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What I do:
I work with management teams to structure, transform, or turn around their organizations, whether in contexts of rapid growth, acquisition, recovery, or AI integration into business operations.
I enter the organization, diagnose what's blocking progress, build the plan with the executive committee, and stay with the teams until the transformation is embedded in processes and daily operations.
With a background as a legal expert, HR Director, and then executive in SMEs, mid-to-large companies, and large corporations, I've held every position in the chain and led across all types of organizations before becoming a consultant.
What I have done
+15 years in executive committees, +10 years in leadership roles in labor-intensive industries and services (telecoms, energy, chemicals, shipbuilding, transport, industrial services).
Key achievements:
- Post-acquisition integration of 1,000 employees in 10 days (took over the management of France's largest and oldest worker cooperative).
- Business pivot (telecoms > energy).
- Overhaul of compensation structures (C&B) / motivation levers without additional cost, while maintaining social climate.
- Scaling from 300 to 1,500 employees.
- Organizational analysis of targets in M&A projects and integration (culture and structure).
- Launching an international subsidiary from scratch in 21 days.
- 360° organizational overhaul/collective bargaining agreement across multiple companies without additional cost or conflict.
- Turnaround of a critical function in 3 months after 4 directors in 3 years.
- Development of a Shared Service Center from scratch in an international context (integrating 6 acquisitions).
- Complete HRIS overhaul and deployment of real-time 360° BI.
- Interim HR Director for +2,000 employees of a German group.
- Restructuring plans.
How I work
Organizational diagnostics, transformation plans, change management.
Remote or on-site.
Adaptable format: targeted audit, full mission, or executive and HR Director coaching as a sparring partner.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Marseille (up to 50km), Paris (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km), Nice (up to 50km), Montpellier (up to 50km)
Experience
- OsnovaFounderCONSULTING AND AUDITSAugust 2025 - Today (1 year)Marseille, FranceI support leaders in their transformation projects.Examples of interventions:
- Multi-country audit for a group: UK/Benelux/Germany
- Interim HR Director after 6 major acquisitions (1500 employees, foreign country)
- Creation of an HR/Payroll Shared Service Center from scratch
- HRIS deployment in Germany
- Coaching junior HR Directors in taking up their role
- Identification and onboarding of key executives
- Support for organizational transitions towards AI (mapping, processes, forecasting, employee representative body communication + internal communication)
- Cogepart GroupeGroup Human Resources DirectorTRANSPORTATIONMay 2019 - June 2020 (1 year and 1 month)Marseille, FranceTurnaround of a crisis-ridden HR/Payroll department (4 HR Directors in 3 years): stabilization in 3 months.Resolution of social relations issues in a complex context.First international establishment (Belgium) in 3 weeks.Creation of ad hoc training to support the strategic pivot towards a new customer segment and premium delivery.
- CircetHuman Resources DirectorTELECOMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2021 - August 2025 (4 years and 6 months)83210 Solliès-Pont, FranceComplete HR transformation in an LBO and multi-country context (6000 employees, maintaining a team of 15), hyper-growth (numerous acquisitions) and business pivot (telecoms > energy).Post-acquisition integration of +1,000 employees in 10 days.Switch to the metallurgy collective bargaining agreement across multiple companies at neutral cost.360° HRIS overhaul and real-time BI deployment.Complex URSSAF audit settled with a significant credit.Structuring of CSR / ESG and 5 high-level women's sports partnerships.
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Education
- Preparatory classes for Grandes Écoles (CPGE)Lycée Henri LoritzClasses préparatoires aux grandes écoles (CPGE)
- Promoting Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as a Manager Artificial Intelligence for Human Resources Thinking and Integrating Diversity in Business Confronting Prejudice: Thriving Beyond Our Differences Developing a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging ProgramPromouvoir l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion en tant que manager L'intelligence artificielle pour les ressources humaines Penser et intégrer la diversité en entreprise Affronter les préjugés : s'épanouir au-delà de nos différences Développer un programme de diversité, d'inclusion et d'appartenance