

Under his leadership, the rate of product introductions quadrupled and revenue grew five-fold during his tenure. After joining Invitrogen (now part of Thermo Fisher) as the Senior Vice President of R&D, he held several executive roles, leading the development of biological reagents and spearheading the development of instruments, from desktop devices to complex sequence DNA machines. Prior to Damol, he was Senior Vice President, Biological Information Systems at Life Technologies, a $3.6 billion life sciences company. He serves as President of Damol Innovation LLC, a consulting practice focused on technology-based innovation in healthcare addressing areas such as product planning, technology differentiation, processes and organization. Benchimol has extensive executive experience in the healthcare sector. is President of the Board of the French American Chamber of Commerce – San Diego and has served as a director since 2012.ĭr. He also enjoys spending time in the kitchen, cooking delicious dishes for family and friends.Ĭlaude Benchimol, Ph.D. Leger is a long-distance runner, having completed the Honk Kong marathon five times. He opened the Honk Kong office, ramped up sales and operations, and closed defining deals with such major brands as H&M, Disneyland, AXA, and L’Oreal. Leger was General Manager, Hong Kong, for KRDS Group, a leading digital marketing agency. He closed numerous deals ranging in size from $100k to over $1 million. He was responsible for growing the business across Asia, defining and implementing sales and go-to-market strategies, executing loyalty marketing programs both in-store and online, and helping top-tier retail clients drive customer engagement and increase frequency of visit and basket size. Leger was Business Development Manager, South East Asia, for TCC Global, a leading loyalty marketing company.

and Europe through developing and implementing business development strategies.įormerly, Mr. He is responsible for helping companies grow their business in the U.S. Bonkoski is an avid aviation enthusiast and enjoys flying recreationally and traveling in his spare time.Īurelien Leger serves as Sales Operation Manager at the French American Chamber of Commerce – San Diego.

He started his career at Young & Rubicam working on advertising campaigns in the Latin America market. During his tenure, he created new programs to increase sales productivity and was awarded many accolades, including Manager of the Year and Best Agency in New Business for his ability to develop, motivate and lead teams and grow the business. He successfully grew large accounts with aggregate sales of over 20 million euros and oversaw sales support services. Bonkoski was branch director and led two large agencies at SFR, a leading French telecom company. Bonkoski is managing director of the Ouistart Business Center, a vibrant work space dedicated to French and American entrepreneurs. Under his leadership, the FACC-San Diego has significantly grown its corporate service offering to support French businesses’ expansion in the US, increased network opportunities, business tours and event programming to foster business relationships between French and American professionals, and also expanded its services to assist US-based companies looking to grow their operations in France.

Gilles Bonkoski is Executive Director of the French American Chamber of Commerce-San Diego.
