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Quentin Debavelaere

General Manager / COO / CRO

€1,600/day
1 project
Paris, FR
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Quentin

Chief Operating Officer and General Manager at Malt with over a decade of experience leading international expansions in Europe and the Middle East to develop the future of work and transform the way companies hire and work with top freelancers.

I have a proven track record in building teams, localising product and go to market, and achieving profitability, with expertise in sales, marketing, strategy, and P&L management. I recruited 100+ individuals at Malt and directly managed teams up to 90 FTE.

I also advised clients as a consultant at McKinsey and Company for 5 years where I served clients in numerous industries (pharma, bank, insurance, media, retail) on organisational design, strategy, digital transformation.

Committed to fostering innovation and collaboration in dynamic environments, driving growth. Confortable with the 0 to 1 as well as the scaling phase. I am creative to achieve my organisation goals, naturally optimistic joyful and caring.

How I can help organizations as a freelancer today :
  • As an interim manager from Director to C-level in sales, operations, or country management.
  • Advisor / board member for smaller organizations with scale, operations or international expansion challenges
  • Develop go to market playbook or international expansion roadmap
  • Business planning, creating a business plan
  • Definition of OKR with the management team
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Spanish

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Naboo
    VP customer success
    TRAVEL AND TOURISM
    May 2026 - Today (2 months)
    Paris, France
    Accompagnement de Naboo (plateforme SaaS B2B d'organisation d'événements d'entreprise, Series B $70M, Lightspeed) sur la structuration de sa stratégie commerciale. Analyse de l'organisation (roles, bonus), de la methode de vente, mise en place des fondations opérationnelles pour accélérer la croissance sur le marché des grands comptes.

    Management de transition sur l'équipe CSM
    Management d'équipe déploiement organisation Revenue Operations Expérience client
  • Malt
    GM UK, BENELUX, MIDDLE EAST
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    January 2021 - December 2025 (4 years and 11 months)
    London, UK
    Expansion of Malt operations in the UK, Benelux, and Middle East regions. Built the team from 0 to 60 FTE. 10m to 75m GMV.
    • Localized product, define go to market, coordinate marketing efforts (inbound, field marketing, ABM)
    • Directly managed sales and operations. Reached profitability (ebitda) in 2 markets. Launched innovative operating model with new local players (MSP) and tech integrations (VMS) Full P&L responsibility. Exco member
    Team management Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy Business development international Réponse à appel d'offre
  • Malt
    GM SPAIN
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    September 2019 - December 2020 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    As part of my COO role, spearheaded the expansion of Malt in our first new country after France. Establish operational structure both locally and at the HQ (reporting, matrix management, shared ressource centers) 0 to 25 FTE Formulated and executed market entry strategy, growth playbook on freelance acquisition, SMB and Corporate. 0 to 15m annual GMV in 3 years Led the product adaptation for the Spanish market (tax management, product marketing, new contracting model)
    Développement international Revenue Operations Corporate strategy

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Education

  • BACCALAURÉAT MENTION TRÈS BIEN
    Lycee Haffreingue Chanlaire
    2003
    BACCALAURÉAT MENTION TRÈS BIEN
  • LICENSE MATH/PHYSICS
    Lycée sainte-geneviève
    2005
    LICENSE MATH/PHYSICS

Certifications

  • MEDDIC
    Train My Team
    2025
    MEDDIC Sales Customer Centricity

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