Résumé
18+ years professional experience in finance, entrepreneurship and executive management, primarily in service, innovation and health markets including: 6 years’ experience as senior investment manager in a Top-Ranking Private Equity Firm and 12+ years as founder, co-founder and partner in the innovation and start-ups environment acting as CEO, COO, CFO. Ready to take on new challenges and career opportunities.
Expériences professionnelles
Partner acting as chief operating office & chief financial officer
Magentine Healthcare , Paris - Associé (e) / Co-Fondateur (trice)
De Septembre 2020 à Janvier 2023
In a context of unprecedented pandemic situation in 2020, I took the challenge of building and developing an innovative business into a leading market diagnostic and point-of-care testing company, allowing for standardized and secure testing data traceability and offering a game changing solution for health professionals. Ultimately setting the ground for the future practices of remote biological testing.
Key duties:
• Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for the design and implementation of the business strategy. Responsible for the daily operations of the company, including PMO, IT, Sales and Business Development, Marketing, Human Resources, Supply Chain and Team Management. Global process and good practices implementation. Set up of operational KPIs, Balance Score Cards, and a reporting/ review process to ensure continuous improvement of the operational performance. Lead of major partnerships for R&D (e.g. ENS Paris Saclay, ENSCI).
• Chief Financial Officer: Leading shareholding structuring and fundraising activities (i.e. financial business plan, dataroom management, legal documentation). Budget monitoring, cost control, financial reporting, financial modelling. Cash Management.
Key Achievements:
• Acted as main partner (key decision maker) in building an impactful, profitable business and innovative company from scratch: Magentine Healthcare is a leading market diagnostic innovation company for remote biology tests in France (ca. 3 million supervised tests)
• 1,000+ clients’ portfolio
• Hiring and onboarding of 25 FTE employees in a 2-year timespan
• Successful fundraising (undisclosed amount)
Region chief operating officer
biodena care , Montpellier - Indépendant(e) / Freelance
De Septembre 2017 à Juin 2020
In the early days of Biodena Care, I brought my hands-on entrepreneurship and international experiences to deploy the company commercial footprint in emerging markets and provide access for cancer patients to a breakthrough diagnostic innovation.
Key duties:
• Regional Chief Operating Officer: Responsible for the set-up, processing and deployment of the services: innovative cancer screening/diagnostic solution in MENA (Dubai, Singapore). Negotiation of commercial partnerships with hospitals (public and private) and medical labs. Implementation of the supply chain process. Responsible for the recruitment and mentoring of the administrative, commercial and customer service teams.
• Regional Chief Financial Officer: Budget monitoring, cost control. Cash Management. Implementation of financial reporting to the Board. Financial modelling lead and fundraising team member (Dataroom owner).
• Mobile Application Product Owner: Led the development of a mobile application for the traceability and quality control of blood samples along the supply chain, including wireframes design and specifications / technical files. Risk management and QMS implementation.
Key Achievements:
• Expansion of the company commercial footprint and set-up of 2 foreign entities (Dubai, Singapore) from scratch
• Hiring and onboarding of 30+ FTE employees
• 2 successful fundraising (Series A - undisclosed amount)
Founder acted as chief executive officer & chief financial officer
IGOTALENT , Paris - Associé (e) / Co-Fondateur (trice)
De Février 2014 à Janvier 2017
Key duties:
• Chief Executive Officer: Implementation of the strategic roadmap, PMO and budgets (i.e. sales, marketing, HR activities) with ambitious short-term goals and long-term objectives. Coordination of the IT platform development (mock-ups, UX design, technical files) and supervision of the developers team (sprint, process, risk management).
• Chief Financial Officer: Budget Monitoring, Cost Control. Cash Management. Creation of financial modelling and investment memo for fundraising. Negotiation with investors for two fundraisings (incl. legal and financial structuring).
Key Achievements:
• Ca. 150 experts and more than 4,000 video calls (over 3 years)
• €1.4m raised for the development of the platform and the commercial activities
• Exit: technological platform sold to Bistri in 2016
Co-founder acted as chief operating officer & chief financial officer & innovation director
KOS Research , Paris
De Septembre 2011 à Septembre 2017
Key duties:
• Chief Operational Officer: Commercial development. Deployment of the marketing strategy. Team management (12 FTEs). Responsible for the fieldwork data collection (customers surveys) and contracting with field tools providers.
• Chief Financial Officer: Elaboration of business plans and budgets. Monitoring of financial performances. Cash Management. Loans negotiation with private banks and the French Public Investment bank.
• Innovation Director: Initiation and supervision of R&D initiatives for (i) the creation of mobile sensory test booths, (ii) the development of innovative technologies to capture consumer / user insights. Leader of academic and R&D partnerships (ONIRIS, INSERM, ENSAE, AgroParisTech).
Senior investment manager
ARDIAN , Paris - CDI
De Juillet 2006 à Septembre 2011
Key duties:
• Secondary and Early secondaries activities (Funds of Funds): Financial modelling with target valuation, debt leverage capacity, IRR estimation. Legal review for deals closing. Portfolio monitoring template set up (deals’ quarterly reports and audited spreadsheets). Member of the Marketing and Legal fundraising team.
• Primary activities: portfolio management of invested European GPs (BC Partners, Advent, CVC, PAI Partners)
• Participation to mezzanine and co-investment activities: financial and legal structuring, closing of operations.
Key Achievements:
• Best practices in investment and fundraising acquired in a world’s top 10 private equity firm.
• Deals closing shortlist: Bank of America Private Equity assets buy-back in 2010 (US$1.2bn deal), HSH Nordbank private equity asset buy-back in 2011 (US$800m deal).
• Funds Closing shortlist: ASF V $6bn, AESF 2bn€.
Associate
PAI PARTNERS , Paris 1 - Stage / Alternance
De Mai 2005 à Décembre 2005
Key duties:
• Financial buyout modelling.
• Evaluation of investments opportunities and development of comprehensive risk analysis reports (business model description, cash flow projection, SWOT analysis, barriers to entry, exit strategies).