The Action Tank Social and Business is a non-for-profit association that aims at implementing and developing innovative and sustainable business models in order to alleviate poverty and social exclusion in France. Through the Action Tank, a number of leading multinationals have joined forces with NGOs and government organizations to experiment with developing social businesses in France.► Strategy- Perspective note to 2020 to enlighten evolution of Action Tank ecosystem with HEC Chair►Steering projects- Access to essential goods (child nutrition) : Steering of Programme Malin providing low-income parents with affordable and nutritious food and nutritional advice for their 6 months to 3-year-old children. Program developed partnership with pediatric experts, french Red Cross and several Family Allowances Funds ("Caisse d'allocations familiales")- Access to essential goods (mobility) : Steering of mobility project allow low-income households to access to brand new cars enabling beneficiaries to reduce and better manage their mobility budget and favor employment. Partnership with Pôle Emploi, FASTT (Fonds d’Action Sociale pour le Travail Temporaire) and Adie (Associaiton pour le Droit à l’Initiative Economique)- Employment : task force leading gathering firms and social films to design expérimental project

International interventions in diverse sectors (bank, insurance, automotive, telecom, etc.)► Project management- Planning: Definition of business plan, functional and roll-out roadmap, project team organization- Steering: Development and steering of KPI, planning and budget and project risk management- Evaluation: Delivery model diagnostic and correction, roadmap realignment- Change management: Structuring communication and training plans- Team leadership: Organization and delivery of workshops and seminars (8-30 persons)► Operational Excellence- Action and team organization: Analysis, definition and set-up- Lean management: Process optimization► Strategic review- Market analysis: Customers (segmentation, databases, polls, etc.), Competition (positional, financials, etc.), Geo-political (French economic areas, growing countries, etc.)- Merger and acquisition: Identification of revenues, cost and network synergies- HR: Strategic workforce planning (Needs, attrition, career paths, mobility, payroll)

► Research and development- Murex offer extension: Pricing and risk analyses for exotic derivatives on stock, rate and commodities market by stochastic model calibration and numerical methods implementation (PDE and Monte-Carlo)- Competitive advantage: Developed innovative technologies (e.g. parallel computation on GPU in OpenCL)► Commercial development- Provided support and expertise to consultants: Client meeting attendance and internal training- Branding: Promoted expertise (customer publication, international lectures, etc.)

- Developed local volatility model for stock markets- Implemented model calibration algorithm (Matlab)

► Engineer intern at Laboratoire de recherches balistiques et aérodynamiques- Proved concept for autonomous navigation system for terrestrial and aerial UAVs