Pascal Coppens

Pascal Coppens is the expert in all things innovation and Day After Tomorrow in China, rooted in his deep understanding of the country as a sinologist. He is an entrepreneur at heart with more than 20 years of experience in China and Silicon Valley.

Pascal has employed, partnered and competed with hundreds of Chinese innovators. Armed with a degree in Business Engineering from Solvay Business School he started his career with Alcatel in Shanghai, and – after an intense period in Silicon Valley at Wind River Systems and Polycore Software (which he co-founded) – he returned to China and later founded Letsface to build the first offline digital community platform for premium brands.

Currently, Pascal is an inspiring international keynote speaker and partner at nexxworks and author of the book China’s New Normal, which offers sensational insights into business and technology in China and their potential for the rest of the world.

Work experience

• nexxworks Partner
• London Business School Visiting Lecturer
• Sinnolabs Director Europe
• Letsface Founder and CEO
• Sundance Asia ltd. CEO
• PolyCore Software VP Marketing
  • Wind River Systems
  • Product Marketing Manager
• Business Development Manager, Platforms Business Unit, Asia Pacific
• Eonic Systems Export Manager South East Asia
• Exotic Plant and Forpex Belgium Export Manager, China

Education

• Solvay Brussels School Bachelor Handelsingenieur
• EU-China Junior Managers Training Program EU Training Degree Chinese, Business
• Beijing Foreign Studies University Chinese Language and Business
• Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing Level A Language Training Chinese Language
• State University of Ghent, Belgium Master Oriental Languages and Cultures, major Chinese
• Vrije Universiteit Brussel Bachelor Business Engineering
• State University of Ghent, Belgium Bachelor Oriental Languages and Cultures, major in Chinese
• Don BoscoCollege Zwijnaarde