Brice Desmaretz

Directeur Corporate Finance & Salle des Marchés - Trésorerie & Financement chez Danone

France

About

25+ years of experience in 4 sectors (bank, air transportation, utilities, consumer goods) in Risk Management, Procurement, Treasury and Corporate Finance.

Experience

  • Corporate Finance & Dealing Room Director – Treasury and Financing at Danone
    2014 - Present · 12 yrs 6 mos

  • Veolia (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Head of Cash Management Treasury System
      2013 - 2014 · 1 yr

      - Management of 5 FTE and one consultant; - In charge of the Treasury Management Software support team (run and developments for the front-office, accounting, cash management and bank communication for direct debits and payments); - Relocation of the treasury hub from Brussels to Paris: calibration of the new balance sheet of new structure, transfers of cash pools (ZBA with 100+ participating entities and 6 banks), renegociation of intraday limits, restructuring of interco loans; - Review of the bank communication module connected to Swiftnet.

    • Head of Treasury Front-Office
      2010 - 2013 · 3 yrs

      - Management of 2 FTE; - FX and Interest rate management; - Optimisation of cash-pooled positions in currencies; - Jointly redesigned the employee savings plan with €200m under management; - Relationship with 20+ banks.

  • Air France (Roissy en France)
    • Treasury Front Office Dealer
      2005 - 2010 · 5 yrs

    • Commodity purchaser and risk management
      1999 - 2005 · 6 yrs

      - Implemented IAS 39 and SOx processes; - Set up the monitoring of counterparty risks; - Designed a full process Back-Middle-Front; - Up to €200m/year of realized gains on the hedging strategy; - Procurement of jet fuel for Europe and Africa (60 airports, budget €200m+ on $40/baril); - Projects: EDI format for invoices, Make or Buy for a commodity risk management software , Fuel uplift forecasting tool, Cordiem jet fuel marketplace.

  • Middle Office Analyst in Equity Derivatives at Deutsche Bank
    1997 - 1999 · 2 yrs

    - Implementation of a new risk management software for Value at Risk (VAR) with debugging, compiling data and report producing.