Slovenia · Central and Eastern Europe
Yves Frérot
Founder and CEO of HiperCom · AI speaker and practitioner
An entrepreneur specialising in retail data and performance visualisation, Yves has spent more than thirty years connecting data, commercial decisions and the realities of European markets.
As founder of HiperCom and co-founder of Promoscore, he works on price and promotion measurement, dashboards and consumer-goods data analysis. A speaker and trainer, he helps leaders and teams understand the uses, limitations and conditions required for generative AI to succeed.
Retail data · Pricing and promotions · AI literacy · Performance management
France · Italy
Gildas Bonny
President of HUBERISE · AI & Data consultant
An entrepreneur with a strongly hands-on approach, Gildas works across very different environments, from dietary supplements to food and large-scale retail. He researches and tests the most relevant solutions so that companies can derive practical value from data, AI and new technologies in support of their information, growth, performance and innovation priorities.
This breadth of experience informs a pragmatic approach: start with operational realities, identify the technologies that are genuinely useful, measure their impact and support their implementation.
AI & Data assessment · Consulting · Transformation · Change management
Poland · Central Europe
Bernard Falin
CEO & Business Transformation Executive | Poland & Central Europe
For almost 30 years in Poland, Bernard Falin has led, grown and transformed companies in international environments, with direct responsibility for their operational, commercial and financial performance.
A hands-on executive, he has extensive experience in leadership, P&L management, growth and transformation. He has run organisations with end-to-end responsibility for revenue, margins, costs, investment, teams and business development.
Over the course of his career, he has led performance turnarounds, restructurings, organisational transformations, e-commerce development and new-market entry, both during periods of growth and in complex situations demanding rapid decisions and financial discipline.
Nearly 30 years in Poland and Central Europe have given him an in-depth understanding of the market, its companies and networks, its business practices and its management culture.
Today, Bernard Falin advises executives and shareholders seeking to grow, transform or improve the performance of their businesses in Poland and Central Europe, combining strategic perspective, operational experience and the ability to deliver.
Retail leadership · Procurement · Logistics · Marketing and private labels
04 · Belgium · Europe & International
Eric Blondeau
Retail leader & transformation · AI applied to business and performance
An international executive and entrepreneur, Eric Blondeau has more than thirty years’ experience across retail, food, pharmaceutical and automotive distribution, the food industry and consumer goods in Europe and Central and Eastern Europe.
His career has taken him from Carrefour in France and Poland to creating and scaling a Russian national multi-format retail chain of around one hundred stores and 5,000 employees. He subsequently led a 3,300-person automotive distribution group operating 30 dealerships for 10 brands, then a major pharmaceutical distribution company with 55 sites and 1,700 employees.
An entrepreneur since 2013, he also develops ventures in food, nutrition and consulting. Today he works on practical applications of generative and agentic AI across retail functions, focusing on processes, performance and organisational adoption.
Retail & distribution · Transformation & performance · International development · AI applied to business
