Camille HAUTEFORT

Project Specialist

Salary / Daily rate

Paris, France

Freelance

Skills

Business DevelopmentMarketing Strategy

Languages

EnglishFrenchSpanish

About me

Intro

Global business strategist with 15+ years of expertise spanning entrepreneurship, brand development, and finance. Successfully built and scaled international brands, including co-founding a social enterprise generating measurable impact. Currently empowering startups at HEC Paris Incubator, offering strategic growth expertise in brand development, market expansion, and sustainable business practices.

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Work experience

Project Specialist

Incubateur HEC ParisFreelance

Oct 2022 - Present

4 years 1 month

Paris, France

Entrepreneurship & Business Development

Self-employedFreelance

Oct 2021 - Present

5 years 1 month

Today, I am supporting various retail projects focused on design and impact, pursuing my deep passion to tangibly accompany innovative projects, with creative like-minded people, develop and implement growth strategies, including surrounding them with the right ecosystem of team and partners to grow. Together we can work on: Building brand development strategies Elaborating Budgeting Financing Implementing Analyzing Performance My core areas of support are Sales & marketing Strategic partnerships International business Brand & community Investors relationship Management & team development

Business Development

ALICE BALASFreelance

Feb 2022 - Jul 2023

1 year 6 months

Paris, France

Bespoke luxury leather brand handcrafted in Paris. Working hand in hand with the founder & creative director in elaborating and executing development strategies, including planning, budgeting, hiring and building relationships to achieve goals and analyzing performance of actions. Developed a V2 website as a step forward international development. alicebalas.com

Business Developer France and International

YABA

Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

10 months

Paris, France

Help entrepreneurs and inventors join Yaba house of brands.

Investor & Co-Founder, Brand & Business Development

ARTICLE22

Jul 2012 - Jul 2020

8 years 1 month

Brooklyn, NYC

"It's such a lovely idea to turn something so negative into something positive." shero & Sustainability Queen - Emma Watson With a mission to Buy Back the Bombs in Laos, Brooklyn-based social enterprise ARTICLE22 has been an artistic and business vector to market for Peacebomb Jewelry co-created with rural artisans in Laos. Working together, ARTICLE22 brought their brilliant local innovation transforming Vietnam War bombs and scrap into soup spoons to the global market through a bracelet, and today, a full collection of meaningful jewelry that advances Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, that’s contributing to it’s NGO partner MAG (Mines Advisory Group - https://www.maginternational.org) to clear some of the 80 million unexploded bombs contaminating Laos and pursuing sustainable development through a trade not aid model with artisan partners. Built Article22 brand image as a pioneer in socially conscious and innovative jewelry made from bombs . As of 2020, the social impact within the project helped clearing over 250,000 m2 bomb littered lands in Laos, supported 15 rural artisans families and other local independent artisan groups. Elaborating and implementing 360 degree business development strategies from design direction to marketing and sales including planning, budgeting, hiring. Developed relationships and sales with : - A network of 60 + boutiques of jewelry and fashion, spa and hotels, museums; Prestigious collaborations with global exposure in key fashion cities –Tokyo , London, Stockholm, Paris, Los Angeles and New York City - Select pop-ups all year round; Managed up to 5 locations (within NYC, DC, Philadelphia) at Christmas Markets with high performance - Exclusive partnerships including with Human Rights Foundation, UN Women, NY Climate Change Week, Pen and Brush gallery; National Jazz Museum - Brought-up an active online presence and engaged community including icons Emma Watson, Olivia Wilde, Adriana Lima

Investment Banking Associate - Leveraged and Acquisition Finance & Workout

BNP Paribas

May 2006 - Oct 2012

6 years 6 months

New York, NY, USA

Leveraged and Acquisition Finance ( 3 years) and Workout ( 3 years) : - Performed financial modeling for leveraged, LBO transactions, acquisition financings, refinancings and workout; Reviewed and analyzed data rooms; performed valuation modeling (trading and transaction comparables, DCF); Internal Ratings and ROI analysis ; Analyzed feasibility of business plans and sensitized accordingly; Built cash flow forecasts for valuation, modelling, liquidity assessment, internal provisioning and strategic recommendation ; - Prepared credit applications ; - Worked transversally across the organization with deal team; Interfaced with legal counsel, creditor group, consultant and Company Management; Participated in Board Meetings and negotiation meetings. - Participated in restructuring of a wide range of exposures types (LBO, Project Finance, Corporate Derivatives and Loans) in various industries (Energy, Automotive, Finance, Insurance, Consumer Product, Media, Shipping, and Industrials).


Education

Université Paris Dauphine - PSL

Masters in Management Sciences - Major in Finance

2002 - 2006

4 years 2 months

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

Double Diploma of Economic Science and Business Studies

2004 - 2005

1 year 2 months

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