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Geneva, Switzerland

Responsible for finance, legal, HR, facilities, and process optimization.• Support strategic and operational decision making • Develop scenarios and stress test options • Drive budget / forecast / business plan processes• Fundraising (interactions with VCs, Financial brokers, Board of Directors, and existing shareholders)• Putting in place a Long-Term Incentive plan for employees.• Setting up new laboratories and offices including supervision of the buildout.• Implementation of Odoo ERP

Ouest Lausannois District, Vaud, Switzerland

CFO ad interim of AGENTIL, SAP Gold partner.• Managed day-to-day financial operations and strategic financial planning.• active collaboration with the sales team to position Agentil as the preferred vendorM&A Consultant• Financial support for M&A deals: preparation of business plans, preparation of consolidated financial statements, evaluation of the company, preparation of the dataroom, support for the tendering process, interactions with potential buyers.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Responsible for finance, supply chain, B2C, legal, HR and process digitization with a perspective of turning the company around and growing the business in start-up mode. (CHF 35 million in revenues)• Leadership and development of short and long term strategic financial objectives• Digitalization of the company: implementation of SAP synchronized at data level with suppliers and a B2C/B2B webshop fully integrated with the customers' purchasing platforms.• Improvement of back-office performance: structuring of accounting, finance, legal, human resources, and supply chain functions. Implementation of KPIs. Opening of a shared service center in Spain (feasibility study, contacts, setting up of a company in Madrid).• Opening of a point of sale in Ticino• M&A: Acquisition and integration of a company located in Zurich (leading the negotiation with the seller, setting up the financing, coordination of lawyers and auditors, integration)=> Revenue growth of +110% over the 2018-2021 period, return to profitability and improvement of the working capital by CHF 1.5 million

Région De Genève, Suisse

Responsible for the IFRS financial reporting of the region (42 countries). In charge of FP&A, cost control, accounting, treasury, tax and legal aspects, internal control, revenue optimization. Responsible for relations with external shareholders, tax authorities, banks, external auditors, external advisors.• SAP implementation over the region• Managing processes for financial forecasting, budgets, and reporting to HQ • Deployment of tax schemes adapted to each country to optimize the tax impact: $800K p.a.• Working capital improvement: $30 million• Analyzing and reporting on financial performance, developing KPIs. Through interaction with the local teams, identification of areas for improvement leading to cost savings of $4 million p.a

Saint Légier La Chiesaz, Switzerland

Responsible for the IFRS consolidated financial information of the EMEA region (12 countries). Responsible for finance, budget control, financial forecasting, treasury, regional strategy definition and implementation, corporate law, legal, human resources, internal control and insurance. In charge of relations with board of directors, tax authorities, banks, external auditors, lawyers and external advisors. • Leadership and development of short and long term strategic financial objectiveso Selection, specification, and deployment of SAP B1 o Definition and implementation of new FP&A processes, KPIs.o Working capital improvement: $5M • Business growth supporto creation of new companies in Switzerland, Scotland, Qatar and Omano negotiation of shareholder agreements, legal and tax analysis, identification of the most appropriate entities to carry out the operations o Company acquisition process in relation with the M&A department• Tax analysis, optimization, and compliance for our subsidiaries.

Paris

Management of a team of 7 auditors.• General & organizational audits of subsidiaries in France or overseas• Acquisition audits (due diligence) in liaison with the Group M&A department

Hong Kong

Revenues $120 MSupervision of a team of 11 people.

Luanda, Angola

Revenues: $60MManagement of a team of 6 people.

Executive Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Master Administration Des Entreprises, Business Administration And Management, General

Master'S Degree, Civil Engineering

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