Sylvia METAYER

Current

• Chief Financial Officer at SODEXO Europe

Past

• Sr VP & Group Controller at Sodexho
• President, Assessment Group at Houghton Mifflin Company
• Executive VP & COO at Houghton Mifflin Company

• CFO, Education, Games and Literature at Vivendi Universal Publishing
• VP Finance and Administration at Mattel (France)
• CFO,Pasta and Ready Meals Division at groupe Danone
• Consolidated Reporting Manager at Groupe Danone
• Auditor at Arthur Andersen

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Education

• Ordre des Experts Comptables
• HEC School of Management
• Queen's University

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
• Lycee Claudel Ottawa

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Connections

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Industry

Facilities Services

Sylvia METAYER’s Experience

• Chief Financial Officer

  SODEXO Europe

  (Facilities Services industry)

  September 2008 — Present (11 months)

• Sr VP & Group Controller

  Sodexho

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SDX; Food & Beverages industry)

  February 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 7 months)

  Responsible for financial and operational performance measurement in a $15B Group present in 80 countries, listed on Euronext and NYSE. Implemented a group wide a web-based financial reporting sytem and Business Intelligence process. Reorganized the Corporate Controlling organization. Reduced reporting cycle time by half. One of the 15 members of the Group's Operating Commmittee

• President, Assessment Group

  Houghton Mifflin Company

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Education Management industry)

  January 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  Reporting to the CEO of the Houghton Mifflin, in charge of three divisions, responsible for the development of assessment services and products for K-12, Professional and Corporate markets. These services ranged from pen and pencil to full on line delivery with immediate scoring. Acquired and integrated a web start up, expanded the services of a niche player, and designed the blue print for change of a mature, highly profitable but declining branded business. Grew the overall business by 30% to $350M of revenues, while maintaining a 25% EBITDA margin.

• Executive VP & COO

  Houghton Mifflin Company

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 4 months)

  Reporting to the CEO of the company (revenues of $1,5B) and overseeing Strategy, Information Systems, Learning Technologies, HR, Supply Chain, and Finance. Ran the LBO process when the company was bought by private equity firms and raised $1,8B of high yield bonds. Delivered more than $100M in procurement savings and productivity programs. Reorganized the portfolio of companies, selling or closing down unprofitable businesses and buying high growth technology based activies. Was interim CEO from March to December 2003, while the new Board searched for a CEO.

• CFO, Education, Games and Literature

  Vivendi Universal Publishing

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Publishing industry)

  January 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 8 months)

  Reporting to the CEO of the Company, in charge of the Finances of a $3B global business in retail and B2B. Integrated $2B of acquisitions, including Houghton Mifflin Company.

• VP Finance and Administration

  Mattel (France)

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  July 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 6 months)

  Oversaw Finance, HR, IT and Supply Chain Management for the French affiliate of the world's #1 toy company ( revenues : $ 300M). With the CEO, reengineered the business and put it back on a growth track. Consolidated and outsourced logistics platform, moved the Headquarters, changed more than half of the senior management team. Doubled profits and tripled cash generation.

• CFO,Pasta and Ready Meals Division

  groupe Danone

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  September 1993 — July 1997 (3 years 11 months)

  In charge of Finances for a $1B line of business. Was part of the team that drastically turned around a rapidly declining business, acquiring a major competitor, and selling the merged businesses to private equity.

• Consolidated Reporting Manager

  Groupe Danone

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  September 1991 — August 1993 (2 years)

• Auditor

  Arthur Andersen

  (Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Accounting industry)

  September 1986 — August 1991 (5 years)

Sylvia METAYER’s Education

• Ordre des Experts Comptables

  DECCF , Stagiaire Expert Comptable , 1986 — 1988

• HEC School of Management

  Certificat d'Excellence , Audit, Comptabilite, Expertise , 1984 — 1986

• Queen's University

  B.ED. cum laude , Education, Biology , 1980 — 1981

• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa

  B.Sc., cum laude , Biology , 1978 — 1980

• Lycee Claudel Ottawa

  Baccalaureat mention TB , Serie D

Additional Information

Sylvia METAYER’s Interests:

Literature, History of Fashion, Environmental Protection

Sylvia METAYER’s Groups:

Quebec Labrador Foundation, Cambridge Center for Continuing Education, French American Chamber of Commerce, SIIA

Sylvia METAYER’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch