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Profile of Alain: VP Business Development

Organization and consolidation of new commercial activities in France and Belgiu...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Chemicals REACH Compliant, Aerospace, Defense, Energy-Oil-Gas

Major Achievements

Creation of new chemical products sales development in France for Aerospace Industry, with 3 persons in France and UK:organization warehouses.New customers within one year: Airbus Helicopter,Dassault Aviation, ...

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Profile of Olivier: CEO

Managing Director / CEO of Industrial Business Units ...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Consumer Goods, Cement Industry, Construction Industry, Energy-Oil-Gas, Building materials

Major Achievements

. Efficient management : reorganisation, return to profit, cost cutting, site closure coordination of the C-level executives, best practices. Objectives and KPI setting, regular tight follow-up, remotivated s...

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Profile of Catherine: GSEC

High-level areas of expertise acquired in Marketing, Communications, BD, Sales, ...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Software, Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, Lighting, Tax, Legal and Financial Services

Major Achievements

A recent one: structure and manage the Sales Administration, from scratch, of a French startup with 600+ customers, 95% of which being worldwide groupsInstances of my contribution:- Implement process for th...

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Profile of Claudia: VP Sales&Marketing

A highly ambitious senior director in international sales, business management &...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Consumer Goods, Leisure Industry

Major Achievements

Took over fledgling operations for DACH countries and turned them aroundwithin 6 months, followed by promotion to international sales director EMEA with great success, Turned around sales operations and incre...

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Profile of Katia: VP Sales&Marketing

15 years` experience in a worldwilde company managing sales and digital teamsi...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, online travel , airline, Leisure Industry

Major Achievements

Reorganization of a team of 50 people in In Hong Kong, with focus on creating a new service for sales support. The successful implementation of a new distribution strategy enabled a 15% growth in revenue and a ...

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Profile of MARTINE: VP Business Development

Over 25 years experience in Bank/Insurance/Private Equity. Partner & Senior ad...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Financial Services, Private Equity

Major Achievements

#30 people managed, contributed to raise €1.5 billion in VC, LBO and infrastructure funds and mandates enabling the firm to double its assets under management, designed communication strategy and launched new...

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Profile of Lydie: COO

25 years International experience in 3 differents industries : Pharmaceutical,...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Consumer Goods, Healthcare, Strategy Consulting

Major Achievements

Novo Nordisk GM : 60 people Tunisia : +5 points Market Share in one year, +14%In-sales on a flat market – lead a massive turnaround in the affiliate.MSD Turkey : Turnover x 2,5 in for MSD AH in 2,5 year...

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Profile of Nicolas: VP Sales&Marketing

Deep experience in sales & marketing of predominantly financial products and ser...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Financial Services, Private Equity, Banking, insurance, consumer credit

Major Achievements

Key marketing management positions with predominant banking players, in charge of all product management aspects and strategic marketing missions including multi product developement, new click-and-mortar bank ...

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Profile of Martine: CEO

Founder and board member, track record in large companies as well as SME dan st...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Software, BioTech, Consumer Goods, Engineering, Aluminum, glass, luxury, plastic

Major Achievements

- strategic development plan in the field of Aluminum industry, investment 900 M $- supply cost reduction, automotive field :100M - implementation SAP, S&OP, big bang for a major company in Europe- sales...

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Profile of Anne: VP Sales&Marketing

Combining an engineering degree together with an INSEAD MBA, I love to build and...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Consumer Goods, Packaging, Vision industry, Healthcare

Major Achievements

I turned around a declining business in China, and generated continuous double digit growth for 3 years, doubling the size of the business to reach 120M$. To achieve this, I drove 3 strategic initiatives: 1...

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Profile of Jean Cyrille: COO

25+ years of expertise in entrepreneurial strategy. Strong background in optimiz...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Consumer Goods, food & beverage, Private Equity, cosmetics and food supplements

Major Achievements

Five successful SMEs’ LBO, global IRR of 30% over 25 years with a strong focus on sustainable development and long-term competitive advantage through innovation....

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Profile of Loïc: COO

Managing Director of several divisions or affiliates or SBU in the Chemicals, Ma...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Automotive, Cement Industry, Defense, Energy-Oil-Gas, chemicals, materials, metallurgy

Major Achievements

Turnover : 100-300 M€People : 100-1000 Fast growth & business development, organization design & restructuring, large contract negotiations (sales, purchasing, strategic alliances), integration, project &...

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Profile of Didier: CEO

Multicultural C-Level Executive, 4 languages and 30 years global automotive indu...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Automotive, Plastics, Metal, Chemistry

Major Achievements

Business Unit Leader: M&A, integration and restructuring of an insolvent company. Sales multiplied by 4 and customer by 3 in 6 years, from an European to a Global player - 250 M€ Sales, 1800 people - double-...

