Stéphane Hauguel

CFO ☆ Scaling ☆ Transforming ☆ Strategy to Execution ☆ M&A, Fundraising, IPO ☆ Tech start-up to Corporate

Geneva Metropolitan Area

About

My focus is on leading the company through a pivotal transformation period by implementing new financial strategies and repositioning for sustainable profitability. With a background in steering financial operations at SAAS, industrial B2B and B2C firms, I excel in navigating competitive markets and fostering growth. I develop international finance competencies and lead investor relations. Altogether with the management team, my mission encompasses strategic and operational leadership aimed at securing the company's future in a robust financial landscape. In charge of financial and corporate legal matters for multiple fund raising transactions. As a true "business partner", guarantee the financial stability and ensure a global mission of strategic support, operational management and financial structuring of fast-growing companies.

Experience

  • Group CFO | AI Business Solutions at Ekimetrics
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Ekimetrics provides AI business solutions, enhancing business operations and driving efficiency through data and AI solutions, and operating as a global business, with over 450 employees across Paris (HQ), the US (second largest office), UK, and Asia (Hong Kong & Shanghai). This hybrid of professional services and tech enablement defines Ekimetrics' differentiated market position. As a CFO, my role is to provide senior financial leadership during a key period of organisational and financial evolution. My mission as a leader is to step in, stabilise the function, and support near-term strategic initiatives, including M&A and a longer-term view toward exit and new investors external investment including also a debt financing round.

  • Interim Chief Financial Officer | Fintech at Spendesk
    Jul 2024 - Apr 2025 · 10 mos

    Spendesk is a SAAS Fintech company which offers spend management software to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). After having previously closed a €100 million funding round in January 2022, led by venture capital fund Tiger Global, which followed a previous €100 million raise by the firm, the startup had reached a “unicorn” status at a valuation of $1.5 billion USD. The company is entering into a transformation period due to the competitive market and slowdown of the growth. My mission is to lead with the management team the transformation plan, reducing the costs and repositioning the company in a more profitable and sustainable operating model.

  • Group Chief Financial Officer | Medtech AI solutions at Diabeloop
    Nov 2022 - Feb 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Diabeloop is a cutting-edge medical device, SaaS company for diabetes with around 180 employees, developing innovative solutions to automate and personalize diabetes management. The system uses algorithms to continuously monitor insulin levels and data with the largest AI diabetes team in Europe. As the Group CFO, build and develop a full-fledged international finance competence, lead the investors relations, ensure for the Group to be compliant with all internal and external regulations and to define a corporate financing strategy to support the Company growth ambitions.

  • Chief Financial Officer | Cleantech at depsys
    Sep 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Innovative, fast-growing Swiss high-tech & software company active internationally, driven by the passion for cleantech and energy management. Leading fundraising, finance and operations while developing/executing strategies and initiatives to meet Depsys' expansion growth objectives.

  • Consulting Partner | M&A and Investment Advisory at Value Bridge Partners
    Aug 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Missions leading M&A, Venture Capital, fund raising, financial advisory practice for start-ups and scale-ups. Focusing on new strategy definition, business planning to new diversification or exit sale.