Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
Strategy and transformation manager with experience across functional domains, focusing on corporate strategy, technology strategy, transformation / integration, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 24 years of professional experience in both an industrial / B2B environment and strategy consulting, working for large corporates across industries (including software services, telecommunications, life sciences, banking, chemicals, industrial manufacturing, insurance, BPO). Analysis-driven and pragmatic; worked at middle management to C-Suite/ board level Worked and lived in various geographies (including Dubai / the Middle East, Belgium / Western Europe); currently living in Madrid (Spain). Fluent in five languages
I lead the M&A Integration Team at Amadeus, which drives the appropriate integration of acquired businesses and delivery of the value that was promised at the time of the deal. As a team, we manage end-to-end integration strategies, protecting productivity and engagement throughout the integration process. We work closely with all functions to enhance the overall M&A and integration process maturity, aligning our efforts and methods with the evolving strategy of Amadeus. Key Responsibilities: - Drive the integration of acquired businesses, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and delivering promised value. - Manage dependencies and risks across multiple streams, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal business disruption. - Conduct integration due diligence and prepare early on for change management to facilitate a seamless integration process. - Collaborate with various functions to institutionalize and continuously improve M&A integration and divestment competencies. - Develop and implement integration strategies for new deals, accompanying projects from initial phases to handoff to program managers. Our goal is to enable accelerated growth, drive efficiency, maintain business continuity, and support the success of Amadeus through effective M&A integration.
Acquisition Integration for Amadeus, putting everything in place so that our BUs and corporate entities deliver the expected growth, while preserving value. My mandate is within the CEO office of Amadeus, which drives strategic transversal initiatives important to the CEO's agenda.
Driving strategy execution programs, with main focus on integration of acquired businesses, as entities or through carve out from parent companies.
Expert contractor seconded to Amadeus IT Group for Strategy Execution programs, mainly focusing on integration planning and execution of acquired businesses. I ended my role with 2C after being hired into Amadeus IT Group
Director for strategic growth, focusing on M&A, international expansion and new related business opportunities. Refined the growth strategy and developed target countries list and M&A pipeline. Conducted various M&A analysis, and negotiated with selected targets. Defined and managed greenfield entry into the Netherlands, including go-to market strategy, commercial development / B2B consultative selling to two top insurers (launch clients), operating model, and running the day-to-day business in the first period. Defined strategy for expansion into new business line through a partnership and oversaw its implementation
Management consultant with a focus on corporate strategy review and update, IT strategy design, operating model / organization model transformation, post acquisition integration and PMO (program management)
Strategy advisory: corporate strategy update, operating model transformation, corporate and IT governance advisory, IT strategy transformation, organization review and reorganization support, process models, post acquisition integration, strategic PMO
Lead for integration planning and execution on all acquisitions. This position involved co-ordinating integration of all internal IT services and their organisations as well as alignment of the supply chains.
Developed and implemented the strategy for public internet/intranet and logistics applications. Managed a team of analysts, project managers, developers and application experts to deliver and operate these applications