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Luxembourg

An Independent Director serving PE portfolio companies, my focus is on driving shareholder value by aligning governance, strategy execution and financial oversight.Governance Leadership: Provide independent oversight, ensuring that governance structures, board processes, and decision-making frameworks are robust and aligned with the strategy of each portfolio company.Strategy execution: Oversee the execution of the value creation plan and strategic growth initiatives - ensuring alignment with the investment theses and driving performance, including revenue & EBITDA growth. Supervise - often transformative - M&A transactions.Financial Oversight: Provide ongoing supervision, including operating financials, capital structure and covenant coverage to ensure sustainable financial health and shareholder value.Over the years, my mandates have covered ownership structures of 6 portfolio companies:- Sophos Solutions: Renowned for its core banking, AI & cloud modernisation expertise, as well as innovation & digital transformation. - Shift Technology: SaaS provider of AI-driven decision automation and optimisation solutions for the global insurance industry.- IRCA Group: leading global player specialising in the production of high quality ingredients for the bakery, pastry & chocolate industries, with significant M&A roll-up activity.- Zentiva: European pharmaceutical & OTC manufacturer with 4700 employees across 3 manufacturing sites focussing on cardiovascular health, oncology, anti-infectives, and diabetes. Formerly part of Sanofi.- Medius: Global leader in AP automation, payments, sourcing and procurement.- GHL Hotels: Third-party hotel operator with 62 properties across Latin America.

Luxembourg

As Chairman of the Board of the investment fund, I lead the board in setting long-term strategic direction, driving value creation, and ensuring strong governance

Luxembourg

Providing independent strategic and financial stewardship for Life Insurance group:Governance Oversight: Ensure company adheres to legal & regulatory requirements and follows corporate governance best practices.Risk Management: Oversee identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks including underwriting, claims, and investment risks. Review Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) and Rapport Régulier au Controleur (RSR).Strategy: Provide input & guidance on strategic direction, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives & market conditions.Financial Oversight: Ensure integrity of financial reporting & internal controls. Review financials, budgets and forecasts to ensure financial health and stability.Compliance Monitoring: Ensure compliance with CAA regulation and maintenance of appropriate policies & procedures.Stakeholder Engagement: Represent interests of shareholders, policyholders, and other stakeholders while ensuring transparent communication.Oversaw acquisition of closed book and adaptation of organisational capabilities to manage new business and compliance requirements.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

As an Independent Director for a CSSF-regulated investment fund, I contribute to steering investment strategy and governance. Investment Strategy: Led the board in defining and implementing investment strategies that align with shareholders' long-term objectives, ensuring focus on diversification, sustainable growth and superior value creation. Oversee investments across all asset classes, focusing on optimizing risk-adjusted returns, ensuring liquidity, and managing risk in line with regulatory requirements and market conditions.Governance & Compliance: Provide governance leadership, ensuring that the fund adheres to CSSF regulations and maintains a strong governance framework that supports ethical decision-making and effective risk management.Counsel and mentor senior executives, ensuring the development of leadership capabilities necessary to execute the fund's strategic goals and sustain long-term performance.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

As Chair of one of the leafing Swiss regulated foundations supporting innovation and entrepreneurship, I play a key role in overseeing strategic initiatives and ensuring the foundation’s impact aligns with its mission.Strategic Oversight: Provide strategic oversight of the foundation’s activities, ensuring that initiatives in innovation and entrepreneurship align with purpose and long-term goals, and deliver measurable impact.Program Supervision: Supervise long-term strategic programs in partnership with leading institutions, ensuring that these collaborations drive innovation and deliver value for stakeholders.Chair of Finance Committee: Led the Finance Committee, appraising the foundation's risk appetite and overseeing strategic asset allocation to ensure financial sustainability and alignment with the foundation’s objectives.Executive Team Development: Provide ongoing counsel and mentorship to the executive team, fostering leadership development and ensuring alignment with the foundation’s mission and strategic goals.

Geneva, Switzerland

I oversee the strategy and impact of a Swiss regulated foundation supporting the arts, ensuring alignment with the foundation’s mission and promoting sustainable financial practices.Strategy & Impact: Oversee the foundation’s strategic direction, ensuring that its programs effectively support the arts and generate a meaningful impact within the community.Investment Strategy Leadership: As Chair of the Finance Committee, guide the foundation’s investment strategy and strategic asset allocation, ensuring long-term financial sustainability and alignment with philanthropic objectives.Financial Oversight: Lead financial oversight, including the supervision of third-party asset managers, ensuring that investments are managed prudently and in accordance with the foundation’s goals.Donor Strategy: Guide donor engagement strategies and support policies, ensuring that contributions are aligned with the foundation’s vision and fostering strong relationships with supporters.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

I provided independent strategic oversight to support sustainable growth for the reinsurance and MGA venture of Assicurazioni Generali, while ensuring strong governance and regulatory compliance.Strategy: Delivered independent strategic oversight to guide the venture's growth, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives and maintaining operational resilience in a competitive market for specialty lines such as weather and cyber.Corporate Governance: Ensured robust corporate governance by guiding the board’s decision-making processes, enforcing fiduciary duties, and maintaining a strong governance framework to support effective leadership and accountability.Regulatory Compliance: Acted as the appointed AML/CTF Officer, overseeing compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations, ensuring adherence to local and international standards.In addition, led the oversight of the successful takeover by Generali and managed the cross-border merger of operations into Generali Italia, ensuring a smooth transition and integration process.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

