Personalized shopping from a keyboard: By combining customer input and big data algorithms we are developing e-commerce for beauty that adds a personal touch to the shopping experience.Recommendations and AI: Pick N Dazzle developed a proprietary Recommendation algorithm with built in AI, to navigate and help customers find quickly and easily recommended products for their personal needs, style and preferences. It also helps brands target the product to the right customers with the highest chances of customers loving the product and continuing buying it long-term, those optimizing communication and marketing costs.Pick N Dazzle curates re-fined and inspiring collections of health and beauty products from an unlimited variety of well-known and discovery brands, carefully picked according to personal sense of beauty.I have enthusiastically started this venture and have the pleasure to work with exceptional professionals and team members to deliver on the Pick N Dazzle mission: to empower women through beauty and technology. pickndazzle.com

Private international investment firm focusing on equity investments in real estate-related assets and operating companies.

Morning Croissant is the rental platform for furnished apartments & houses, offering unique accommodations directly from owners. Ideal for city breaks & travelers, looking for short lets.Morning Croissant has recently moved into the B2B space, taking an unique position in the market. The company is showing much accelerated growth.

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This is exciting work with EMBA students in supporting their plans for launching new businesses. The composition of the Board is a mix of top notch academics and experienced executives.In the 2014 FT EMBA ranking TRIUM is ranked the No.1 program globally and in 2018 FT EMBA ranking is ranked No.2, with taking one of the top 3 positions in other years.

Eleven is a venture fund that provides financing to early-stage startups using an incremental investment approach alongside iterative development. Eleven was selected by the European Investment Fund to manage a EUR 12 million acceleration & seed fund with a view to making around 200 investments in innovative young businesses. Eleven has attracted Google as a technology partner, and Springboard - the London-based mentorship-led accelerator, as a strategic partner for its program. The teams at Eleven receive support through business insight and technical expertise from an all-star cast of mentors.

Dermance is the French Skin Care specialist, focused on the 45+ customer segment, and providing the opportunity to women to work as beauty advisors.The team of Dermance relaunched the business under the brand Joli Moi https://www.jolimoi.com/

LuckyLoc is a start-up in the mobility space, the company has an innovative business model - Rent a car for 1 EUR!LuckyLoc recently developed a new brand to their portfolio and entered the B2B market.Later the company was invested by 2 French Investment funds and was rebranded to Hiflow https://www.hiflow.com/qui-sommes-nousGreat development of this start-up.

Planning and synchronization of Global marketing, Global Demand and Global Supply in short term, mid term and longer term horizon for optimal performance; assuring vertical and horizontal integration and information flows. Linking to Group strategies. Delivering monthly assesment of the business and recommendations to the Executive committee.Strategy process design and implementation; Palladium Master Class in Strategy Execution.Reporting to Group CEO and President.Together with a talented team achieved material increase in free cash flows through substantial inventory reduction by keeping service levels and Sales fulfilment rate.

Turnaround case under challenging internal and external environment; Achieved 33% market share growth in 1 year against 6 times bigger competitor and in a situation of macro austerity.Converted the business into the fastest growing segment for the group worldwide.Inspired and led hundreds of thousands of Sales force and employees for growth.Brand repositioning and transformation; Fast paste of innovation through all business domains. "Growth is a game of skill, not a game of chance"

Working with the group COO in the immediate post crises period to develop commercial and Strategy plans for the Regions in CIS, EMEA, LA and Asia to sustain growth; as a result 2009/2010 were highly successful years for the group in contrast to the overall environment.

Growth, growth growth! Opening of new markets, managing of growth, managing in hyperinflation and financial cryses. Establsihing and developing the business in Europe, Middles East and Africa.Financial leadership for 500 million EUR of revenue in 26 subsidiaries, most of them managed directly.