Each team member will do every part of the process, from scouting, selection to presenting ideas to the business units.
“What really matters is having a close connection with local teams and business units to serve them well,” says Jonathan Bainée, when talking about the mission of Saint-Gobain’s venturing team. Bainée has been working as external venturing project manager at the Saint-Gobain´s NOVA venturing unit since 2017. The team, which has 13 people, can be considered medium-sized and is global in scope.
The team is organised by geography. There are six in the US, five in Europe and two in China.
“Here in Europe, the team covers investments in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The US team also covers investments across the Americas as a whole and the China team is in charge of the Asia Pacific region broadly.”
“There is no division of labour in the venturing…