Expert facilitator on climate strategy for the "Director Climate Journey Programme" under Chapter Zero Brussels, a Davos World Economic Forum initiative focused on preparing Non-Executive Directors for leadership on climate change.Climate Strategy Facilitation: Guided Non-Executive Directors through the development of climate strategies aimed at creating shareholder value by defining competitive advantages through net zero commitments and sustainable business practices.Value Chain Innovation: Focused on leveraging Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) Scope 3 emissions reductions to drive competitive advantage and sustainability throughout the value chain.Governance & ESG Strategy: Provided deep insights into the governance and organisational strategy implications of ESG at both the board and executive levels, ensuring climate strategies are integrated into corporate governance frameworks to drive long-term value.

London And Paris

As Senior Partner at L.E.K. Consulting, a global strategy firm with 150 Partners and 1,600 professionals across 25 countries, I advised boards and C-level executives on complex strategic issues across multiple industries and geographies. I led more than 100 strategy engagements and approximately 50 M&A deals, including hostile bids & defenses, Private Equity investments, and large-scale strategic transformations.Strategic Advisory: Served as a trusted advisor to listed, private, family-owned, and Private Equity clients, focusing on growth strategies, governance optimisation, and organisational restructuring to enhance business performance and shareholder value.Global Leadership: Led significant strategy work across Europe, the US, and the Middle East, with a focus on Financial Services (Banking, Insurance, Asset Management), High Technology, and Ingredients sectors.M&A Expertise: Advised on a wide range of M&A deals, including both acquisitions and divestitures, ensuring alignment with long-term strategic goals and successful integration of operations post-transaction.Practice Leadership: Co-Head of the Global Organisational Strategy Practice, guiding firm-wide thought leadership in organisational effectiveness. Member of the Global Compensation Review Committee, responsible for designing compensation strategies to align partner performance with firm objectives.

London And Paris

As Senior Partner at Monitor, a leading global strategy consulting firm founded by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, I led key practices and served Fortune 500 clients globally. With a team of 1,200 professionals, Monitor was recognized for its expertise in competitive strategy and organizational transformation.Leadership Roles:Head of European Organisational Strategy Practice (2008 onwards)Head of European Financial Services Practice (2007 onwards)Co-head of European Financial Services Practice (2003 – 2007)Responsible for global business planning and member of the Global Risk Management Committee.CEO Advisory: Advised CEOs and business unit heads of leading multinational companies on critical strategic decisions, such as defining "where to play" and "how to win," aligning organisational capabilities with strategic choices, and driving organisational effectiveness.Strategic Transformation: Led large-scale transformation programs to implement strategic initiatives, create new capabilities (e.g., omnichannel distribution and new pricing strategies), and optimize governance and cost efficiency. These initiatives significantly enhanced organizational performance and positioned clients for sustainable growth.Industry Expertise: Deep expertise across retail and wholesale banking, private banking, asset management, life and P&C insurance, advising major Global, European and UK players on their strategy and operations

London And Paris

Head of Financial Institutions Practice – France/Benelux from September 1999 onwards. Focussed on C-level strategic issues. Developed and managed large scale client relationships with leading banks and insurance companies in France, Belgium, Luxembourg & the UK. Key client issues covered:- Developing digital channels- International expansion- Creating de novo banking operations- Credit, market and operational risk management

London, United Kingdom

Top 5 global strategy consulting firm focussing on financial institutions; 1000 employees worldwide. M.M.G was A.T.Kearney’s financial services practice until it was bought-out by its partners in October 1994. I was a founding member, elected partner on fast track in October 1997, leading the business throughout its growth from 30 to 1000 employees, at which point we sold the firm to create MarchFirst in September 1999. I developed and managed client relationships in retail banking, wholesale banking and insurance for leading financial institutions in France, UK, Scandinavia, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland and the US, covering amongst others:- Designing and implementing global risk management organisations- Creating state of the art credit risk, market risk and operational risk management models- Designing, developing and rolling out large corporate, middle market and small business credit risk management approaches- Developing RAROC based portfolio management, risk measurement and pricing tools- Developing some of the very first operational risk management approaches- Defining retail and private banking growth strategies for leading French, German, Dutch, Swiss, Spanish, UK banks and French and UK insurers- Managing large scale external cost reduction programmesHead of Paris office infrastructure; Member European Staffing Committee and world-wide Practice Development Committee

London And Paris

- Managed the redefinition of the international portfolio of a top 3 French Bank- Managed the development of one of the very first risk management organisations, and creation of the first economic capital credit risk measurement, pricing and management tools for a top 3 Benelux financial institution

• Directed large scale global risk management project for leading UK/Hong-Kong financial institution, including obligor & facility rating and RAROC pricing for corporate and SMEs• Developed private banking strategy for leading Swiss bank• Developed one of the first management information systems, including matched funding of all retail and wholesale products, treasury ALM, as well as detailed ABC cost allocation• Created correspondent banking strategy for top 3 French bank• Managed back-office consolidation and process optimisation for Top 3 Swiss bank

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Mba, Finance & Strategy, Cum Laude

Bs, Applied Economics, Cum Laude

Bacalaureate, Mathematics, Sciences & Languages, Cum Laude