Patrick Blonde
Patrick is one of the two general managers of Gyro Paris. Alongside the strategic development of the agency, he plays a major role in overseeing the quality of the agency’s creative and production output.
Throughout his distinguished career, Patrick has displayed a single-minded zeal to bring quality thinking and ideas to the world of business communications. Beginning in Germany, he worked in the Marketing Dept. of Grûner & Jarh, before moving to France and co-founding the Arizona Agency in the early eighties.
In 1987, he created Skipper Communications and along with his partner Noël Grand, quickly developed a highly-respected reputation for corporate communications, to complement the agency’s B2B and event offerings.
During his career, Patrick has brought his special brand of thinking to bear across a wide diversity of brands, including Aéroports De Paris, Bouygues Telecom, Les Écoles du Ski Français, Essilor, Fromageries Bel, Groupe Galeries Lafayette, Imerys, Interflora, Kenzo, Lafarge, Lancia, Lelièvre, Nexans, Port Autonome de Paris, Schneider Electric, Subaru and Volvo.
In 2007, Patrick and Noël, along with their agency, joined the Gyro International network.