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• Led major project management initiatives across the SEMEA region, enhancing operational efficiency, ensuring timely completion while maintaining quality and budget. • Operational Integration and Optimization: Managed mergers, operational enhancements, and entity setups across various regions (France, South Africa, Namibia, Romania, Italy, Portugal, Middle East..). • Strategic Leadership: Directed infrastructure projects and developed risk-mitigating strategies for specific portfolios. • Technology Enablement: Supervised ERP implementations and pilot projects in Europe. • Spearheaded change management efforts to align organizational processes, enhancing efficiency

EMEA Change Management lead director : Europe/Middle East /Africa 44 countries - 26 000 employees

Customers : Allianz / Keolis / Danone / Orange / EDF / Dalkia / Krys / Suez / Société Générale.. o Training Manager o Project Manager o Management of a team of 8 employees

o Consulting : adapting distance learning solutions to address strategic and HR challenges o Project management : LMS platform and training content roll-out (platform launch, performance analysis, tutoring configurations)

- Re-designed business information systems in order to reduce costs without degrading the quality of service, by establishing rules of operational and administrative management which allowed for continuous improvement - Set up the Wexlog ERP - Prepared user guides and training programs for business users (12 centers in France)

Strategic and management consulting company in Australia - Project Manager for the new Thales MBA Leadership Development Program, a customized professional manager training program ($1 million budget): o Recruited Professors: Harvard, Stanford, etc. o Managed supplies for the entire program o Signed partnership with the University of Melbourne o Established courses and analyzed the need of Thales for the training - Strategy Consultant for various markets : o Reviewed near-term and long-term organizational strategy and benchmarks o Re-evaluated market pricing o Conducted market and finance analysis o Assisted with international business and partnership contract development o Executed the Blue Ocean Strategy for Streamwise