Luc Gillain Email & Phone Number

Brussels, Belgium

Brussels, BE

• FinFlag – SaaS Solutions & Consulting in the payment industryBelgian fintech, providing consulting services and a no-code SaaS platform aiming at optimizing and streamlining back-offices for payment organizations.
• Set-up & led back-office operations: Finance, HR, Legal, Compliance, Project structure, …
• Implemented and obtained ISO 27001 certification (Information Security Management System)
• Lead Partner on consulting projects (Examples include: In-car Commerce market study; Payment means value proposition for Insurance market; PSD2; Open-banking; Debit payment scheme selection; Acquiring & PSP RFPs…)
• Deployed no code SaaS solution @ well-known financial services companies incl. Mastercard Transaction Services; Axepta BNPP Benelux, Visa & Europay Belgium, Batopin, …

Satellite Beach, Florida, US

• Shaped strategy, developed new business models and navigated through transformation for companies facing digital opportunities and change.
• Delivered the business case, the rationale and the roadmap for the deployment of the European operations of a US based Financial Services company
• Shaped the worldwide payment strategy and the target-operating model for a digital application allowing consumers to track bills and shared expenses, and split them with friends

• Joint ventures between MasterCard and Telefonica established to provide mobile financial services across LAC
• Participated to the definition of the company vision, its strategic options and implementation plan
• Member of the Audit Committee to ensure appropriate processes & controls were in place, internal controls were effective and to support the business in a robust risk management process

Purchase, NY, US

• Led the EU-mandated separation of Mastercard Europe (+ 1000 employees, several billions € revenues) into 2 independent organizations.
• Defined the separation strategy and translated into a detailed operating model
• Planned, coordinated and tracked the overall carve-out and separation plan, process and timeline
• Led a global cross functional team (12 workstreams) for implementation and delivered the new operating units on time, with no disruptions
• Member of Mastercard Europe Management Committee and reported to Mastercard Inc Executive SteerCo
• Recognized with 2016 CEO Award and 2016 CFO Awards

Purchase, NY, US

• CFO for 3 global divisions (Digital Payments, Global Network Processing & Labs)
• Drove all financial activities, incl. strategic planning, budget, forecast, monthly closing, reporting, financial accounting, internal controls,…
• Contributed to the formulation of Mastercard’s new digital strategy
• Developed the first business models, financials and execution plans supporting Mastercard's new digital strategy
• Managed significant product development and investment budget (Exp.: 350MM€; 900 employees)
• Presented business unit update & results with Chief Digital Payments Officer at quarterly CEO review

Purchase, NY, US

• Crisis CFO for the UK-Ireland entity, based in London.
• Re-organized and reshaped the Finance team (7 staff)
• Regained trust in Finance team from UKI and European Senior Management
• Delivered long term plan and implemented tracking

Purchase, NY, US

• CFO for the Products & Solutions group in Europe (including Marketing).
• Led the development of the European product and marketing strategy and alignment between the product groups in HQ and the European countries
• Implemented tracking tool (product, category of spent, etc…) for marketing expenses (170M€) driving 10% efficiency gains
• Developed tools to track product profitability
• Led Europe financial review & analysis for potential acquisitions

Purchase, NY, US

• CFO for 11 countries, representing 50% of European revenues. European finance lead for M&A.
• Implemented the financial planning across the region and drove all financial activities, incl. strategic planning, budget, forecast, monthly closing, reporting, financial accounting, internal controls,…
• Coordinated the development of the regional business strategy
• Provided finance leadership and approval for commercial deals
• Led the implementation of an effective control environment in the region resulting in strong audit results
• Managed the successful acquisition of Mastercard France and set-up of the Prepay Solutions JV with Edenred

Purchase, NY, US

European project leader for the shares allocation of Mastercard Inc. prior to the May 2006 initial public offering (5B$ IPO), reporting to the European CFO

Purchase, NY, US

• Europe Finance Director for Financial Planning & Analysis, Pricing, Interchange, Business Cases and MIS, reporting to the European CFO
• Led financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, closing, financial reporting and the quarterly CEO review (49 countries)
• Business Owner of ERP migration from SAP to Oracle
• Defined the European pricing and interchange strategies and obtained Board approval
• Managed a team of 15 staff

Purchase, NY, US

• Led the establishment of the European Interchange strategy (interbank pricing on card transactions) and advising banks on the profitability of a card business
• Established the interchange strategy and prepared interchange proposals for Board approval
• Managed all the business-related aspects of the defense of the interchange against the Statement of Objections issued by the European Competition authorities

GB

Team project manager – Activity Based Costing for KBC, Business Process Reengineering and selection of a software for Dexia Asset Management and Fortis Bank.

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

Master In Business Engineering, Business Management, Finance, Economics

Business Management

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