharma for 7 years and Director of a Genetic engineering Dpt for Rhône-Poulenc Pharma (4 years). 

Frédéric Caillaud is a Medical Doctor and received a Ph. D. in Genetic engineering from the Pasteur Institute of Paris. He is a postgraduate in Strategic Management from HEC School of Management and is one of the first certified licensing professional (CLP). 

He is regularly giving lectures and courses (125 until now) related to licensing matters, Open innovation, IP strategic management, patent analytics and rating systems in Europe, USA and Japan. He has created a Licensing course dedicated to Licensing Executives 7 years ago which is a great success. 

He is an advisor to several French and European policy makers and is one of the founder of EuKTS (not for profit association in charge of accrediting Tech Transfer trainers and certifying TT professionals)