Elke Robbrecht Email & Phone Number

Brussels, BE

Paris, La Défense, FR

• Leading a major restructuring project at ENGIE Group Finance
• appointed head of mission reporting to ENGIE Group CFO
• led worldwide organizational restructuring of ENGIE’s finance function impacting 4000+ employees in ~30 countries
• optimized operational finance processes achieving ~30% headcount reduction in ENGIE finance HQ positions
• guiding and supporting directors through change management

Paris, La Défense, FR

• ensured financial management of ENGIE Italy a 2bn€ company
• managed and mentored a team of 120 persons
• assumed project development business partnering: assuring strategy alignment, challenging operational and financial business models, and assuring integration management
• defined a large-scale transformation program achieving efficient business partnering through organizational change, resource allocation, IT roadmap definition and up-skilling

Paris, La Défense, FR

• Leading ENGIE Group Performance plan and ENGIE Group Finance Transformation
• defined and led a 3 year group-wide operational cost reduction plan achieving 800m€ savings, 3 months ahead of schedule (Q3-2021)
• established and led a group-wide 150+ member multidisciplinary performance community spanning Corporate Directors, CEOs and operational employees (IT, procurement, BD…)
• established the performance department as a centre of excellence for performance improvement and a valued business partner
• accelerated the group finance transformation: defined 3 year strategy, implemented organizational changes, optimized and digitalized processes, increased mobility and talent attraction
• established and led the finance transformation agent network of 100 members

Paris, La Défense, FR

• Appointed as ENGIE’s first geographical business unit CFO
• actively contributed to the BU’s growth: strategy definition, project negotiation, leading BUs infrastructure (IT, offices) and process evolution supporting the company’s growth from 25FTE to 100FTE within 4 years
• managed legal restructuring enabling accelerated growth
• implemented full financial management for all affiliated companies
• assumed 4 corporate board positions: assuring business processes implementation, defining and challenging strategy planning and budgets: Beijing United Gas Engineering &Technology Co., Ltd; Sichuan Energy Investment.

Paris, La Défense, FR

• ensured optimal financial management of the full European generation portfolio (incl. BENEDELUX and France)
• led overall Medium Term (MT) forecasting process for GDFSuez Energy Europe

Paris, La Défense, FR

• defined and implemented the first business-line controlling within GDFSuez
• enabled an optimized financial management of the European power generation activities (excl. BENEDELUX and France)
• implemented forecasting processes and delivered monthly financial and operational executive management reporting
• increased accuracy and improved financial results through establishing and leading of a cross-functional European Generation Controllers network
• managed overall MT forecasting process for GDFSuez Division Europe

Paris, La Défense, FR

• executed detailed market analysis and in-depth impact assessment of market risks, including development of future energy market and pricing scenarios
• advised upon multiple BU large scale (>20M€) energy investments and M&A projects

Boston, MA, US

• completed high potential leadership program including four 6-months assignments in diverse commercial sectors
• conducted an Eastern European renewable energy market analysis determining market opportunities and defining strategy for growth
• negotiated new equipment deals and long-term service agreements ($350M)
• defined competitive sales strategy for numerous multimillion $ deals
• appointed GE Energy official representative to European Industry Think Tanks (UNICE, CEPS) related to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

• managed a six-person international team in the design and delivery of a dynamic computer model simulating economic impact of the investment in a new state-of-the-art Convention Centre on the Brussels Capital Region

Brussels, Brussels, BE

• managed, designed and developed large scale construction and infrastructure projects

Corporate Entrepreneurschip: Driving Innovation And New Ventures

Mba

Civil Engineer, Socrates Programme, Civil Construction

Master In Civil Engineering, Major: Civil Construction.

Education record

Stanford Executive Program (Sep)

Stanford Executive Program (Sep)

Stanford Executive Program (Sep), Business Administration, Management And Operations