Sylvain Querné
EMEA Head of Retail & eCommerce Marketing, Facebook

Sylvain Querné is Head of Retail& eCommerce Strategy for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He  helps small businesses in the region and large retailers and eCommerce companies grow by making the most of the digital marketing and the Facebook family of apps opportunity.

He was previously Head of Marketing to Facebook Italyand Southern Europe. He was responsible to disseminate knowledge of the platform as a business tool to companies, partners, agencies and media centers, promoting its effectiveness and increasing brand awareness.

Sylvain joined Facebook at the beginning of 2014. He has 20 years ofB2B, B2C Marketing and Sales experience in several industries such as Media, Telco, Tech, Retail, eCommerce, automotive and insurance industry. After an experience as Lenovo's Marketing Director for Southern Europe, Sylvain has acquired over the years a deep knowledge of marketing and sales within international and global companies. He worked from 2008 to 2013 at Nokia, moving from Head of Digital to Key Account Manager. He has also worked in France and the UK for eBay, Canon Europe and Orsyp Software.

A French native speaker, Sylvain studied in Italy and abroad, first at the Polytechnic of Turin and then in Paris at the Léonard de Vinci Business School, obtaining a double degree in Industrial Engineering processes &Business.