DIRECTEUR GRANDS PROJETS (INTERNATIONAUX)

Director : KOS UK, KOS France, KOS Congo, KOS Angola, KOS Mozambique, KOS Qatar, KOS Algeria and Support to KOS operations in UAE/Oman and Iran.

Maintenance, Skilled Manpower supply , Training , Enhanced oil Recovery (EOR) dedicated to Oil &Gas, Energy & Mining fields.

ANGOLA LNG, TOTAL, CHEVRON, BP, ENI, SONANGOL, QATAR PETROLEUM , QATAR GAS, SONATRACH , NIOC ...

Banking & Financial IT Implementations:
International Cash Management & Secured Payment Services (Swift ,..),
New Bank license applications and operational start

Financial Support & Private Equity :
Trade Finance / International Banking
Project Financing (Early stage investments), SME Financing

Responsible for origination, execution, support and follow up of Direct Investments (Private Equity) :

MERIDIAN BANK (Serbia) :
The Bank had a 0.5 % market share in 2002 and reached 7% end of 2005.
Meridian Bank was sold Q2 2006 65 Million € to Credit Agricole (to be compared to 10 Million € Q2 2002 ).....

HISPAFUENTES ( Spain ) : Started from scratch in 2002, Hispafuentes became a leading Linux company in the Spanish World with a 30 % gross margin .

Managed implementation of a complex multi-sites Cash Management & Electronic Banking System based on XRT CERG software:
SONELGAZ / SONATRACH GROUP , NAFTAL ,(Algeria) ….

Project / SME financing : 4 operations supported or managed ( France , Africa )

XRT CERG was N°1 Editor dedicated to Cash Management and Electronic Banking with more than 300 Fortune 500 Corporate in addition with 80 International Banks (and a global customer base of 7.000). XRT CERG was listed . www.xrt.com

Creation and development of the International Project Division to manage cross border Cash Management & Electronic Banking implementation projects (linking Corporate to various banks and payment systems).

World wide matrix organisation with 12 subsidiaries and 11 international partners (IAP) to handle a large international customer base (America, Europe, AMEA).

Responsible for the consolidated figures relative to world wide operations for the Project Division : Between 97 and Y2K , XRT CERG has achieved a turnover growth of 200 % and launched a new Integrated Financial Value Chain concept linking cash management, payments and risk management.
Operational Field management with functional consulting & implementation project tasks in numerous countries:

LOCAL CONTRACTS : BANQUE DE FRANCE , PARIBAS (Paris), ABN AMRO & RABO BANK (NL) , CIBC (Toronto) , ADNOC (EMIRATES), SHELL (UK & NL)…

WORLD WIDE CONTRACTS : CHASE MANHATTAN, COMMERZ BANK, ELF, CIMENTS FRANCAIS/ ITALCEMENTI , CLARINS…

A software company engaged in large international banking projects and in marketing solutions for Investment l & Private Banking or Capital Markets
(GSI was ranked N°4 in Europe when ADP Take Over took place end of 1995)

Responsible for managing GSI BANKING strategic accounts and large projects in Europe with a proven track record (4 large implementation projects successfully managed with Top 20 Investment Banks: MERRILL LYNCH (Geneva), BNP, SG, CREDIT AGRICOLE/ SEGESPAR .

Tasks included international sales support, strategic and operational consulting, world wide implementation of financial & banking packages and management of key banking accounts.

Information Systems, Ban
The IT subsidiary of a large High Tech and Space group.
The Banking Division was specialised in providing Banking Software (Capital Markets, Decision Analysis ... ) or System Integration to Corporate and Banks.

(1988 - 1989).

Ensured the design, development and first implementation of a new global financial software called Global Trading (Capital Markets and Securities) .
35 people were involved in a global investment of 15 Million €

SENIOR CONSULTANT: (mid 1986 - 1988).

Responsible for a profit centre dedicated to financial IT .The areas covered by the 7 consultants were:

– World wide implementations of banking packages (on customer site),
– Facilities management of financial applications with dedicated consulting.

Managed a small team of high level consultants with tasks covering consulting to implementation of financial packages dedicated to Banks and large Corporate :

BNP / CREDIT AGRICOLE (International Network) / CREDIT LYONNAIS / PARIBAS / SOCIETE GENERALE / NSM / LVMH ….

Du SUD-EST

A medium sized bank leader in Retail Banking located in the south east of (belonging to a large banking group).

Designed and implemented retail banking applications in a large & secured IBM environment.