
Louisiane Guezel
Strategy & Operations for impact-driven businesses
Salary / Daily rate
Marseille, France
Mobility: Paris
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I support organizations in structuring and scaling market-ready offers at the intersection of strategy, operations, marketing, and business development. I am currently co-founder of an impact-driven B2B company and work as a fractional COO. Former Head of Innovation in a climate-focused scale-up, I help teams clarify their value proposition, align strategy, marketing and sales, and drive B2B growth from positioning to execution.
Work experience
Strategy & Operations | Offer Structuring & Go-To-Market for Impact-Driven Organizations
Self-employedFreelance
Dec 2024 - Present
1 year 11 months
Paris, France
I help organizations turn complex strategies into clear, market-ready offers that drive real traction. I am the co-founder of an impact company and former-Head of Innovation in a climate & biodiversity -focused scale-up. Today, I also work as a fractional COO and Go-To-Market lead, supporting startups, scale-ups, public organizations, and impact-driven companies at critical moments of growth or transformation. My strength lies at the intersection of strategy, operations, communication, and sales. I step in when teams need structure, alignment, and execution. What I typically help with: Strategy & Operations: offer creation, Go-To-Market strategy, strategic alignment between product, marketing, sales, and leadership, process structuring Go-To-Market & Business Development: B2B sales from prospecting to closing, value proposition design, commercial storytelling, pipeline structuring Communication & Content: thought leadership, LinkedIn content, blog articles, white papers, sales decks, websites (Framer, WordPress), impact-driven personal branding Sustainability & Impact (as a business lever): carbon strategies, biodiversity strategy, ESG structuring, internal alignment and external positioning I am currently working part-time with the Digital Department of the French Social Ministries, supporting the structuring and market positioning of public service offerings. I am also a conference speaker and trainer on climate, biodiversity, and corporate sustainability, with over 150 talks, workshops, media appearances, and academic teaching experience (ESCP, HEC). My approach is pragmatic, business-oriented, and focused on measurable impact. I work best with organizations that need: • clarity in their offer • alignment between strategy and execution • and a trusted senior partner who can both think and do.
CoFounder
Matière
Jan 2025 - Present
1 year 10 months
Marseille, France
A unique B2B model for sourcing French solid wood at the best price • Creation of the first local wood supply chain (Client: Literie, 185 million € turnover) • In charge of Business development (over £50 million in turnover): furniture, coworking, DIY stores • In charge of Marketing & Communication : development of LinkedIn audience, website, sales materials • in charge of R&D on secondary wood species - partnership with researchers, management of two students • Fundraising/grant applications
Biodiversity & carbon strategies lecturer & speaker
ESCP Business SchoolFreelance
Dec 2023 - Present
2 years 11 months
Paris, France
• Professor of ‘corporate biodiversity strategies’ at ESCP and HEC • Fresque du Climat & de la Biodiversité facilitator: 200 employees & ComEx trained • + 150 conferences, TV/radio appearances, webinars, and training courses conducted
EcoTree France
Dec 2021 - Mar 2025
3 years 4 months
Head of Innovation for climate and biodiversity ; EcoTree's spokewoman
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
2 years 7 months
- Spokesperson for climate and biodiversity: 50+ TV and radio appearances, roundtables, conferences, webinars, white paper writing - 20+ in-house training courses: development of expertise in biodiversity, carbon, CSR regulations, SBTi, CSRD, reporting frameworks, biodiversity measurement - Sales development: 90+ leads in 6 months, technical support for sales staff - Development of 4 new offerings: carbon assessment and strategy consulting, climate & biodiversity training, marine ecosystem restoration, biodiversity fund - Internal CSR: investor reporting, BCorp certification, Bilan Carbone® calculations - Management of innovation department (up to 4 people)
Chief Impact Officer & Innovation manager
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
11 months
Paris, France
- Measure of the ESG impacts - CSR strategy and implementation - Creation of new offers - Development of the company's international influence through networks and speaking engagements - Public Affairs
Ambassador
ESG Connect by Greenly
Mar 2023 - Jan 2025
1 year 11 months
ESG Connect by Greenly is a free community for ESG and Impact leaders with regular meetups in Paris, New York, London & San Francisco, an exclusive toolbox of ESG resources, content lab, job board, private slack channel and more! To join the network check out our website here - https://www.esgconnect.world/
Associate and volunteer evaluator
Time for the Planet
Mar 2021 - Mar 2024
3 years 1 month
Time for the Planet is a nonprofit company that creates and finances businesses that fight climate change on a global scale. Its goal is to raise 1 billion euros to create 100 companies that fight against climate change. I am an associate and a volunteer project evaluator to participate in the selection of innovations fighting against climate change.
CSR manager
BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Sep 2020 - Oct 2021
1 year 2 months
- Business transformation & innovation : development of a financing offer based on the circular economy - Mitigation of the environmental impacts of the company's activities: responsible digital, mobility plan - Philanthropy : Monitoring of the skills-based sponsorship program, impact and financial analysis of associations supported by the company's Foundation - Participative governance: conducting collective intelligence workshops, acculturation and raising CSR awareness among employees
CSR Consultant
FreelanceFreelance
Aug 2019 - Oct 2021
2 years 3 months
Région de Rennes, France
Side projects : Mission 1 : Creation of an eco-touristic label in Southeast Asia: - competitive analysis presenting the current labels and their functioning - creation of the specifications of the label: process, pricing, certification criteria, customer target Mission 2 : consulting for a wrapping industry - CSR Materiality matrix, CSR risks analysis, corporate charter Mission 3 : Innovation & CSR consultant for the Green Place offer, held by EcoTree. - Accompaniment of managers and CSR managers in the implementation of the assessment with their employees - Environmental diagnosis, recommendations
CSR consultant
Agence Hippocampe
Jan 2020 - Oct 2020
10 months
- CSR consulting for various organizations. Ex : Cellaouate, Savéol, G4DEC, Ecotree - Development of the Agence Hippocampe's CSR in view of a Lucie 26000 certification (diagnosis, strategy, stakeholders consultation) - Inbound marketing : writing articles, organization and animation of webinars, presence on social networks
Sustainable territorial development engineer
Kota Kita Foundation
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
6 months
Central Jakarta, Central Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia
Neighborhood development project, in line with the SDGs and integrating a participatory and democratic approach : Surakarta, Indonesia - Environmental projects linked to eco-systemic services, urban agroecology, waste management awareness, circular economy and eco-design - Social projects : sanitation, food, public spaces - Participation in the financial management of the project managed by the NGO (fund raising)
Research engineer - sustainable territorial development
Institut Francais de Pondichéry - CNRS - Ministère des Affaires Etrangères
Apr 2018 - Jul 2018
4 months
Puducherry, India
Academic research on the consequences of territorial development projects and public policies on the people, the businesses and on the environment : Pondicherry, India Academic research based on a bibliographic study, interviews, analysis of data
Urban planning studies and public consulting
Urbanence
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
3 months
Région de Paris, France
- Territorial diagnosis - Urban planning documents - Sustainable territorial projects consultancy - Design thinking for public consultation - GIS / cartography
Licenses & certifications
Bilan carbone - Maîtrise de la méthode
Issued: Nov 2023
Evaluation et plan d'actions RSE selon l'ISO 26 000
Issued: Feb 2020