Cedric Izri

– Supporting business owners and executive teams in identifying their core challenges and building actionable solutions - through collective intelligence, structured facilitation and hands-on advisory. – Working with SME leaders across Luxembourg and France to: → Diagnose performance gaps and strategic blind spots through collaborative workshops → Facilitate collective intelligence sessions helping leadership teams align on priorities, solve cross-functional problems and make better decisions together → Advise on business transformation, operational efficiency and digital adoption - drawing on 25+ years of corporate experience in financial services → Design and deliver training: Agile product management, strategic planning, leadership effectiveness – My approach combines deep business expertise (product strategy, project portfolio governance, credit risk, M&A – gained at John Deere Bank, GE Capital and Renault-Nissan Group) with certified facilitation and coaching skills (ICAgile Coach ICP-ACC, Professional Scrum Facilitation PSFS) to create a space where teams think better together and commit to action. – Industries served: financial services, professional services, SMEs undergoing transformation. – Methods: design thinking, retrospectives, business model canvas, World Café, structured brainstorming, scenario planning.

– Built and scaled Luxembourg's leading professional wine education institution, now an official WSET Approved Programme Provider. – Designed and managed a portfolio of certification programmes (WSET Levels 1-3, corporate training, masterclasses) – Trained 600+ adults from 30+ nationalities with 98% exam pass rate – Developed B2B and B2C revenue streams: corporate clients, partnerships, public enrolments – Managed team of educators, scheduling, budgeting and business development

– Supervised credit reviews for dealers across France, Spain, Italy and international markets, with a strong focus on team development and process improvement. – Led the restructuring of the French credit team over 18 months: assessed the organisation, made recommendations to the Board, recruited 3 people, set up quality processes – Leading role in deploying cash-flow based methods and M&A consolidation from a credit risk perspective – Supported European Manufacturer HQ in the deployment of the 'Dealer of the Future' strategy – Functional management of 1 credit analyst

– Credit risk management for major corporate fleet customers, working closely with the French CRO, European and US headquarters. – Credit reviews and management of Key Accounts; structured finance and complex deal risk management – Deal structuring: proposed, processed, validated and reported guarantees – Active participant in cross-functional meetings and board discussions on complex cases – Credit authority €1.25M

– Progressive career in wholesale and retail credit within Renault-Nissan's financial services arm, handling dealer networks in France and abroad. – Credit risk management on SMEs, large corporates and wholesale dealer financing – Analysis, advice and validation of complex operations: mergers, acquisitions and disposals within dealer networks – Coverage expanded from French regional offices to international subsidiaries (UK, Belgium, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil) – Design and implementation of IT tools dedicated to subsidiaries; drafted risk policies and financial reporting – I spent a lot of time on complex operations such as mergers, acquisitions and restructurings within dealer networks, which meant combining numbers, legal constraints and commercial realities. It gave me a solid foundation in risk, financial statements and how decisions taken at head-office level affect people in the field.