About Fabien
I am a senior strategy, M&A, and growth advisor with 13+ years of experience spanning top-tier consulting (BCG, PwC) and executive leadership roles in industry. Most recently, I served as VP Strategy & M&A and management committee member at John Cockerill Hydrogen, where I helped scale this green hydrogen business from startup scale to a global market leader through international expansion, partnerships, acquisitions, and a €230m fundraising at unicorn valuation.
I have led complex buy- and sell-side transactions, joint ventures, corporate strategy programs, and board-level decision processes.
As a CFA charterholder with deep financial modeling expertise and a strong operational mindset, I support CEOs, boards, and investors on high-stakes strategic decisions, growth acceleration, and value creation in fast-evolving industries, particularly energy, sustainability, industrials, and technology-enabled businesses.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Spanish
Basic
Dutch
Basic
Can work on-site
Bruxelles (up to 50km)
Experience
- John Cockerill Hydrogen (JCH2)VP Strategy & M&AENERGY AND UTILITIESOctober 2020 - May 2025 (4 years and 6 months)Liège, BelgiumMember of the management committee of John Cockerill's fast growing green hydrogen business (electrolyzer manufacturing). EU team grew from ~10 FTEs mid-2020 to ~300 today, and from ~120 to 600 globally. Led a team of 7 covering Strategy, M&A, Communication & Public Affairs, Subsidies.STRATEGY, e.g.:• Built the global expansion strategy of JCH2 (incl IP management strategy, R&D roadmap, JV partnerships, country-specific approaches, …) and adapted it frequently to adjust to the rapid evolutions of the nascent electrolyzer market. This allowed JCH2 to become a leading player of the market (~25% market share of 2024 global order intake), growing from a single factory in China to multiple manufacturing hubs in China, Europe, USA and India• Preparation of board meetings and in-depth strategic analyses on key business topicsM&A / PARTNERSHIPS, e.g:• Sell-side | Led a €230m equity fundraising (post-money valuation >€1b) to finance the growth of the business. Acted as CFO: Prepared the BP, equity story & info memo; Coordinated external advisors; Key face of JCH2 in meetings with investors, along with JCH2's CEO• Partnership | Key member of the negotiation team that led to the creation of "Rely", a joint venture between John Cockerill and Technip Energies ("T.EN"), a leading global EPC contractor. Target 2030 revenues: >€1b thanks to a unique integrated offering• Buy-side | Led the full buy-out of the joint-venture partner in Cockerill Jingli Hydrogen (China), then the world's largest hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturer and joined its Board of Directors• Buy-side | Led the acquisition of a minority stake in a key component supplier - from preliminary analysis to the contractual negotiations and the post-investment workplan
- Boston Consulting Group (BCG)ConsultantCONSULTING AND AUDITSOctober 2018 - January 2020 (1 year and 3 months)Brussels, BelgiumStrategy consultant advising leading companies across various industries (notably Energy, Sustainability/Social impact, Industrial Goods, Public sector) and geographies (Europe & Africa). Primary expertise areas include:DUE DILIGENCE & TRANSACTION SUPPORT, e.g.:• Conducted commercial due diligence on a leading carbon offset company; then designed an alternative organic growth strategy to enable our client to become a market leader within 2ySTRATEGY & DEVELOPMENT, e.g.:• Developed the intermodal strategy of a leading European public transport operator – Building consensus around the need for action and defining the ambition and path to get there• Defined the 2030 digital strategy for the downstream activities of an Oil&Gas major – Analysis of overall trends, emerging value pools, competencies required• Defined the industrial strategy for a bauxite mine in Africa – Creation of multiple Rapid Growth Programs (RGPs) to rapidly expand capacity through best sequencing of CapEx spend• Coached & enabled Congolese management of a large international NGO on various leadership & change management topics; Defined local advocacy & fundraising strategies
- PwC, Deals/Valuation & Business ModellingManagerCONSULTING AND AUDITSJanuary 2011 - September 2018 (7 years and 9 months)Brussels, BelgiumFinancial consultant performing valuations and building financial models for large, listed firms as well as smaller local companies, in various contexts (M&A, restructuring, tax purposes, audit support, management support). Gained extensive exposure to CEOs & CFOs, managed project teams, and was recognized for strong coaching of junior team members. Examples of project work includes
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Education
- Chartered Financial Analyst(CFA) Institute2015Chartered Financial Analyst
- Bachelor and Master in Business EngineeringLouvain School of Management2012Bachelor and Master in Business Engineering