Maximin Gourcy is the Intellectual Capital Manager for DS Smith, a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions, paper products and recycling services worldwide. He manages the IP Department and supervises the Group’s IP strategy including patents, designs, and trademarks. Before joining DS Smith in 2016, Mr. Gourcy was an IP Lawyer at FCP Avocats, a French boutique law firm, and he launched his own start-up in 2010 in digital reading. He then joined the Eram Group, a leading European fashion retailer, in 2013 as IP Manager. Maximin Gourcy holds a specialized Intellectual Property Master’s Law degree.