Christian Picory-Donné

Christian Picory-Donné has been the Director of Industrial Partnerships and Technologies Transfers at IMT Lille Douai for the past 20 years. In this role, they have been responsible for orienting and supervising the institute's policy on valorisation, as well as organising, coordinating and designing procedures for its implementation. Christian has also been responsible for promoting the institute's valorisation policy internally and representing the institute externally.

Prior to their current role, Picory-Donné was the Délégué Valorisation at IMT. In this role, they were responsible for negotiating valorisation and technology transfer agreements, as well as prospecting for new business opportunities.

Picory-Donné is also the director of the Carnot Institute Telecom & Société Numérique at IMT. In this role, they are responsible for the institute's research strategy and development of partner relationships, as well as coordination of activities and animation of strategic orientation committees and steering committees. Christian is also responsible for the internal and external monitoring of the Carnot scheme, as well as support for services.

In addition to their roles at IMT, Picory-Donné is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association des Instituts Carnot and the treasurer of the organisation. Christian is also a coordinator of activities for the schools associated with IMT.

Christian Picory-Donné attended Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (membre d'Université Côte d'Azur) and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where they studied Economics.