Cegid is a leading player in the digital transformation of companies and public entities, improving the performance of its customers with its cloud services and enterprise software.Cegid offers solutions in the fields of finance, tax management and human resources, as well as vertical business solutions for the retail, manufacturing, trade and services sectors, the accounting profession and the public sector.Leveraging an ambitious innovation strategy, Cegid's solutions integrate the new ways people use technology, from mobility, cloud-based services and paperless documents to data analysis and collaborative industry platforms.Cegid is an international group with more than 4,400 employees located throughout France, Spain, Portugal and in 15 other countries. Serving more than 480,000 clients, Cegid achieved revenues of €632 million in 2021.Cegid shareholders are the most admired P.E. firms (Silverlake, KKR, A1, Oakley)

Clearnox is the leading French digital business payments provider making easy for small and mid-size businesses to get paid faster.

✓ Executive Committee member at the Sage group level. In charge of elaborating the strategy and the execution in the Americas.✓ In charge of the execution of the group strategic plan for North and South America and elaborate a strategy for the local portfolio. ✓ Define areas of investment, and reallocate resources to maximize organic revenue growth and profit as well as acquisitions and divestitures✓ In 2010, Sage Americas was a $900m business, 22% EBITA margin, 5,000 employees, a large eco system and about 3 million customers.Achievements✓ Turnaround the Sage North American business by implementing the Sage Group strategic plan and build a strong Sage leadership community. In 3 years, the organic revenue trend was 6% and the EBITA margin improved by 50%.✓ Moved from a loose network of 11 business units to a centralized operating model. Centralized the back office, HR, marketing, R&D and support. Created a dedicated team focusing on customer experience enhancement and transforming the culture from product focus to customer focus.✓ Removed all product brands and released the Sage brand with a clear and consistent value proposition.✓ Went through an extensive portfolio rationalization, sunsetting products and divesting non strategic assets to reallocate resources to Connected services and Cloud based solutions.✓ Develop strong synergies between the Payments and the software business.✓ Create a new Executive team; cohesion at the Executive level and one voice. Preserve and develop the A category Executives✓ Installed a more direct leadership style in the internal communication. Allow people to speak their mind and to create the company they want to work for. ✓ Acquisition and merged of 5 software publishers in Brazil to create the leading provider for accountants. (Software and content)

✓ Run the different countries. 350m euro revenue, 28% EBITA margin, 3,000 employees and 1,2m customers.✓ Grew the business from 50m to 350m euro revenue through organic growth and more than 30 acquisitions. ✓ Release and implement the Sage brand as the most trusted Brand for accountant and payroll solutions.✓ Diversified the business from a low mid market target to a market leading position on the 0 to 2,000 employees market segment. ✓ Changed aggressively the business model: introduced the subscription pricing model in 2001 and implemented a premium contract strategy in 1998.

The world leader in the market for treasury management software.

✓ Rationalized the portfolio from 4 product lines to one with a low impact on revenue and improved dramatically the profitability (from -20% to 20% EBITA margin)✓ Redesigned the organization, outsourced most of the sales and post sales resources, move to an indirect distribution model and downsized the workforce from 500 to 230 employees.