Vincent Bossel

Current

• International Market Manager at Sonepar International Services SA

Past

• Group Marketing Manager and then, VP Business Development at HPI Holding SA
• Business Development Manager at Utopix
• Marketing Manager at Ascom

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Education

• SAWI
• HEC Lausanne - School of Business
• HEC Lausanne - School of Business

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Connections

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Industry

Wholesale

Vincent Bossel’s Summary

Experienced manager with more than 13 years in international marketing and sales functions. On top of that, several Board level positions were held and strong management skills have been developped.

Vincent Bossel’s Experience

• International Market Manager

  Sonepar International Services SA

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Wholesale industry)

  January 2003 — Present (6 years 1 month)

  With sales of 13.6 Billion Euro, Sonepar (www.sonepar.com) is one of the largest electrical wholesalers/distributors in the world. Sonepar International Services (SIS) belongs to Sonepar and is in charge of the Group’s supplier and product international strategy.
  
  • International Market Manager supporting the development of the Lighting (lamps, fixtures, ballasts) and HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning, photovoltaic, solar heating, heat pumps) businesses.
  
  • Worldwide Key Account Manager in charge of the Lighting suppliers like Philips, Osram or Thorn and the HVAC suppliers.
  
  Contracts negotiations and management (several million Euro) / Relations follow-up.
  
  • Lighting and HVAC Product Management Teams coordinator. Specialists of all Sonepar national operational companies are members of these teams.

• Group Marketing Manager and then, VP Business Development

  HPI Holding SA

  (Public Company; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 1998 — December 2002 (4 years 11 months)

  A Venture Capital company listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange which has been taken over in 2005 by the company Airesis (www.airesis.ch ). HPI had a focused investment strategy in the field of digital medias management software (IT and Telco). Investments were in early stage and start-up companies in Europe, US and Australia.
  
  Operational responsibilities:
  • Head of communication for this listed company
  • Start-up coaching: sales, marketing, and recruitment support to the companies in the portfolio.
  • Research of new investment opportunities (Deal Flow).
  • Investment process: support to the General Partner from the initial contact to exit going through the different negotiations processes (Due Diligence, LOI, term sheets, shareholder agreements, merger of companies, etc.…).
  
  Board responsibilities:
  • An image software company, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • A document management software company, Paris, France (80 employees).
  • A telecom software company, Geneva, Switzerland.

• Business Development Manager

  Utopix

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  July 1997 — February 1998 (8 months)

  Web design and communication agency (www.utopix.ch)
  
  • Sales of multimedia CD-Roms and Internet web sites, acquisition (from scratch) and management of clients

• Marketing Manager

  Ascom

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1995 — June 1997 (2 years 2 months)

  Telecommunications and IT multinational company listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (www.ascom.com)
  
  • Planning and setting up of the marketing activities for the Swiss French region (seminars, marketing events, promotions, press releases)
  • Promotion of telecommunication product lines and co-ordination with the other marketing teams based in Bern and Zurich.

Vincent Bossel’s Education

• SAWI

  Director of communication's education, 2001 — 2003

• HEC Lausanne - School of Business

  Master's degree (MIM), Business, 1994 — 1995

  Master of International Management

• HEC Lausanne - School of Business

  BA, Business, 1990 — 1993