Béatrix de Russé joined what was then Thomson SA in 1976, initially as an international contract lawyer. Since then, the company has grown through a series of acquisitions, and has been known as Technicolor since 2010. Ms de Russé’s career developed along with the company, and a move into intellectual property has led to her current position as head of IP and licensing. In this role, she has built and managed one of the biggest and most lucrative high-tech patent licensing operations in the world, which is second only to Qualcomm in terms of annual royalty revenues. Meanwhile, the team she is responsible for has grown from a handful of employees to over 200 people across the world.