Fleur PELLERIN

Bio

Fleur Pellerin was born in 1973 in Seoul. After graduating from ESSEC (Graduate Business School), the Paris Institute of Political Studies (“Sciences Po”) and lastly ENA (National School for Administration), she joined the French Court of Auditors in 2000. On 16 May 2012, Fleur was appointed to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s Government as Minister for SMEs, Innovation and the Digital Economy. During this time, in addition to launching the “FrenchTech” movement and carrying out various tax and regulatory reforms to support entrepreneurship and investment in France, she strove to make digital a key focus for the Government through various policy programs including infrastructure, investment, or higher education. In April 2014, she became Secretary of State for Foreign Trade and Tourism and then Minister for Culture and Communication in August the same year. Fleur left Government in February 2016 and resigned as a civil servant. She founded Korelya Capital, a Paris based Venture Capital fund whose mission is to invest in European fast-growing high-tech startups. Korelya has now 500M€+ under management, with 20+ direct investments, out of which 6 unicorns, in 7 European countries. Fleur sits on the boards of portfolio companies Devialet, Ledger, Synapse Medicine and Finn. She also serves or served as an independent director at Schneider Electric (until 2022), KLM, Talan, Gaumont, Eutelsat and Stanhope Capital Partners and in the boards of various cultural institutions or think tanks (CanneSeries, Eurockéennes Festival, France Digitale). She chairs the ESG committee of Crédit Mutuel, one of the largest French retail banks.