
Co-Founder @ NextCreativity
Paris Area, France

Co-Founder @ NextCreativity
Paris Area, France
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
NextCreativity co-develops action plans with companies and organizations aiming to :
⇒ enhance the creative potential of individuals and teams,
⇒ enable creative stategies to surface,
⇒ coach and support the creativity of entrepreneurs,
⇒ prepare individuals and teams to produce ideas,
⇒ link individual creativity and corporate innovation processes.
These different actions can take the shape of :
* trainings,
* activities,
* coaching,
* conferences.
(Education Management industry)
December 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Affiliated with the Ecole Française de l'Heuristique (www.efh.fr) of which i am a certified trainer; I focused on training and coaching managers on the uses of mind-mapping techniques in various business environments.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
July 2004 — November 2007 (3 years 5 months)
Managing Director of a french subsidiary
Home Healthcare Services (mostly respiratory therapies )
[of which a one year sabbatical leave in 2006-2007 to setup a personal project]
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
July 2002 — June 2004 (2 years)
In charge of Controlling and M&A for the global homecare business, one of the three BU of Linde Gas Therapeutics, a division of Linde-Gas
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
August 1999 — May 2002 (2 years 10 months)
Evaluations + development of projects and programs
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Chemicals industry)
September 1995 — July 1999 (3 years 11 months)
Managed operations for 14 branches / 310 employees
i.e. : plants, logistics, human resources, sales administration, accounting
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
June 1988 — August 1995 (7 years 3 months)
Responsibilities included : Accounting, Control, IT, Legal, Payroll, Treasury
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Retail industry)
March 1986 — May 1988 (2 years 3 months)
Financial controlling - focus on restructuring plan
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Accounting industry)
September 1983 — February 1986 (2 years 6 months)
Assistant , then Senior : financial audit
MBA , Business , 1979 — 1982