France
20+ years creating value as CFO, SVP Corporate Finance, and Director of Transformation, in tech, environmental and energy industries at regional and worldwide levels, based in North America and France, consistently exceeding expectations. I am binational (American and French with >20 years living in France). I Identify value creation opportunities (financial, human, environmental, operational, social...) and put in place the required strategies, tools, processes, organizations and teams to best realize them. I construct, value and negotiate complex deals and bids to optimize value for all stakeholders (M&A, O&M, DBO, PPP, regulated and non, and variants). I build cohesive high performing teams in complex international environments, and identify and develop talented individuals. Successful multiple organizational levels, from business unit financial, strategic and asset management up to regional and worldwide initiatives led as a senior executive. Generated $millions in recurring business unit EBITDA gains and significant ROCE improvement while North America CFO & Sr VP, plus significant transactional gains on asset rotation. Put in place the processes and tools to generate >100M€ in recurring performance gains plus >60M€ in cash flow working capital improvement for a 9B€ worldwide energy business. Transformed the finance function for a >70B€ group leveraging SAP S4HANA. Areas of Expertise: • Financial & Performance Management • Change Management / Leadership • Corporate Finance • Business Development; M&A • Asset & Risk Management • Regulation
Following VWTS and VWT integration: Worldwide supply chain finance responsibility for a $5B water technology activity (manufacturing on 4 continents), plus CFO of the $1B Technology & Products activity (12 product lines) covering the full spectrum of water filtration/purification needs, and state of the art testing equipment
Worldwide supply chain finance responsibility for a $3.2B water technology activity, plus CFO of the $700M Products activity covering the full spectrum of water filtration/purification needs, and state of the art testing equipment
- Transformation/Change Leadership, Finance/CFO, strategy, start-ups
♦ Transforming the Finance function (>5000 Finance FTEs; >300 systems; 24 core activities; 70 countries) to be a value partner in Engie’s transformation; ♦ Redefining organizations, responsibilities, processes, tools (SAP S4 Hana), and data flows
Global Gas & LNG Business Line (9B€ turnover)
Chief of Staff to CFO ENGIE (74B€ revenue), Paris, France • Committees: CODIR Finance; COMEX Finance • Key role supporting new Group CFO Isabelle Kocher managing Group Finance CODIR plus 5 branch CFO’s, and completing and integrating major acquisition
ENGIE SUEZ North America ($1B turnover) Committees: Operations (CODIR), Consideration & Investment, Risk ♦ Responsibilities: Corporate Finance; Regulatory Business Department; Chief Risk Officer; FP&A and Strategic Planning
SUEZ North America/United Water (#2 US water company; $1B turnover)
ENGIE Nalco (3B€ turnover) ♦ Financial oversight of Ondeo Industrial Solutions; Member Executive Committee