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FOR WHOM ? You want to ignite, define and commercialize Innovation & Transformation: • As a start-up, from an idea to a profitable business • As a venture, needing support to position & grow the business or increase profitability • As a (mature) company, willing to (re)- invent your future WHAT ? You may struggle with: • Understanding who you are, who your customers are and what their future needs are • Defining, positioning and implementing a (disruptive) innovation and setting up the required organization • Building, motivating, empowering and coaching the right team HOW ? Leveraging 20+ years of experience with proven track records in: Management @ Executive level: C- level functions at SMEs and International companies • Developing a Startup: Created a new profitable Business Line (my “start-up” within an international company) • Managing turnarounds: Re-shaped and re-positioned 2 companies in different sectors based on turning Innovation into Commercial excellence • Changing Company culture: Introducing new leadership principles based on a creative collaborative team spirit (outside-in approach, Ownership, Entrepreneur, Innovative) Customer focused approach for sustainable profitable growth: • A good understanding of the “new” customer of tomorrow and of the day after tomorrow • A strategic, tactical and creative thinker with flair for innovation & interest in new trends Leveraging the value of different cultures, charismatic personality with a sense of humor, able to inspire • French nationality, living & working 20 years In Flanders with global customers and suppliers • Set up of diverse teams to stimulate a new Business approach based on customer focus • Public speaking. Organizer of congresses and Innovation days and many public presentation Proud to be the father of the Award-winning “Battery Recycling Unit” technology and business line (for electric cars) of the today’s world leader company, Umicore