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Lyès B.LB

Lyès B.

Energy & Resources Strategic Advisor

€850/day
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Lyès

Energy, Strategy & Low-Carbon Transition Expert | +10 years of experience in large groups (EDF, TotalEnergies) & innovative startups

I support you in your most ambitious projects at the intersection of energy, technology, and business.
From large industry to startup agility, I have led structuring projects in commercial development, market strategy, and complex contract negotiation (PPAs, trading, supply).

🔋 My areas of expertise:

- Definition of sourcing strategy and contractual structuring, including through market purchases from traders

-Renewable energies: solar, wind, market integration

-Industrial decarbonization: supporting industrial players (steel, transport, etc.) towards carbon neutrality
-Hydrogen (H₂): project structuring, business models, public-private partnerships

-Storage and batteries: B2B/B2C solutions, sizing, commercialization, go-to-market

-Setup of trading structures and desks

✅ What I bring you:

- Clear strategic vision, coupled with rigorous operational execution

- Ability to structure, negotiate, and deliver in complex, multi-stakeholder, and international contexts

- Results-oriented approach, carbon impact, and long-term value creation

- Support for targeting, identification, and evaluation of collaborators (including interviews)

🧩 I work as a freelancer, project manager, or on international transition/development missions.

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🔋 My Expertise includes:

Sourcing strategy & contract structuring (incl. market-based procurement)

Hydrogen & battery project development

Renewable integration & industrial decarbonization

Trading desk setup & B2B go-to-market

✅ Strengths: Strategic clarity, stakeholder alignment, and results-oriented execution across Europe & the Middle East.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Dutch

    Conversational

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • Arabic

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • TotalEnergies TOTSA
    Senior Originator
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    March 2023 - Today (3 years and 3 months)
    Genève, Switzerland
    • Establish and develop partnerships for waste valorization: biogas/biomass, CO₂ capture, and power sales on the European market
    • Being the main interlocutor of major key players, including suppliers, big compagnies and traders
    • Procurement of Gas and Power to the industrial sites of branches and affiliates of the Company in addition to the very large industrial counterparts
    • Supervise operational processes
    • Hedging the price exposure and other risks of the portfolio and developing long term contracts (PPA’s…)
    • Oversee KPI management
    • Originate the portfolio base while leveraging green emerging technologies: Batteries, GO’s, Electric mobility
    • Monitor the budget and fix target
    • Performance Management
    • Negotiate partnerships with clients, suppliers and manage contracts
    • Develop the B2B portfolio and expand Green structured products
    • Establish the organizational structure and processes including IT: Design and implement an efficient organizational framework to streamline operations for the Trading desk

  • EDF
    Sales Director
    ENERGY AND UTILITIES
    September 2021 - March 2023 (1 year and 6 months)
    Bordeaux, France
    • Entry point for all big key accounts and stakeholders
    • Oversee the development:
    o of new land acquisitions for green field assets: solar and wind
    o ensure project advancement aligns with operational teams' strategies and objectives
    • Support the energy transition and new technologies with the implementation of decarbonization solutions:
    o PPAs, investments in Electrolyzers,
    o Ammonia product with Bordeaux port,
    o SAF with ATR in the Southwest of France
    o Carbon capture with big consumers (Aluminum and steel producers),
    o H2 charging station in Mulhouse in France,
    o Hydrogen car batteries
    • Implement effective sale strategies for B2B
    • Developing EDF’s B2B portfolio for:
    o Power & Gas,
    o Renewables (Solar Panels), and the consumption efficiency for all sizes and sectors
    • Manage the budget, monitor financial performance, pre- and post-sales
    • Securing the financial exposure of clients over the short- or long-term periods
    • Main point of contact for clients and stakeholders
    • Manage 20 people
  • EDF
    Special Advisor (C-Level)
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2020 - January 2021 (1 year)
    Paris, France
    • Regionalized B2B transformation to enhance agility, profitability, and efficiency.
    • IT modernization with automation, security, and integrated digital tools.
    • CRM enhancement for improved customer engagement and data-driven decisions.
    • Streamlined processes optimizing structure, cost, and competitive positioning.

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