Bastien Rassat
Founder
Salary / Daily rate
Toulouse, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Experienced consultant specializing in scaling and transforming companies with 15+ years in strategic growth roles. As COO at SAFTI, I drove French and international expansion (from 80M€ to 200M€+ sales) and managed €200M fundraising. Combining M&A expertise from Rothschild with entrepreneurial success (built a €2M startup), I accelerate business growth through tailored coaching and strategic project management.
Work experience
Founder
Carmis ConsultingFreelance
Sep 2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Toulouse, France
I support companies in their growth and transformation projects. Do you run an independent network or want to create one? 👉 I offer coaching programs for building an independent consultants network and implementing Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) within existing networks. Are you leading a startup or a growing SME? 👉 I help you identify, prioritize, and implement strategic projects as a coach or interim manager. 💡 My expertise: Strategy & Growth, Digital Transformation, Finance, M&A. 👨💼 My roles: Part-time CFO, Interim Manager, Coach. I offer coaching programs dedicated to building a network without an agency and implementing multi-level marketing (MLM) within independent consultant networks. Main services: - Implementation of Multilevel Marketing / MLM in your organization. - Creation of your tailor-made independent consultants network. Other services: - International development: Implementation of the foundational elements of your subsidiary (local partners, creation of your HR team, IT system adaptation). - Digital transformation: Management of your digital projects aimed at improving the performance of your headquarters or network teams (mobile apps, web, AI). - M&A consulting: Support for networks or investment funds in identifying, approaching, analyzing, and acquiring targets in the sector.
SAFTI
Jul 2019 - Present
7 years 4 months
Toulouse, France
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Jun 2022 - Present
4 years 5 months
Toulouse, France
Participating in strategic decision-making: Management Committee and Supervisory Board. Managing investor relations. Head of three business teams (3 managers / 40 employees). Creation of the Operations team (2 strategic project managers).
Project Manager - Digital & International development
Jul 2019 - May 2022
2 years 11 months
Toulouse, France
Led the launch of SAFTI in Portugal: 300 real estate advisors in 3 years Coordinated the fundraising process (€200M) with PE fund Permira Managed strategic development projects: - Creation and facilitation of a monthly Steering Committee bringing together 11 managers and directors. - Development and management of the Multilevel Marketing model (MLM): +2,000 consultants recruited / year - Creation of a new recruitment channel of property consultants through automated LinkedIn sourcing: 200 consultants recruited / year - Redesign of the UX for the seller lead capture website BienEstimer: +22% leads
Cofounder
AppStud
Jul 2015 - Jul 2019
4 years 1 month
Paris, France
Creation of a start-up specialized in the development of innovative mobile applications. Sales: 2 M€, 25 employees, valuation: 2 M€. Thalès, Carrefour, Inwi Telecom, LePermisLibre...
Associate Mergers & Acquisitions
Edmond de Rothschild
Jul 2010 - Jul 2015
5 years 1 month
Paris, France
Consulting services for groups in their external growth, divestment and restructuring operations. 12 transactions finalized - mean valuation: 150 M€ Zadig&Voltaire, Jardiland, Fauchon... France and International (Germany, US, China, Turkey, ...)
PE analyst intern
iXO Private Equity
Mar 2009 - Aug 2009
6 months
Toulouse Area, France · On-site
Skills: Fusions et acquisitions · Présentations · Banque d’investissement
Financial Auditor Intern
Ernst & Young
Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
7 months
Paris Area, France · On-site
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Education
emlyon business school
MSC in Management
2009 - 2010
1 year 1 month
Centrale Lyon
Muti-skilled engineer
2006 - 2009
3 years 1 month