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Hello,
I have extensive experience in corporate finance within listed, international groups managed by founding presidents.
For the past 19 years, I worked at the Ipsos Group as Deputy Group Financial Director. This group grew from 700 million euros to 2.4 billion euros through organic growth and acquisitions. It is present in 90 countries, with 3 countries larger than France.
I supervised central financial functions as a multi-specialist: management control, treasury, consolidation, financial communication, taxation, sustainability reporting...
I am particularly focused on monitoring free cash flow, optimizing it, and its impact on debt and treasury organization.
Today, I wish to share my experience with growing groups and companies that need to structure themselves and optimize their processes.
The format of my support will be adapted to your needs.
Do not hesitate to contact me, I want to help you and participate in your new challenges.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Conversational
Italian
Basic
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- FINLARGOFINANCE CONSULTING MISSION - TRANSITIONAL MANAGEMENT - FINANCIAL DIRECTIONCONSULTING AND AUDITSMay 2025 - Today (1 year and 3 months)Paris, FranceMAIN MISSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS PLANS, BUDGETS AND REPORTS• Establishment of the consolidated budget, forecast updates, and monthly results monitoring.• Establishment of the 5-year plan including results, balance sheet, debt, and cash flow.• Operational control and monitoring of group activities. Launch of savings programs. Reduction in reporting lead times and data reliability. Authorization and monitoring of investments.• Management of group bonus envelopes. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS• Establishment of published consolidated results. Liaison with statutory auditors. Reduction in closing times, implementation of Hard Close. FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION, URD, DPEF, INVESTOR RELATIONS• Construction of the annual URD. Creation and management of the Sustainability Report (Certified without reservation). Financial communication. Investor Day. Trust relationship with analysts and investors. TREASURY AND DEBT• Implementation of cash and cash flow monitoring tools. Reduction in cash needs, cash repatriation...• Reduction of Working Capital Requirement by more than 10 days over 5 years within the Ipsos Group.• Inaugural Ipsos bond issuance 2018. €300 million. Negotiation of syndicated loans, SSDs, and bilateral loans. INTERCOMPANY OPERATIONS• Organization of group fee invoicing. Subsidiary operations: mergers, liquidations, cash repatriation...• Tax and results optimizations in France and abroad. ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS Synovate (2/3 of the group's size, with 20 people. Recruitment, supervision, training of teams intended to evolve within the Group.
- IpsosDeputy Financial DirectorCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2010 - May 2025 (14 years and 7 months)Paris, FranceInternational survey group. Listed in Paris. Annual Revenue €2.4 billion. 90 countries. 18,000 employees. Deputy Financial Director.
- FimalacDirector of Management ControlPRIVATE EQUITYJanuary 2001 - December 2005 (4 years and 11 months)Paris, FranceThe group was listed with 2004 revenue of €1.1 billion. 130 companies. Diversified activities. Financial Director and Director of Management Control.
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Education
- Chartered AccountantParis IX1992Expert-comptable
- Degree in Economic SciencesParis II Assas1985Licence en sciences économiques