Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

After nearly 9 years structuring and supporting Malt's hyper-growth as Chief People Officer / VP People, I now offer my expertise to companies undergoing rapid evolution/transformation. My conviction is simple: a company's success hinges on its ability to recruit the best, engage them, and help them grow.

To address your structuring and engagement challenges, I offer two formats:

1. Part-Time HR Director (2 to 3 days per week)

Strategic leadership of your HR function, performance management, talent acquisition structuring, and scale-up support.

2. Management & Culture Workshops (Ad hoc missions): Creation and facilitation of tailor-made workshops to align your teams, anchor your cultural pillars, streamline internal communication, and develop your managers.

Ready to structure your growth? Contact me for a free, no-obligation 30-minute initial chat to discuss your challenges.

Languages

English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lyon (up to 15km), Paris (up to 10km)

Malt Community SA
Chief People Officer / VP People
HUMAN RESOURCES
May 2017 - March 2026 (8 years and 10 months)
Paris, France
As a member of the executive team, I led the global HR strategy to support the company's hyper-growth, scaling from around thirty employees to over 600 Malters. I structured and managed the Talent Acquisition, L&D (Learning & Development), Culture, Communication, and Workplace teams across 9 countries.

Structuring & Scale
- **Talent Acquisition & Growth**: Managed large-scale recruitment to support international expansion and major fundraising rounds ($200 million raised with Isai, Serena, Eurazeo, Goldman Sachs, and BPI).
- **Talent Management & Development**: Created HR frameworks from scratch: salary grids, career paths, objective setting, performance reviews, peer feedback, and manager training programs.
- **M&A & Strategic Integration**: Led the HR aspect of the Comatch acquisition (organizational due diligence, process harmonization, and team cultural integration).

Culture & Engagement
- **Cultural Anchoring**: Defined, deployed, and animated our 4 company culture pillars.
- **Events & Facilitation**: Led global company-wide events (All Hands, seminars...) and designed tailor-made workshops (team workshops, leadership training) to unite and align all employees.
- **Engagement**: Implemented strategic actions ensuring every employee understands and lives this culture daily, contributing to Malt being recognized as one of the best startups to work for by LinkedIn.
HR Strategy Recruitment Talent Management & Development Scale-up Communication Strategy
Shapes HR
Founder & Lead Consultant
HUMAN RESOURCES
December 2016 - September 2017 (9 months)
Paris, France
Shapes HR offered people-focused services in recruitment, engagement, and development. As a freelancer, I combined rigorous processes, innovation, and empathy to create powerful stakeholder experiences. Missions included:

- Recruitment (in-house and as an external recruiter)
- Guest lecturer on HR topics
Recruitment Talent Acquisition Talent Management Public Speaking Culture
AbbVie
HR Communications Manager (Canada, Europe, Middle East & Africa)
PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY
October 2014 - July 2016 (1 year and 9 months)
Rungis, France
Across an international scope, I defined and managed the strategic HR communication roadmap in alignment with global company objectives. My role was to ensure the understanding, adoption, and impact of our HR policies (recruitment, engagement, talent management, change management).

**Employee Engagement**: Managed the engagement program across the EEMEA region, with a direct impact on retention (turnover maintained below 3%).

**Change Management & HRIS**: Supported HR digital transformation through the deployment of new information systems (Workday and Kronos).

**Attractiveness & Onboarding**: Designed communication campaigns to boost the referral program and completely revamped onboarding materials for new employees.

**Talent Development**: Deployed targeted communication strategies to support leaders on talent management and development topics.
Communication Change Management Employee Engagement

Check out Richard's experience

Quentin

HOPWORK

Reviewed on 7/7/2017

Richard has been a life saver to support the management team at a time when recruiting became too heavy to handle without a professional. He has worked along side the team in our offices 4 days a week to get a better feeling of the internal culture to be more efficient in his screening - the entire team really likes him even though he couldn't join us for our karaoké session.