Gauthier Labalette
Data strategy and transformation
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Independent consultant with 20 years of work experience driving business performance through data, digital and payment transformation - Leadership positions at PayPal (Director Analytics and Finance, EMEA) - 10 years of consulting experience (Capgemini Consulting, Alvarez & Marsal) - Proven track record in delivering revenue growth and cost efficiency through analytics, digital and operating model initiatives - Interim management experience of finance and data teams in transformation context
Work experience
Independent consultant (Digital and Data strategy, Transformation, Interim management)
PythoraFreelance
Sep 2017 - Present
9 years 2 months
Paris, France
Services: Digital and and Data strategy, Interim management, Transformation and performance improvement Data and digital strategy • Mastercard - Led payment performance initiatives for Banks and Merchants (impact: 5ppt uplift on conversion) • Casino - Built ecommerce acceleration plan for proximity format (70m€ revenue opportunity) • SCOR - Defined data strategy for P&C business line and 3-year investment plan • Engie - Built strategy for Engie Cofely digital platforms, identified Data sharing use cases (cross BU) • Deliveroo - Introduced new pricing tool and process for Restaurant business unit Interim management • Pernod Ricard - Led data platform and engineering team as interim lead (30 HC, 4m€ budget): oversight of team, partners and key data projects • Santander - Supported launch of money transfer wallet: business case, pricing strategy, set-up of data platform, performance management (product launched in Spain, UK and Belgium) • AXA - Built AXA Partners Finance Data team and led the delivery of data use cases (move to cloud, financial planning, financial reconciliation) • AXA - Led Analytics stream in AXA/ING digital partnership (6 countries): enablement of use cases (pricing, underwriting, reporting, data exchange), reporting of the performance, data management with AXA and ING local entities Transformation • TF1 - Led Tech & Data stream in transformation program: automation, AI, operating model and synergies, review of external spend and contracts (50m€ savings identified) • Jumia - Designed Data and AI strategy and built transformation roadmap • Kering - Supported the construction of new ecommerce and omnichannel platform for Kering Houses: management of Data and Analytics stream (15% of Kering sales) • RATP - Built Data governance (processes, tools, organisation) and acceleration plan for digital products
Director - Consulting (Acting)
Alvarez & Marsal
Jan 2022 - Jun 2025
3 years 6 months
Paris, France
Leadership of transformation and performance improvement projects Focus areas: Financial Services, Data and Digital, Retail, Ecommerce Examples of assignments - Process optimisation of digital factory delivering 1.8b€ digital turnover - Transformation program for Media leader, management of Tech & Data stream - Ecommerce strategy and investment business case for Retail leader (1.4bn€ turnover, 5k stores) - Data and analytics roadmap for Reinsurance leader (P&C business unit) - Redesign of operating model for global payment Fintech
External Lecturer
HEC Paris
Sep 2018 - Jul 2020
1 year 11 months
MSc in Strategic Management Course: Getting value out of Data Data for Management Certificate Course: Advanced Analytics
PayPal
Sep 2008 - Oct 2017
9 years 2 months
Director, EMEA Consumer and Marketing Analytics
Jan 2013 - Oct 2017
4 years 10 months
- Analysis of investments decisions ($100M yearly budget): ROI, P&L impact, incrementality, tracking and attribution - Evaluation of consumer and merchant funnel performance - Optimization of marketing impact, through Analytics and Data initiatives (segmentation, propensity modelling, CRM, A/B testing) - In charge of Data Governance for EMEA region (Data Stewardship responsibilities) - Construction and management of a 15-people team, across 3 geographies (London, Berlin and Paris), set-up of outsourcing model with company in India
Head of Finance - Continental Europe, Middle East and Africa
Sep 2008 - Jan 2013
4 years 5 months
- Finance and analytics partner for Regional General Manager and Country Managers (reporting to EMEA CFO) - Planning and budgeting: Led financial planning processes, 3-year plan, budget, forecast for Revenues and Opex (region delivering $900M Revenues) - Performance Management: Strengthened business analytics reporting framework, with the integration of new tools (Hyperion, Tableau), new KPIs (CLV, customer segmentation) and new approaches (cohort, profiling, forward looking analysis) - Pricing: Review and approval of commercial deals, introduction of a new profitability model and process (based on Salesforce), optimization of pricing structure - Business partnering: Defined and supported business cases for growth projects (launch of new products, partnerships, marketing investment, international expansion)
Senior Consultant
Capgemini Consulting
Sep 2005 - Aug 2008
3 years
Various assignments in financial services (payments, insurance), industry and government
Corporate Finance
BBVA
Mar 2004 - Aug 2004
6 months
FP&A
L'Oréal
Sep 2003 - Mar 2004
7 months
Education
Esade
CEMS
2004 - 2005
1 year 1 month
HEC Paris
Master's degree
2001 - 2005
4 years 1 month
Lycée Hoche
Baccalauréat + Classes Préparatoires ECS
1996 - 2001
5 years 1 month
Portfolio
Casino
Ecommerce and omnichannel platform
Data and Tech Transformation
Digital factory effectiveness
Data & AI strategy
