● Defined Winnipeg’s best sectoral value propositions to meet European companies’ expansion opportunities. ● Contribute to the strategic planning cycle by establishing market-based business development plans for key markets.● Worked with EDW’s partnerships and lead generation channels and tools to proactively identify and connect with potential European companies that can leverage the city’s value proposition for business in core sectors.● Delivered tailored services in the form of a one-stop-shop in collaboration with municipal, provincial, and federal partners to existing and new European companies. ● Conducted aftercare relationships with European-owned companies located in Winnipeg and their regional and global headquarters; understanding opportunities and challenges experienced. ● Built and maintained business knowledge of Canada’s international strategies, foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPA), as well as free trade agreements (FTA) with key European countries/regions (CETA).

● Defined the product mix, standardization, and lifecycle of the plant protein portfolio.● Provided guidance on business strategies such as pricing, inventory level, business continuity plans.● Reviewed key metrics to ensure delivery of our financial targets.● Collaborated with Supply Chain and Sales to secure forecast accuracy and bridge possible capacity constraints.● Engaged with Quality, Manufacturing and Finance departments to put in place improvement plans and ensure industrial capabilities to deliver our offer to customers.● Assessed and consolidated the North American competitive landscape.● Coordinated all innovation projects related to the portfolio.● Sponsored the CAPEX projects portfolio that will allow us to reach our market ambition.● Managed relationships with toller and third parties involved on our product developments.● Collaborated closely with Protein Industry Canada to accelerate our business development in Canada.

● Assessed the company's early critical paths and mitigated the early life and death crossroads.● Adapted internal processes through the growth of the company from start-up mode to production mode.● Established business relationships with farmers, industrial partners, and local governments.● Participated in the design and in the implementation of the new ERP system.● Ensured statutory and internal control compliance of Roquette Canada Ltd.● Led and reviewed the preparation of year-end financial statements.● Ensured tax compliance and rolled out group transfer pricing policy locally.● Planned treasury and hedging activities to meet company’s forecasted cash flows.● Oversaw daily financial activities such as AP/AR, taxes, bookkeeping, and closing.● Prepared and monitored overall budget activities.● Reviewed and updated overall company’s business plan and profitability analysis.

• Evaluated the different locations across the Prairies for the establishment of Roquette newest food manufacturing plant (>600 M$ - 130 employees) with the support of various level of government.• Developed the business plan of the Canadian project in collaboration with all parties.• Managed the Business Unit investments portfolio with developments across Europe and North America.• Performed risk analysis on all new projects and drafted mitigation plans.• Reviewed the Business Unit monthly financial performance. • Implement strategies with Sales to meet mid- and long-term business goals.

● Organized and animated the Business Investment Committee in charge of a multi-million dollar investments portfolio for business development.● Issued recommendations to Group Investment Committee for each investment request based on strategic business, risk analyses and financial indicators.● Realized advanced economic studies with dynamic risk analyses (Monte-Carlo simulation) for critical strategic investments (M&A projects, >10 M€ projects).● Managed post-audit economic analyses in order to improve investment development.● Redesigned operationally the Group Investment Process to meet the company’s new organization and deployed it worldwide.● Consolidated and arbitrated the investment plan to pursue company’s Mid-Term Plan and Budget growth targets.● Established reporting documents on the investment activity at different management levels: Group Investment Committee, General Management and Roquette Board of Directors for strategic orientations. ● Provided corporate finance training and standardized methodology throughout the company.

● Structured, analyzed and synthesized market related data (B2B and B2C markets, macroeconomic and competitive environments) for the Group’s most profitable products portfolio (1/3rd of Group’s EBITDA).● Analyzed worldwide competitive positions for strategic orientation.● Contributed to the structuring of the Group 10-year Strategic Plans.● Supported direct operational management (products and brands management, new product file support, communication plan).● Animated transverse international working groups for innovation.

● Performed market studies for the development of new products. ● Created clients and prospects databases for e-mailing campaigns.● Introduced new communication tools and participated in the organization of “Product Launch” seminars.● Developed and launched the new merchant website.

● Performed exploratory research on new materials in order to lower the impact of industrial chemical processes on the environment. ● Identified high potential nanotechnology materials for further industrial development.

● Performed laboratory research on advanced pharmaceutical projects.● Set up experimental protocols to forecast impurity levels in the chemical process of promising drug candidates in order to pass the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quality standards.● Intervened in the scale-up of the studied chemical process units.