About Gregory
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Experience
- Orient ExpressPeople & Culture Executive DirectorHOSPITALITYApril 2024 - March 2026 (1 year and 11 months)Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- Member of the Management Committee, reporting directly to the CEO, within a newly created luxury joint venture.
- Steered first the HR transformation projects for the launch of Accor’s Luxury & Lifestyle Division and Orient Express, covering M&A, carve-out and employee transfers, ensuring organizational continuity and cultural alignment during transition.
- Built the Corporate HR function designing the HR operating model and governance framework to support rapid scale-up, increasing headcount from 23 to 48 within 12 months.
- Established HR policies, processes and standards to enable brand launch and sustainable growth across multiple luxury businesses and geographies (France and Italy: hotels, trains, sailing yachts).
- Designed & deployed digital and AI-enabled HR initiative to enhance employee experience and improve HR efficiency at scale, supporting a lean, high-performance organization.
- Wella CompanyHRD FranceFASHION AND COSMETICSDecember 2022 - February 2024 (1 year and 3 months)Paris, France- Led the HR & General Services operations (190 p. - field & headoffice), mancom member & reporting directly to the EMEA HRD- Managed the team (7) & piloted the HR strategy to attract, retain & develop talents- Spearheaded with mancom the Culture & Engagement acceleration (annual survey, workshops, communication, 360, yearly development and performance reviews…)- Partnered with Business and Labour Relations reps to accompany the organization transformation- Deployed locally the HR global transformation, the Shared Service Centre to handover France Personnel Administration and Payroll, while streamlining and digitizing HR processes and tools (paper free)- Forecasted and monitored People Costs and HR and GS Budget, meanwhile reinforcing audit compliance
- Freelance | Self EmployedHR Advisor & FounderHUMAN RESOURCESOctober 2017 - December 2022 (5 years and 2 months)Région de Paris, France
- Founded and developed an independent HR advisory firm, partnering with CEOs, HRDs and executive teams on people and organizational transformation in complex environments (clients including LVMH, Audemars Piguet, Crédit Agricole, Devoteam, Tesselate).
- Advised executive leadership on HR transformation, organizational design and governance, supporting strategic change across luxury, financial services and technology sectors.
- Acted as trusted executive advisor, combining change leadership, executive coaching and interim HR leadership in high-stakes transformation contexts.
- Interim Corporate HR Manager, Moët Hennessy (LVMH) — reported to the Corporate HR Director, for a 150-employee population in 2020 (9 months during the COVID-19 crisis), with a focus on workforce continuity, compensation governance and cost control.
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Education
- Executive advanced coaching certificateHEC Paris2022Executive coaching certification « expertise et perfectionnement » (COP 30)
- Master Business Management / HRMAudencia Nantes Ecole de Management2007EQUIS, AACSB & AMBA accredited Exchange Programme: University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (Fall 2006)