CEO Today Europe Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 32 CEO Today Europe Awards 2018 france PHILIPPE VERAN CEO of Biotech Dental & Upperside Group FIRM PROFILE The Upperside group’s growth was organized around meetings and guenine coup de coeur, and not by means of an exclusively financial development strategy. This approach explains the plurality of Upperside’s business sectors (which have become expert): from the medical sector with Circle, democratizing access to premium and highly technological dental products; to the cosmetics industry with Sabé Masson, a Maison de Parfum with an unique positioning in the ultra-codified universe of perfumery, the Upperside group and its team of creators-entrepreneurs form an agile and family conglomerate. Upperside is the network of creators presiding over each of the group’s subsidiaries. Their complementary knowledge can enrich the expertise of every employee of the group. The holding company, in addition to the expertise, experience and network of each creator-entrepreneur it brings together, provides its subsidiaries with a dedicated task force, including support teams. Each company of Upperside Group owns a specific “made in France” know- how. ABOUT PHILIPPE VERAN Philippe Veran is a serial entrepreneur passionate about technological and human challenges. Philippe Veran created in 1998 the conglomerate Upperside Capital Partners, which structures and develops small and medium-sized French companies in the fields of : Sport & Leisure, with until 2007 Eloura, the exclusive distribution of Crocs in France, & Prince rackets; Medical with the creation of Elitech (French leader in medical biology, resold in 2010), Biotech Ortho (orthopedic implants, resold in 2012) and Biotech Dental, the European leader in dental care; Cosmetics with two Maison de Parfum; Industry with the leader in additive manufacturing in Europe - PolyShape. Philippe Veran is also Deputy Mayor of Salon de Provence, in charge of Economic Development, director of a football club, father, grandfather, and creator of more than 2,000 jobs in France.