Christophe Frey

Christophe Frey - VP of EU engagements & Managing Director, Arm France

Currently based in Sophia Antipolis France, he has been the Managing Director of Arm France since 2014. Under his leadership, Arm’s French entity has experienced significant workforce growth, multiplying its staff by four. He also serves as Vice-President of European Engagements. In this role, he focuses on strengthening Arm’s presence within the European semiconductor ecosystem.

In 2024 he became an operating Partner at C4 Ventures investment fund, where he brings his 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, operations, and management in an international context.

He holds a MS degree from PHELMA Grenoble and has held various roles in design, management, and program management at STMicroelectronics in Crolles, France, for 12 years. He played a key role in establishing the Crolles2 alliance with Philips and Motorola, an experience that led to his first international professional immersion in Austin, Texas. He then took the opportunity to join the startup SOISIC, where he served as Vice-President of Engineering before the company was acquired by Arm in 2006.

At Arm, he further enriched his international experience with a four-year stay in Silicon Valley, California. As Vice-President of Operations for the Physical IP division, he oversaw project management and quality control teams while managing the division’s operational budget.

Then, as VP of workplace, he coordinated the management of Arm buildings globally for five years, including crisis management during the COVID-19 pandemic.