Benoit Bergeret (Ben)

Benoit Bergeret is a prominent AI expert and academic leader currently serving as Executive Director of ESSEC Business School’s Metalab for Data, Technology, and Society and President of strategies.ai.148 His career spans entrepreneurship, corporate leadership, and policy advisory roles, with a focus on advancing AI adoption and governance.

Key Roles and Contributions

• Academic Leadership: Leads ESSEC’s Metalab, fostering interdisciplinary research and education in AI, data science, and societal impacts. He has expanded AI-related coursework, including a new B.Sc. in AI, data science, and management.47
• Entrepreneurship: A serial entrepreneur with ventures like Realeyes3D (mobile AI vision) and Qipit (document capture for smartphones). He co-founded Hub France IA, a non-profit driving France’s AI ecosystem.13
• Policy and Advisory Work: Advises governments (e.g., French Tech Mission, OECD) and corporations on AI strategy. He contributed to France’s national AI and metaverse strategies and serves on the OECD’s AI Futures Working Group.12
• Corporate Experience: Held C-level roles at Bull, IBM, Lucent Technologies, and Vinci, specializing in AI commercialization and corporate turnaround.18

Education and Expertise

• Educated in computer science and AI applications (Compiègne University of Technology).3
• Certified AI and data diagnostic expert by bpifrance, advising SMEs on AI adoption.8
• Expertise spans AI, IoT, NLP, mobile technologies, and data science.

Current Affiliations

• strategies.ai: President, focusing on AI strategy and innovation.2
• Hub France IA: Co-founder and board member, promoting AI collaboration in Europe.12
• OECD: Member of the AI Futures Working Group and contributor to global AI workforce studies.24

His LinkedIn profile (benbergeret) reflects his active role in AI advocacy and thought leadership.256