Maxime Parmentier is Founder and CEO of Birdie Care Services Ltd, a London-based health technology scale-up aimed at improving the lives and care for the elderly.
Maxime (‘Max’) started his career with McKinsey & Company in 2008 as a consultant on international advisory and strategic projects across Europe, the US, the Middle-East and Africa. He then joined Riaktr in 2012 as Project Manager. In 2013 he moved to The Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, one of the largest global health organizations. Appointed as Chief of Staff to the CFO, he subsequently became Head of Sourcing Strategy and Supply Chain, and then Founder and CEO of Wambo, the world’s largest global health e-marketplace. Before establishing Birdie in 2017, Max was resident enterpreneur and ventures lead of Kamet Ventures, the startup studio of global insurance group AXA.
Max Parmentier holds a Master of Science in Management from the Catholic University of Louvain, a Master in International Management from Esade-CEMS Business School in Barcelona, and a Master in International Economic Policy from Columbia University in New York. He sits on the board of various think tanks in Europe, of several startups and is member of several startup investment syndicates.
