Reynald NICOLAS

CEO of CFL Intermodal 🇱🇺 | Wine Tasting World Champion 2025 (Team 🇫🇷), DipWSET ASI.Somm

Luxembourg

About

🛤️🚆Experienced Chief Executive and Operating Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive transport and rail-road industries. Skilled in negotiation, business operations, team and general management. 🏆🏆Winner of the French wine-tasting-championship 2024-2025 season and of the World wine-tasting-championship 2025 with the French national team. International sommelier, wine judge and wine educator.

Experience

  • CEO of CFL Intermodal at CFL multimodal

    CFL intermodal, a subsidiary of CFL multimodal, is a combined rail-road transport operator. We develop a network of combined trains that connect the main European economic centers and allow the transport of all types of ITU by rail (semi-trailers, containers and swap bodies).

  • Strategic Project Manager (Logistics Engineering) at CAT Groupe

    Overhaul of CAT solution for Renault, from factories to dealers

  • Head of IT requirements and specifications for vehicle logistics at CAT at Groupe Renault

    Functional coverage of 18 subsidiaries with a team of 7 engineers

  • CEO of Lorry Rail and COO of VIIA at VIIA

  • CEO of VIIA and Lorry Rail at VIIA

    Manage VIIA, the "rail-motorway" network of Rail-Logistics-Europe (SNCF) and Lorry Rail, a company co-owned by VIIA, CFL and Lohr, operating the rail-road link service between Luxembourg and Catalonia. President of VIIA Connect (rail motorway platforms) and SPW (rail asset company).

  • Chief Operating Officer at VIIA

  • Head of regional distribution centres for France, Benelux and Switzerland at CAT Groupe

    €30 million turnover, 400 people spread over 6 locations

  • Managing Director of CAT Benelux at CAT Groupe

    Driving the recovery

  • Methods and processes adviser at the regional distribution centre of Paris at CAT at Groupe Renault

  • Head of long-haul transport operations for Europe at CAT at Groupe Renault

    10,000 vehicles daily transported by road - rail - sea – waterways

  • Steward on Air France long-haul flights at Air France

    10 months during 3 years (seasonal employment during studies)