Pierre Poignant

Companies founded

Essor

CEO · Founder · 2020 – present

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Lazada

CEO · COO · Founder · 2012 – 2020

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Currently

Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

CipherX

Board Member · 2024 – present

NaturaBuy

Board Member · 2023 – present

Alibaba

Assistant · CEO · 2020 – present

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Work history

Past roles by Dealroom records.

Maisonette

Board Member · 2020 – 2025

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AliExpress Russia

Board Member · 2019 – 2020

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McKinsey & Company

Associate Principal · 2005 – 2012

BNP Paribas

Consultant · 2003 – 2005

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MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Research Assistant · 2001 – 2003

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Assistant · 2001 – 2003

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Msc · IT · 2001 – 2003

Lycée Louis Le Grand

Mathematics · 1996 – 1998

École Polytechnique - IP Paris

Mathematics and Computer Science · until 2001