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Profile of Régine: VP Business Development

Managed a banking agency. Participated in the digital transformation of my compa...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Systems Integration, Financial Services, Private Equity, Specialist in insurance banking, management training

Major Achievements

Managed an agency of 6 collaborators, animated a banking sector of 130 collaborators.Participated in the implementation of the digital transformation of 2,000 agents....

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Profile of Emmanuelle: VP Business Development

An expert in managing the transformation of organizations, I currently have resp...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Consumer Goods, Packaging, Plastics, Food Industry, Call center - BPO

Major Achievements

At Cargill (1500 people – Sales 750Mio €), as Head of the quality department of the EMEA division “edible oils” (25 employees in 5 European countries), I implemented purchasing quality assurance plans b...

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Profile of Jeremy: COO

Operating officer and transformation catalyst in services and BPO industry with ...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: IT/Computer Hardware, Software, Financial Services, Process outsourcing

Major Achievements

Roll-out of a transformation plan aiming to restore growth and profitability of a 12M€/a. business unit with 120 direct reports in parallel with matrix responsibility over 35M€/a. services across France, B...

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Profile of PASCAL: CFO

33 years of international experience including 10 years as expatriate in the Net...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Consumer Goods, Packaging, Plastics, Financial Services, Healthcare

Major Achievements

Expertise of M & A Performance Enhancement: Introduction of S&OP process Lead of complex and multi-functional restructuring projects (e.g. change in Operating model, 130 bp Gross Margin improvement) C...

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Profile of Christelle: CEO

I thrive on improving the performance of organizations, with a systemic mindset....

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Agronomy & food , Consumer Goods, Consulting , Executive coaching

Major Achievements

I have created, developed from bootstrapping and managed 2 companies in an highly dynamic emerging market. They were businesses with impact, focused on 2 segmented targets in sustainable food industry, many yea...

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Profile of Ying: CEO

Senior executive in strategic business planning, M&A and business development in...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Software, Systems Integration, Telecommunications, Private Equity

Major Achievements

Managed the most innovative acquisition which has transformed a legacy business model; built a business from scratch to over 70m$ with CAGR of 35%; grew sales revenue by 40-50%/year during 4 years. Managed glob...

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Profile of Hamza: CFO

Start-ups advisor and investor with strong corporate finance background...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Consumer Goods, Textiles, Automotive, Defense

Major Achievements

Creating from scratch subsidiaries and distribution network in Europe and Africa, scaling up B2B Companies more than x3 EBITDA. ...

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Profile of Anne-Carole: Executive Consultant

International C-level executive with strong Marketing, Sales and Business Develo...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Consumer Goods, Media

Major Achievements

Delivered company turnaround: in 1 year,25M€ revenue and market leadership, thanks to the consumer offer I built from scratch w/60 premium partners, generating 10M€ savings in the 3 YR BP- managing a multic...

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Profile of Morgane: COO

CEO and founder of 2 companies: Finance and strategy advisory firm and an VC fir...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Software, Systems Integration, Private Equity, Management, financial and organisation consulting

Major Achievements

- Exit a startup from receivership in 7 months, including capital raising, decrease debt by 3 and no legal suit with 27 redundancies.- Post-Merger integration (technology companies): ...

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Profile of Anne-Catherine: Executive Consultant

More than 15 years of business transformation programsGlobal vision and abilit...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: E-Commerce/Internet, Systems Integration, Construction Industry, Public Sector, Consulting

Major Achievements

I drived a program with a budget of 1 500 k€.Context: Fight against undeclared work in Construction sectorScope: 500 000 firms / 40 people (customers, internals and services providers) managedIn January...

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Profile of Nandini: VP HR

I am an expert in leadership, innovation, human capital management & value creat...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: Systems Integration, Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, Automotive, Professional services

Major Achievements

I have increased engagement scores of a business in 24 countries during 4 consecutive years and, as a result, these countries have outperformed the average growth of their local markets, in a context of digitiz...

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Profile of Christelle: VP Business Development

I aim at playing a role in the digital transformation of Health ecosystem. Joini...

Home country: France

Sectors covered: BioTech, Pharma, Medtech, medical devices, Healthcare

Major Achievements

Results 2018 at Harris Interactive : Sales: €3M; 80% repurchase among large accountsClient satisfaction score >8.5/10 Quarterly profit results > 130% above goals over the last 3 years.Management of 1...

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Selection of France Based Executive Insight Papers

50 questions to ask before purchasing a SME/SMI

Author: Bernard Stalder, CEO, France, iCEO #9161

SOS - companies in jeopardy!

Author: Erik Van Rompay, CEO, France, iCEO #13126

Purchase of a SME/SMI

Author: Bernard Stalder, CEO, France, iCEO #9161