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Paris, Île-De-France, France

Paris, Île-De-France, France

Paris

Bilendi is one of the European leaders in technology and data, particularly for research. Thanks to significant technological investments, and the acquisition of several companies in Europe, Bilendi has become a key player covering 12 European countries.Bilendi was founded in 1999 by Marc Bidou, its current CEO, by positioning itself at the epicentre of data collection for two market segments: Technologies and Services for Market Research and Technologies and Services for Customer Engagement and Loyalty. The Group have locations in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Morocco. The group also has business activities in Austria and Norway.In 2020, Bilendi achieved a turnover of € 34.1 million, 76% of which was achieved internationally, with a team of 252 people. The group is listed on Euronext Growth Paris. ISIN code FR 0004174233 - MNEMO code. ALBLD - Eligible PEA PME.

With NewCo Consulting and three other partners, setting-up of GUELTA (www.guelta.fr). French consulting firm specialized in prevention of difficulties; implementation of operational changes; reorganizations; implementation of new strategies in order to lead to a successful turnaround plan.

With four other partners, setting-up of NewCo Consulting (www.newcoconsulting.fr). French consulting firm specialized in : Financial consulting ; Operation & Supply Chain ; Information Systems ; Outsourcing of purchasing. Achievements : directly acting at the request of companies' management or funds I am involved in : support in M & A operation ; organization of financial department ; implementation of KPIs and reporting. I also support NewCo's team in charge of ERP implementation.My main activities sectors: Telecom, Media, High Tech.

Digital division of the Lagardère group whose activity initially focused on the Internet has shifted towards services for mobile phones through the group Cellfish Media (www.cellfish.com) ; fifteen subsidiaries (100¬+ million € turnover ; 300 employees) in USA, Canada, France and Germany. Other companies of the division : Hachette Multimedia (CDRom), Europe1 Interactive (www.europe1.fr), Routard.com (www.routard.com). Achievements :• Management of the financial and legal department (20 employees)• Supervision of accounting, consolidation (IFRS & USGAAP), cost-management, cash. • Preparation of monthly reporting, budgets and Businesss Plans• Risk management ; procedures definition• Negotiation and legal review of the contracts ; Intellectual Properties management • M & A / business development: research of opportunities for external growth and diversification, analysis and preparation of Lagardère Group investment committee, management of due-diligence, negotiation of shareholders agreement. I was particularly involved in the $60 million fundraising of Cellfish Media LLC.• Collaboration with the CEO division for all strategic presentation to the shareholders

Internet/T-Online France, French internet provider (100 million € turnover, 500 employees, www.club-internet.fr). I joined Club-Internet, which then belonged to the Lagardère Group, in order to participate in the sale of the company to T-Online (Deutsche Telekom). After this deal I served the new shareholder as CFO for two years.Achievements :Management of the financial / purchasing department (15 employees)Preparation of T-Online group IPOShift from French to USGAAP standards Definition of offers pricing : launch of the first plug and play xDSL French offersReview of Telco contracts operators, Preparation and presentation of budgets, business plans and strategy to T-Online AG board.

Engineering company, manufacturer of automatic metros: Meteor Sacem -Val - Val, 280 M € turnover, 800 employees, 5 Financial subsidiaries). Achievements :Participation in negotiations and due diligence that led to the sale of Matra Transport by Lagardère to Siemens Transportation Group Management of the Accounting Services (12 people). I worked particularly on the integration of the company within the Siemens Group (procedures, USGAAP, information systems), Quarterly review of the forecast for long term projectsSetting-up of new subsidiaries for international projects (tax optimization)

Engineering company, manufacturer of automatic metros Val, 280 M € turnover, 800 employees, 5 Financial subsidiaries). Achievements : Management of the Accounting Services (12 people) ; Implementation of the consolidation system ; tax optimization

Car parks and hotels activities, 50 M € turnover, 250 employees). Achievements : Management of the Accounting Services (8 people) ; insourcing of the IT services ; implementation of a network connecting 25 car parks ; preparation of Sogeparc IPO

Employee in the consolidation department (50 subsidiaries) of SCR (subsidiary of Fougerolle - civil engineering activities.