Top manager, CEO Advisor, Board Member, Professor, Author, Lecturer highly competent in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Synthesis Expert in corporate strategy and entrepreneurship, with a successful career as (crisis) manager of private and public organizations. Specialized in strategy, Entrepreneurship and innovation for scaleups and larger organizations.

Currently Senior Advisor to the CEO & Ambassador for Innovation for EY Belgium.

Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Solvay Business School :
- Master 1 & 2,
- Advanced Master in Strategy and Innovation
- MBA.
Professor of corporate strategy for Solvay Lifelong Learning :
- Mini MBA VOKA (Mechelen, Gent, Brugge, Kortrijk, Mechelen & Limburg)
- Paper Jam (Lu).
Editorialist in macro & micro economic and entrepreneurship on television and radio
for the IPM group (La Libre, la DH, Moustique, Paris-Match, LN24, Vers l'Avenir, etc.).
Chairman of the Investment Committee of Lean Square (NOSHAQ Group).
Non-Executive mandates on boards of directors and investor in scaleups.
Author of a book about Entrepreneurship (in Fr & NL) and lecturer about innovation.

Competences
Specialist in corporate strategy (diagnosis, decision & transformation) and more specifically in (open)innovation through the Business Model : analysis and evaluation of business plans, market repositioning, identification and validation of organic growth paths, research into innovation paths based on the 3 horizons of strategy (development, innovation, and disruption). Evaluation of open innovation opportunities (cooperation between large companies and startups/scaleups).

Specific skills in growth strategy for scaleups and mature companies. Competence in the following areas : business model, analysis of capabilities and environment, culture assessment, customer-centricity, go-to-market, equipping scaleups with human resources and systems, assessment of non-organic growth opportunities and postacquisition integration strategies or alliances, strategy operationalization.

Recognized skills in supporting business transformation through an open innovation strategy and progressive cultural transformation to make companies more agile and innovative.
Ability to listen, share and coach, while respecting and stimulating the free will and culture of the entrepreneurs we coach.

Current professional experience:
1. EY Belgique
Ø Senior Advisor of the CEO :
i. Development of the GAP (Growth Accelerator Program), professionalizing
business development, cross-selling and synergies between Service Lines.
ii. High-Level Relationship with CEOs and CXOs.
iii. Development of the Walloon market and activities related to startups,
scaleups or the middle market.
Ø Ambassador for innovation. In charge of developing content on innovation issues
and EY solutions to promote and support innovation. Delivering lecture to Board
about innovation : Beaulieu, Cisco, Beobank, Belfius, P&V, …
Ø Chairman of EY Belgium's Innovation Board, in charge of the link between the Factory (EY's Antwerp incubator) and service lines/practices. Developing and implementing an internal innovation to foster individual and collective creativity (top & bottom line).
Ø Certified facilitator and expert on the EY Growth Navigator, a growth support methodology for scaleups and middle-market companies; participation in 6 Growth Navigator sessions in 2018, including several innovative scaleups (Intopix, Approplan, etc.) and SMEs with high growth potential (Eloy, Gobert, etc.).
Ø Coaching startups for the EY Factory (Antwerp): Business Model Innovation,
Business Plan, Strategy and pitch (investor and customers).
Ø Leading major strategic operations (RESA Carve-Out for Nethys, …).
Ø Coaching CXOs / CEOs.
2. Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management
Ø Teaching entrepreneurship for the Advanced Entrepreneurship course in MA1
Management Engineering : production of a business plan in a 3-month course with
investor pitch at the end of the course (2nd semester); recruitment and supervision
of coaches for the course.
Ø Teaching of Strategy for the MA2 Management Engineering : Strategy Seminars
on Business Model & Strategic Diagnostic.
Ø Teaching Strategy for for the Strategic Diagnostic course of the Advanced Master
in Strategy and Innovation, selection and organization of readings on innovation
(Google Belgium, Axel Springer, Telenet, etc.). Organization of strategy,
innovation and creativity sessions (Telenet Innovation Center).
Ø Teaching Scaling-Up for the Advanced Master in Strategy and Innovation.
Ø Teaching Strategy & Entrepreneurship for the Executive Master in Management.
Ø Teaching Business Plan & Business Models for the MBA Entrepreneurship Labs
course and coaching.
Ø Teaching Pitch for Startups and Scaleups for various Solvay corporate programs.
Ø Member or chairman of pitch and/or business plan competitions.
3. LN24 Belgium
Ø TV and radio news expert on economic and entrepreneurial issues.
Ø Creator and host of LN24's weekly business program : debate with CXOs and CEO
of the week.
4. YOLLOH - EDS
Ø Investor & Board Member in charge of the governance
Relevant past professional experience
Ø Founder and CEO of Impulse, the Brussels Enterprise Agency
Ø President of the Guarantee Fund of the Brussels-Capital Region
Ø Restructuration of the Brussels Technopol (new business plan, new business
model, recrutement, …)
Ø Evaluator for the ERC (European Research Council)
Ø Coach for RTBF's "Starter! 52 minutes TV Series on entrepreneurship
Ø Creation of 5 Brussels technology clusters and a Accelerator (MedTech)
Ø Coach for MIT Sloan's Entrepreneurship Program
Ø Editorialist for the RTL Belgium Group

Academic Background
Ø Advanced Management Program - Harvard Business School - USA – Harvard
Business School Dean’s Scholarship (2014)
Ø Master in Business Innovation & Entrepreneurship - TiasNimbas – NL (2010-2012)
Ø Entrepreneurship Development Program - MIT Sloan – USA (2006)
Ø Certification in Strategy & Innovation - MIT Sloan – USA (2007-2008)
Ø Diplôme Spécial en Management Avancé (ICHEC - BE)
Ø Master in Labor Sciences (ULB - BE)
Ø Bachelor in Business Administration (EUB - BE)
Passion & Leisure
Ø Motorcycle trips with my son (Pyrenees, Moselle, Tuscany, Morocco, Mauritania,
Senegal, Provence, Route 66, ...)
Ø Provence and Drôme provençale
Ø (Open) Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Ø Writing and sharing knowledge: courses, white papers, conferences, etc.
Ø Cuisine
Ø Pitching (currently writing a book on startup’s pitch)
Affiliation & Certification
Ø Alumni of the Harvard Business School & MIT
Ø Strategizer – Recognized Certified Trainer for Strategyzer
Ø Case Method teaching seminar - Harvard Business PublishingHarvard Business
Publishing (Mars 2016)

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