To build on his multicultural skills, athlete's achievements and expertise from top-tiers companies, Benoit jumped with his brand AXON into the world of localization and translation services. His objective is to help his clients building a competitive advantage within their international markets by offering consulting and/or ready-to-use multilingual content management services.

• Mission: Create and manage a unique Project Management structure involved in business and racing to deliver outstanding results in international programs such as the “Little America’s Cup” (finishing second).• Roles: Entrepreneur, Project Manager, Team Manager and Racing Competitor• Responsibilities & key achievements: Sponsorship & Partnership management, Contract & Budget management, Team management, Stakeholders Management, Training and Competition."Little America's Cup" with my AXON Racing team- 2nd in 2015 , C-Class World Vice-Champion !- From a blank page in July 2013 to the creation of a team of 7 specialists and the launch of a legal entity to support the development of this program- 11 sponsors and partners, 174 participants over 5 yachting events including 80 Swiss CEOs"Red Bull Foiling Generation" - Project Manager and Coach:- 2018: 64 young athletes trained and coached (Netherlands and Switzerland) + SNG Racing Project Manager- 2016 : 64 young athletes trained and coached (Belgium and Switzerland) + SNG Racing Project ManagerOther achievements:- 2016 - 2018: Coach - Red Bull Foiling Generation program - 4 countries - coaching 160 young champions- 2015 : Little America’s Cup, 2nd – C-Class World Vice-Champion- 2014 / 2013 / 2012: Winner Solo «Translémanique»- 2009 / 2007 / 2005: Winner of the Bol d’Or in “Grand Surprise series” , as Skipper, Switzerland.- 1991 : Winner of the Admiral’s Cup, offshore World Champion, England.- 1991 : Winner of the “First Class 8 serie” European Championship, as Skipper, Italy.- 1991 : Participant in the « Solitaire du Figaro », as Skipper, France.- 1989 : Winner of the « Tour de France à La Voile », as Trimmer (100% on board, from 1st to last race)

• Mission: lead initiatives, define Procurement vision, develop key partnerships, improve processes, manage global large scale cross-functional projects in Procurement, Real Estate, IT / Finance, manage international teams• Roles: Site Controlling and Project Manager, Project Controlling Manager, Purchasing Process & Systems Manager, Procure to pay Manager• Responsibilities & key achievements:- Project 1: Procurement construction project for the new HQ site in Geneva (7 buildings, 75’200 sqm, 1’500 people): sourcing champion, 86 adjudications (budget of 370.8 MCHF), delivery of special projects initiatives (18.5 MCHF, savings 3.7 MCHF), project reporting, project delivered on-time and on budget- Project 2: set up the HQ procurement team,10 people, sourcing strategy & synergies between Merck & Serono- Project 3: Set-up of an iProcurement world-class solution (2’900 users / 12 countries / 60K transactions/year)- Project 4: P2P process & team implementation, HQ Shares Services Center, +6’000 payments/month- Project 5: Multiple outsourcing project management, Total Quality Management implementation- Budget controlling (12 cost centers, 50 MCHF/year for HR and Site management functions)

• Mission: Optimize costs and service availability of the telecom infrastructures• Role: Corporate Purchasing Manager - HQ• Responsibilities: Negotiation of European telecommunication contracts, optimization of service levels in 10 European countries, planning and budget consolidation with Marketing and Operations

• Mission: following the transfer to the telecom activities from IBM Global Network into AT&T, I created, developed and managed all Procurement activities within the AT&T European Western Region• Roles: International Procurement Manager• Responsibilities & key achievements- Set-up and manage the team- Synergies with AT&T UK, definition of our objectives and KPI- Contracts transfer from IBM into AT&T

• Mission: Improve network performance, infrastructure costs, reduce « time to market », optimize process• Roles: International Project Procurement Manager, Project Manager Infrastructure, Network manager• Responsibilities & key achievements- Project 1: create, set up and manage the AT&T procurement resources (10 people, 3 countries FR – BR – LU)- Project 2: implement a new sourcing & partnership strategy with Telco, maintenance and hardware providers- Project 3: Budget and cost optimization (IBM Award distinction in 1999)- Project 4: ISO9001 certification – leading the supplier management module- Project 5: Process & performance improvement (B2B technical projects, scope of + 25’000 telecommunication circuits, +1’000 Cisco routers, Switch PBX technology - 18'000 users)- Team management (up to 32 experts, project managers, specialists from 4 different divisions)

• Mission: Manage the HQ local network, its hotline and IT resources (server rooms, printers, workstations) for 450 employees.• Role: Systems engineer• Responsibilities: Installation, hotline, user support, update of local network and systems

CORUM was the sponsor of the French winning team of the 1991 Admiral's Cup : 3 boats + shore team (total 55 people). Operations held in France, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.My team responsibilities were :- Trimmer on board Corum Rubis (45 footers), with helmsman and navigation support during offshore races,- Team organization and negotiation for Catering, Travel and Lodging (such as an European airline contract with Lufthansa to optimize Team flights across Europe).