Benoit Jeannot

Group CFO

Versailles, Île-de-France, France

About

Group / Regional / Division CFO with 25 years of experience in multiple finance disciplines with 5 global leaders L'Oreal, Microsoft, Mercer, Criteo and Publicis. Experience in: - Different industries: technology, software, gaming, consulting services, cosmetics, marketing & advertising, retail media, insurance, e-commerce. - Different businesses: Consumer, Enterprise, Mid-market. - Different geographies: France, Norway, Singapore and Thailand. - Different situations: High growth companies, startup/scale up business, Turnaround and restructuring, mature and emerging markets (BRICS) - Business and finance transformation Key competencies: - Building, developing and managing global teams. - Business partnering with top management. Business and finance transformation. - Strategic and financial leadership in growth, steady and restructuring environments. - Financial and operational process design, implementation and optimization. - Merger & acquisitions. From business planning to due diligence, deal closure and integration. Carve out. - Opex / Capex investments plans. Outsourcing and offshoring. Shared services center set up. - Target operating model and ERP/Information systems implementations. - Risk management, internal Control, SOX - Bilingual French / English. Solid background in German.

Experience

  • Publicis Groupe (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
    • Unlimitail - Group CFO and CHRO
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

    • CFO Global Services and Western Europe
      Jun 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • CFO - EMEA region at Criteo
    Jul 2017 - Jun 2021 · 4 yrs

    At Criteo, performance marketing is what we do. And it’s what we do best. Measuring return on post-click sales, Criteo makes ROI transparent and easy to measure. Criteo has 2,500+ employees in offices across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific, serving 14,400 + clients worldwide, with a 90% + client retention rate. www.criteo.com

  • Mercer (Paris Area, France)
    • CFO - Southern Europe
      Dec 2016 - Jul 2017 · 8 mos

    • CFO - France
      Sep 2013 - Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Microsoft (Permanent · 13 yrs 10 mos)
    • CFO - Norway
      Dec 2010 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

    • Senior Finance controller - Enterprise Services - Asia region
      Jul 2006 - Nov 2010 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      18 subsidiaries including Japan, China, India, Australia and Asean countries

    • Finance controller, Home & Entertainment - France
      Jul 2003 - Jun 2006 · 3 yrs

  • L'Oréal (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • Business analyst - Marketing - L'Oréal Paris (OAP)
      Jul 1998 - Nov 1999 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Business controller, Consumer division, L'Oréal Thailande
      Nov 1996 - Jul 1998 · 1 yr 9 mos