About Laurent
Leader, working in Fintech for over 15 years.
Forged by a 20 years dual journey both in technology and business.
Engineer degree led me to software development (embedded, servers, desktops), project management (software and broader) and program director.
Business acumen led me to an executive MBA and marketing product management with P&L responsibility for international retail solutions. Partnerships development with co-creation of new solutions.
Business strategy and Product Management in #Payments are my mantra.
Investigated AI, Blockchain to serve new services and new businesses.
Passionate by the 3P (Profit, People, Planet) since every profitable company relies on people and is accountable for the planet.
Started my own company (Lama Consulting) and mentored startups on their business strategy and funds raising. Supported payment solutions integration for B2B marketplace.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Native or bilingual
German
Fluent
Can work on-site
Cergy (up to 50km)
Experience
- Lama ConsultingManaging DirectorCONSULTING AND AUDITSSeptember 2018 - Today (7 years and 9 months)Paris Area, France- Mentored companies & advised on business strategy- Put in place payment solutions integration for B2B Marketplace- Helped startups on fund raising
- Ingenico GroupProduct Marketing ManagerTECHJanuary 2015 - July 2018 (3 years and 6 months)Paris, FranceWithin Marketing, led the retail range business (150M€ yearly revenue with 7 products).- Managed range lifecycle (needs, design, go to market, end of life).- Renewed the range with 4 new products with brand new features and design to suit with market needs for at least 5 years- Introduced those products at Carrefour, Walmart, HomeDepot to secure 5 points gross profit increase
- Living ActorBusiness Strategy ConsultingTECHSeptember 2016 - June 2017 (9 months)Paris Area, FranceWithin the IVA (Intelligent Virtual Agent) environment, consultant on Living Actor business strategy analysis- Provided recommendations and plan on how to implement a 100% increase in turnover through new verticals• External analysis- Market, competition• Internal analysis- Marketing: product mix, customer segmentation, distribution, competition- Finance: P&L, balance sheet, cash-flow, debt & equity structure (Dupont financials)- Operations: processes and related cost and capital employed structure - Human resources: employee structure, turnover, expertise- Organization and processes: organization chart, reporting processes• Strategic analysis- Usage of McKinsey matrix- Explore different options to review business structure (Odyssey 3.14)• Implementation Plan- Action plan to effectively implement the recommended strategy (Strategy Map)- Financial forecasts- Balanced scorecard and KPI- Risks analysis and mitigation plans, as required
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Education
- Executive MBAHEC Paris2017Executive business administration with major in entrepreneurship and innovations
- Master's degreeENSEA1999Engineering degree in electronics specialized in computer science
Certifications
- Prince 2 PractitionerAPM Group2015
- TOEIC (980)ETS Global2015