Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Who I am: • French-Dutch binational, fluent in five languages. Currently based in Amsterdam, active in a senior management commercial role in the mobility industry. • Purpose-driven, people-focused leader with a broad skill set and a passion for business development and building partnerships / strategic alliances. Wide experience in the management of complex distribution networks. • 20 years senior management experience in the mobility industry across Europe & LatAm. Roles covering general management, sales, operations, M&A & PMI. • Chairman of the Dutch French chamber of commerce, a platform developing cross border business and providing services to companies: networking, consultancy, payrolling, and more. • Graduated from Mines Paris – PSL, one of France’s elite engineering schools (“Grandes Écoles”), with a multidisciplinary curriculum in science, engineering, and business. Also followed an advanced executive education at IMD (Lausanne). A few years ago I switched from a "manufacturer world" I know well to the "mobility service" part of the value chain, firmly believing this is the right place to lead the change towards durable mobility solutions. As far as business culture is concerned, I believe in: • Open & people driven company cultures, with ownership & accountability as low as possible in the organization, and an inclusive management style favoring entrepreneurship. • The need for senior managers to envision a strategy and to bring it to the organization in a way, that teams are able to implement it with a right level of autonomy.
- Board member Ayvens Netherlands - Commercial mobility activities with partners ANWB, OEM's, dealer holdings, brokers - Online Ayvens mobility business line Fleet of ~100.000 vehicles, 100 FTE's
- Leading the global integration of ALD Automotive and LeasePlan on the procurement and remarketing aspects - Procurement: plan worked out and executed to generate >200M€ yearly recurring synergies - Remarketing: building the #1 leader in leasing and sales of used cars, both to consumers & traders
- Board member, responsible for Operations including remarketing of used cars (~200M€), repair & maintenance, contract management, procurement (~500M€), driver & customer call center - Achievements: started up a digitalized business line around used car leasing, turned it into a major activity of ALD NL; increased scalability of the overall operation in a high growth context, increased financial results, grew employee satisfaction to 90% ("great place to work"), several awards "VZR best leasing company" from driver & customer perspective
VP of PSA Group, CEO of Citroën & DS brands in NL and of the corresponding National Sales Company - Conducted transformation of Citroën NL (turnover > 300M€): new brand positioning, profound dealer network restructuration, sale of the PSA-owned dealership in Amsterdam to a private retail group - Set up “DS Automobiles” as a standalone french luxury brand, with dedicated dealer network - Deployed PSA's “Push to Pass” strategy with special focus on mobility solutions through private lease - Integrated Opel into a new PSA Netherlands setup, including common Management Team and more proximity to the captive financial services activities
VP of PSA Groupe, head of North-East region of France for Peugeot - Head of sales, aftersales, commercial development and customer satisfaction - Scope representing a total annual turnover > 1G€ - Management of a distribution network of 74 dealers and 430 agents, supported by a field team of 25 FTE - Achieved a significant growth in market share, spare parts turnover, and customer satisfaction
- Sold several PSA-owned national sales companies (covering Scandinavia, Ireland & eastern Europe) to private wholesale groups - Implemented fresh commercial development plans with the new sales partners, targeting maximized market share & profit for PSA's brands in these countries
- Development of methods and tools for performance analysis /// Equity portfolios representing 12G€
- Renewal of the water distribution system of Lima - Project manager on two pumping stations