Yannick Pichi

Finance Vice President and Zone CFO Nordic & Baltics at Schneider Electric

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

About

Currently serving as Finance Vice President and Zone CFO for the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as Germany, Austria and Switzerland at Schneider Electric, I leverage more than 18 years of finance leadership experience to drive financial performance, strengthen governance, and ensure compliance across complex international organisations. Drawing on strong business partnering and process improvement expertise, I work closely with leadership teams to lead transformation initiatives, enhance operational efficiency, and support sustainable growth. I am committed to aligning financial strategies with sustainability ambitions, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture that enables long-term value creation. Having successfully held several CFO positions throughout my career, I have consistently contributed to both strategic and operational performance improvement, driving businesses achieve their growth objectives while delivering measurable results both on commercial and financial dimensions.

Experience

  • Schneider Electric (12 yrs 1 mo)
    • Finance Vice President and Zone CFO for Nordic & Baltics and Germany, Switzerland and Austria
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Finance Vice President and Zone CFO Nordic & Baltics
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Finance Vice President Cluster CFO Belgium & Netherlands
      Jan 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • External auditor - Manager at EY
    Sep 2008 - Jun 2014 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Financial audit manager – Industry - Worked as audit team manager on legal audit and advisory engagements for a large panel of industrial sectors (Thales, Technip, Rémy Cointreau, Ingérop, Alma Consulting Group, Goodrich, Lundbeck…) with (i) international exposure and (ii) specific expertise in long-term contracts - Financial and accounting due diligence for corporate clients, relating to acquisition, disposal and refinancing transactions - Conducted engagements to design and deliver costing tool for mature and new products in industrial companies - Financial statements audit in French GAAP, IFRS and US GAAP - Team management (2 to 8 persons), development of client relationship - Project management : monitoring of engagement budgets, scope of work and work programs, audit strategy planning and risk identification - Internal control assessment and identification of improvement area for the client - Drafting of synthesis report for client meeting and final client deliverables - Validation of legal and financial documentation (Financial statements, Management report, Press release) - Other activities : training facilitator, sponsorship of juniors and recruitment

  • Civil Engineer at GTM BATIMENT
    Jun 2007 - Sep 2007 · 4 mos

    Appointed as an engineer recently qualified