Frédérick Caillaud
L'Oréal, France
Frédéric Caillaud joined L'Oréal in 1994 as Director of the Licensing and Business Development Department in charge of negotiating alliances, licensing and business development opportunities.
Prior to joining L'Oréal, he spent seven years working as Licensing and Business Development Director for Fournier Pharma following 4 years as Director of a genetic engineering Dpt for Rhône-Poulenc Pharma.
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 related to licensing matters, patent monetization, patent analytics and rating systems in Europe, USA and Japan. He has created a 2 weeks Licensing course dedicated to Licensing executives 4 years ago which is a great success. Past President of LES France but still member of the Board, he is a member of the CSPI (an IP advisory committee reporting to the Ministry of Industry) and is currently managing its Monetization committee. He advised the CERTT European committee in charge of building-up a framework to qualify Technology Transfer officers on a transnational level and with a mutual recognition in Europe. He was Governor of the Board of CLP Inc (body in charge of defining certification standards for Tech transfer professional) and he is participating to the EUKTS EU project whose aim is to create a certification for tech transfer professionals in Europe. He is an advisor to the French Ministry of Research. He has been an active member of the Committee in charge of recommending a French policy with respect to Patent monetisation.He has created an international Club whose aim is the evaluation of the new tools that are emerging in order to better analyze, map and rate patents. He is currently collaborating with several international entities (public and private) in order to develop a suitable patent rating system.
