Full Name

Laurent Chemla

Job Title

Board Member

Company

HubKonnect

Speaker Bio

Laurent Chemla is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and digital transformation pioneer with more than three decades of experience spanning technology, marketing, media, and enterprise innovation. He began his career leading global digital initiatives for Club Med, helping drive some of the earliest large-scale e-commerce and digital marketing programs. He later founded IVY, one of the first digital marketing agencies, which was subsequently acquired by a leading international advertising group. Today, Laurent invests in, advises, and helps scale a portfolio of AI, marketing technology, and emerging technology companies, while serving in executive and board roles across the technology sector. Throughout his career, he has worked with global brands, technology companies, and investors through successive waves of transformation—from the emergence of the commercial Internet and digital marketing to the reinvention of enterprise operating models through AI. His current work focuses on advising Fortune 500 and leading tech ventures how AI is reshaping enterprise operating models across the marketing value chain—from content creation and media activation to customer engagement, loyalty, commerce, and organizational design. Laurent also serves on the boards of several technology companies, including Stanga1, one of Europe’s leading technology and digital production organizations. Originally from France and now based in Miami, Laurent brings a global perspective on the practical implications of AI for business leaders, operators, and investors.