Geneva Metropolitan Area
15 years of international experience in Corporate Strategy and M&A. Proven ability to adapt and perform into diverse business environments, delivering insights and impact on strategic business topics with high exposure to C-level senior executives. Key strength include: - Strong education: Engineer + PhD in quantum physics + MBA - Combined experience in Management consulting and "in-house" corporate Strategy and M&A - Global sectorial know-how across the chemicals / processes industry - Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
Member of Ingredients senior leadership team - Lead Transformation, M&A and Strategic Development activities for the Ingredients within Perfumery & Beauty
Member of Ingredients senior leadership team (within Perfumery & Beauty division), in charge of strategic projects and profitability initiatives
Member of Firmenich Corporate Strategy and M&A team leading Strategic initiatives and M&A projects for the Firmenich Group and its 3 divisions: Perfumery, Ingredients, Taste & Beyond
>35 strategy projects in Process & Manufacturing Industries. Sectors: - Basic Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Flavor & Fragrance Ingredients, Pharma. API & Intermediates, AgChem, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Building Materials, Specialty Minerals, Resins... Projects: - Buy-side due diligences for Top US/EU Private Equity firms & Large corporate M&A (>20 projects) - Sell-side due diligences of several >500M$ businesses - International post-merger integration plan: commercial, industrial, and development synergies - Strategic review, growth opportunity assessment, 5-Year Strategic Plan, new market entry... - Business performance review: organic growth, pricing strategy, innovation - Strategic study for the Government on the French Chemicals Industry Activities: - Management of 5-12 consultants teams & interactions with international clients - Direct exposure to C-level executives & PE managers - Contribution to firm's development at both practice & corporate level
CEO & Co-Founder of NanoThinking, a consulting company dedicated to innovation via nanotechnology: • Projects: H2020 EU R&D projects management, innovation strategic review, start-up screening, market study, prospective reports... • Clients: EDF, TOTAL, THALES, CEA, CNRS, EU Commission, National Lab of Metrology, French Ministry of Industry...
Objective: align operational activities of regional directions with the HQ prospective strategy • Topics: punctuality management, freight regional scheme, asset management... • Achievements: Definition & Implementation with success of transversal projects & collaborative tools
PhD in Fundamental Physics --- • Context: understand impact of high level of disorder on quantum superconducting state • Methods: ultra-low temperature measurements & numerical calculations • Results: cum laude (Top 5%), presented in top-level conferences and scientific journals • Achievements: evidence new energy scales in superconductors, leading role in the lab --- Publications: • Collective energy gap of preformed Cooper pairs in disordered superconductors, Nature Physics (2018) • Localization of preformed Cooper-pairs in disordered superconductors, Nature Physics (2011) • Vortex in boron doped diamond, Nature Materials (2009) • Low-temperature transport in nanocrystalline diamond , Physical Review (2009)