Mr. Francois Rivard

François Rivard is a Thought Leader, World Class Architect and Author based in Hong-Kong SAR, China. François has authored or co-authored 8 books on Digital, IT and Innovation and has lectured in top French Management and Engineering schools (Centrale Paris, Grenoble Ecole de Management…).

As the Founder and Head of Astrakhan (www.astrakhanconsulting.com), a consulting firm based in Paris and Hong-Kong, he has developed an expertise in structuring and delivering complex transformation programs for established worldwide corporations, which counts multiple significant achievements worldwide in sectors such as Finance and Banking (Crédit Agricole, BNPP CIB) or Retail and Luxury (L’Oréal and a major French luxury brand).

He also developed UpRooM, a XR technology to monitor Digital Twins in real-time, which has successfully been incubated at Cyberport. Last but not least, François is engaged in artistic initiatives such as Ink Element, an electronic music project based in Hong-Kong (https://linktr.ee/inkelement).