Emmanuel AUBLET

- Strategy Consulting: B2C, retail & franchise businesses -> Last mission: create a strategy for an industrial group (LBO) willing to expand into retail. - Board member: LUCIBEL (July 2020-July 2121), innovative French group that designs and manufactures new-generation solutions based on LED technology (LIFI, light therapy, etc). - Advisor to several retail tech start-ups: -> Yoobic: THE digital workplace for frontline teams (business development) -> AlloBrain: the world class client retention startup (strategy, branding, business development)

2024 was a pivotal moment of the French subsidiary: turn-around or exit (company data is confidential): under my direction, the team launched: - the redefinition of commercial policies, - the renegotiation of major supplier contracts (delivery partner), - the closure of own delivery subsidiary Mid-2024, the Management Board decided to shut down the justeat.fr platform by end of the year: the following twelve months, I focused on: - the negotiations with Workers’ Council, Labor Authorities with a successful approval of the social plan, - the operational & financial wind-down of the French entities

Thriller written under an alias, "The Devil' Banker" by Edward Subut

FRANCE : 500+ restaurants, sales over €200 M Role: - Manage & coordinate HQ and local OPS teams : Development Agents and franchisees - Organize store development strategy - brand positioning - pricing and food and beverage policies - Specific focus on B2B development - Spokesperson for the company (media, authorities) – crisis management Achievements: - Number of restaurants doubled in 4 years (265 restaurants mid-2011 when I took up the position) - New offer and pricing policy in a crisis environment for out-of-home business (since 2012) - B2B development: contracts signed with major food service providers (Elior, Lagardère Services) BELGIUM: 9 restaurants (turn-around situation) French-speaking SWITZERLAND: launch of a new country in 2012-13 - First restaurant opened in April 2013 - B2B contract signed with Naville (ex-Lagardère services) for 6 restaurants

- Pitch of innovative start-ups to major retail accounts - Audits of innovation strategies : « connected stores » & social networks

CONFORAMA (home furnishing, 250 stores, 3.2 B€ sales, PPR Group) Turn-around of the store of Chartres (34,000+ sq ft): inefficient management team, worst shrinkage rate of the group, stagnant sales, falling customer satisfaction Manager of a team of 38 / 2005 sales of € 8.7M Actions: - Reorganization of the supply chain & setup of group accounting procedures - Development of sales and services Achievements: - Customer waiting time divided by 4 - Shrinkage divided by 6 - EBIT multiplied by 3 - 2006 Company Award for best improvement of customer satisfaction

Business plan evaluation and launch of the restaurants Break-even reached after six months, new outlets opened in 2006 and 2007, 1rst franchise opened in 2009 in Switzerland, company sold in 2011