Loic Descamps

Loic Descamps has a wealth of experience in the business sector. Starting in 2009, they were the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Group Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer of Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC), where they launched a 3G network, created bundled product offerings, drove data consumption, increased mobile market share, revamped distribution, revitalized retail stores, and grew their mass-market customer base by 250%. Loic delivered 23% revenue growth to €110M while expanding the net margin by 43%. In 2010, they were Interim Director of Commercialization and Marketing at Icoms Detections S.A., where they averted a looming bankruptcy, led an operational turnaround, and revitalized the brand, effectively functioning as Interim Chief Executive Officer. Loic successfully turned around 5 years of revenue and margin contraction, delivering 40% top-line growth while turning a net loss of -25% into a positive net margin of 5%. In 2013, they were Branch Director at RAWBANK, where they managed a key branch generating 50% of total bank revenues with 300+ employees. Loic nearly doubled revenues from €23M to €45M while expanding net margin from 9%. In 2014, they were Strategic Advisor at Europhonyx, where they created their product strategy, repositioned the brand, drove marketing, and spearheaded fundraising. Loic developed a complete portfolio of B2B and B2C services along with cost-effective sales and distribution strategy. In 2016, they were Consultant at Innov'hub Africa, where they designed the business model and drove integrated marketing strategy for a platform helping entrepreneurs across Africa access a global base of investors, experts, and mentors while growing the community to 2K entrepreneurs and startups. Finally, in 2018, they were Chief Operating Officer of upOwa, where they designed customer strategy, revamped sales, optimized last-mile distribution to rural villages, and created new operational infrastructure for an early-stage organization backed by Anaxago Capital, Gaia Impact Fund, Persistent Energy Capital, ImpactAssets, INCO Ventures, REPP, Colam Impact, and LITA. co. Loic oversaw 200 employees and 250 commission-based sales agents.

Loic Descamps has an extensive education history. Loic has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Birmingham with a focus in Business Administration and Management. Loic also holds an Executive Management Masters from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. In addition, they have a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from EPHEC and a Practioner in Neuro-linguistic Programming from CFIP. Loic also has certifications in Corporate Governance from the Institution of Directors South Africa, Google Digital Active from IAB Europe, and Inbound Marketing from HubSpot Academy.