Riout, Florent

Atlanpole, France

Florent, curious and driven by innovation and astronomy, has a multi fold expertise in engineering, innovation, business and strategy with 15 years of experience working for companies of all shapes and sizes in wide ranging fields including aeronautics, research, IT, agriculture, fintech to name but a few. He qualified as an aeronautical and space engineer and management controller. After carrying out numerous missions for aeronautic and research companies he worked for 4 years in business and financial consulting for SME’s and bigger groups before specializing in start up support for three years. Today he is based in the North West of France and has been working at Atlanpole, an innovation hub for almost 8 years as a business and innovation advisor providing support for start ups in all sectors with their strategy. Florent is also part of the ESA-BIC, a European program for incubation of space related start ups, and coordinates the North French territory.