Benjamin Vallat

Benjamin Vallat began their career in 2003 as an Assistant Product Manager for Laundry Detergent at Henkel, a leading CPG company with 50,000 employees. Benjamin was then promoted to Product Manager for Laundry Detergent, where they were the European project leader for the 2007 full product range re-launch across Western Europe, launched the Mir Delicates brand, and negotiated and managed a marketing budget of $5M/year. In 2008, they joined Gameloft as a Director of Business Development & Sales for North America, where they led Telco/OEM business and B2C marketing initiatives ($60M/year), developed Google and Amazon app stores' revenues (x5), and managed the US team. Benjamin was then promoted to Senior Director of Global Platforms, where they were in charge of WW strategic partnerships and C-level relationships with major tech platforms. In 2014, they joined Zeepro as the Chief Operating Officer, where they led a talented team who delivered the first batch of smart 3D printers, developed state-of-the-art cloud platform, and established strategic partnerships. In 2015, they joined Amazon as a Vice President of Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, and M&A at Twitch, where they were an ExCom member (L8). Benjamin led global/worldwide BusDev, Strategic Partnerships (Ops & Engineering), Developer Relations/Advocacy and Merger&Acquisition teams. In 2018, they became an Advisor at the World Economic Forum. In 2020, they joined Gojob as DG Adjoint - COO, leading and scaling sales/revenue/marketing/operations/analytics teams across countries.

Benjamin Vallat attended Prepa HEC - Danielou from 1998 to 2000 and obtained an Msc in Management from ESSEC Business School from 2000 to 2004, with a focus on Strategy, Finance, Sales & Marketing.