Financing and investment management for corporates active in the energy or environment sectors.Member of the board of directors of various supported companies.Additional experience in business recovery (distress situations), financing and guidance.

 Corporate valuations, family holdings restructurings, business control, ...  For various customers, but essentially SMEs and family corporates.

 Supervision of and assistance to the different general managers of the 9 companies active in hazardous waste treatment and recycling held (alone or in partnership) by Suez, mainly in the Benelux region. Total turnover of around 100 million €. Active member of the Board of Administration of these companies. Assistance in the definition and implementation of general policies, investment decisions, recruitments, partnerships, sales developments, mergers and acquisitions, ...

Revatech was a group composed of 5 companies active in the industrial waste treatment sector. Shareholders: Suez (ex-Sita) and SRIW. Turnover of around 50 million €. 6 industrial sites spread over Belgium.  Assistance to the general managers and directors of the companies, especially in the financial, tax & legal, organisational and 'strategic' areas. Supervision of a team of around 10 people in charge of:- accounting, - consolidation reportings,- human resources,- administrative, - and logistical aspects (IT, real estate management, cars fleet management, ...). Personally in charge of the business and financial control (budgets preparation for each company & follow-up of their implementation, forecast, business plans, KPIs, cash flow planning, ...). Recurring activities: - Management of the relationships with auditors, bankers and shareholders.- Supervision of the monthly and yearly closings (Belgian GAAP and IFRS) for the different legal entities + Monthly and other periodical financial and business reporting to shareholders.- People management and recruitment- Capex requests and follow-ups- Various analyses: companies restructurings, activity profitability, company valuations, strategic plans, ...- Legal administration (board of directors and shareholders' meetings, art 663, …).- Projects: new ERP study, tax optimizations, bonus plans optimization (CCT 90, warrants), insurance claims, subsidies, company acquisitions, mergers and disposals, ...* Reorganised and centralised the financial departments of the whole group, with efficiency gains and cost reduction (ar. -20%). * Designed and implemented new systems and tools enabling improved management: management cokpit tools, budget and business plans systems, invoices scanning and OCR software, cash flow and treasury planning tool, assistance to investment decisions tool, ABC cost accounting systems. * Renegotiated the whole credit line pool and optimized group financing and tax structure.

 Advisory and assistance to shareholders and entrepreneurs looking to sell or acquire businesses.In the framework of - national or cross-borders - corporates' sales, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships or management buy-outs: - Commercial prospection and negotiation of disposal or acquisition mandates.- Financial advisory, elaboration of business plans, financial analysis and valuations of companies.- General advice and coordination of tax, legal and financial aspects.- Research and relationship management with potential buyers and investors.- Intermediation/negotiation with bankers, investors and other related parties.- Assistance during negotiations up to redaction of sale contracts. Management of various other corporate finance assignments: - Finance raising & private placements for start-ups.- Financial modeling and structuring (optimization of debt, mezzanine and equity financing).- Pre-sale or acquisition analysis: market and competition analysis, benchmarking, ...- Identification of different strategic scenarios and analysis of their impact on the shareholder/corporate value (EVA method).- Financial and commercial feasibility study of various investment projects. Start-up and business development advisory:- Various general management advisory missions to SMEs or start-ups (ex: general management of a project that led to the start-up of a spin-off telecommunication company).* Successfully led various disposal, acquisition and management buy-outs assignments.* Made numerous corporate valuations (discounted cash flows, multiples and net assets methods).* Elaborated numerous detailed business and financial plans as well as shareholder value management analyzes.

 Responsible for a team of 10 people in charge of the control of the risks (middle-office: risk management) and administrative processing (back-office: accounting, billing, payments, …) linked to the bank’s market operations: foreign exchange, treasury and investment operations, derivative and equity markets.* Reengineered the information flows between our department and the other ones.

Management, organisation and finance advisory for various multinational companies. Examples: Drafting of functional specifications + selection of treasury and financial management software. Analysis and feasibility studies of business projects. Foreign exchange, money market and derivative markets – Risk management and procedures.* Analysed the needs, designed, programmed (in Excel and Access) and implemented cost accounting, management information and reporting systems.* Teached to new hires the Andersen methodology in Chicago (3 weeks trainings).