VINCENT JADOUL

Advisory & C-Level Interim Management
Business Management & Finance

Performance Improvement and Business Growth

Lead and/or support business transformation, post-merger integration, organisational and operating model redesign

Increase profitability through pricing, margin development, SG&A cost control, restructuring and synergies

Drive revenue and share growth through commercial strategy, pricing and contracting control

Improve cash flow through margin optimization, working capital improvement, supply chain processes, capital expenditure controls, and strategies for tax, debt, dividend management

Tackle overhead inefficiency through shared services alignment, process improvements across Human Resources, Procurement, Finance, IT, and other critical support functions

PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS GROWTH

Vincent Jadoul is a corporate finance and management expert, with long-standing experience in leading roles at Michelin, Alcatel, Airbus/EADS Defense and Alstom Power. Besides others, he was the Group CFO for Public Safety / Homeland Security at EADS and the Finance VP for Project & Acquisition Control at Alstom Power. Having worked as a management consultant and in different temporary leadership functions over the last years, he is also a proven interim manager – ready to onboard quickly in new environment and ensure smooth transitions

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Addressing complexity in difficult environments

A significant international exposure - a multicultural approach

INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

2010 - present

Advisory and C Level Interim Management at Vincent Jadoul Management Consulting, Switzerland
Enhancement of operational performance and support to business development
Change management

VICE PRESIDENT FINANCE ALSTOM POWER GROUP

2008 - 2010

Had responsibility for financial control of power projects, tenders and M&A.
Drove worldwide change management program to improve project control.

GROUP CFO PUBLIC SAFETY/HOMELAND SECURITY AT AIRBUS/EADS DEFENCE & SECURITY

2002 - 2006

Led a turnaround & savings plans . Performed contract negotiations, project & trade finance, mergers and acquisitions.

CONTROLLER AT ALCATEL TELECOM MOBILE NETWORKS DIVISION

1998 - 2002

Structured multi € bn. international contracts incl. tender control, financing, risk assessment, negotiation of T&Cs.

CFO & SENIOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT POSITIONS - MICHELIN GROUP

1987 - 1998

1996 - 1998 S.M.T.G. & S.E.P, France Finance Director
1994 – 1996 Eurodrive S.A. , Switzerland Finance & Trading Manager
1993 - 1994 S.A.T.I., Algeria Country CFO
1990 - 1993 Transityre B.V. Export Logistics Facility, Netherlands Head of Operations
1987 - 1990 Michelin Grand Export, Credit & Grand Export Finance Manager

EDUCATION

Master in Business Administration - EMBA

2007

HEC PARIS EXECUTIVE MBA

Strategy - General Management

2006

UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT

“Global alignment: preparing for Competitiveness” programme, Los Angeles, USA

1983 - 1986

EDHEC BUSINESS SCHOOL

Master in Business Administration, majoring in Entrepreneurship & Audit, Lille, France

TYPICAL AREAS OF ASSIGNMENT

Performance improvement: savings, restructuring, redundancy plans
Change program across countries and organizations
Support to business growth for large tenders/contracts and M&A
Ad hoc projects - C Level interim & Management Advisory

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Energy
Engineering

Space
Defense
Telecom
Automotive
Healthcare/consulting
Retail
Logistics, int. trade
Manufacturing
Professional Services

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT

Management Consulting
Financial Control
Strategy
Business partnering
Turnaround, savings plan
Change management
Commercial & bid control
Business modelling
Project control
Project accounting/audit
Risk Assessment
Risk mitigation
Contract negotiation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Post-Merger Integration
Divestments, carve outs
Trade finance
Trade project finance
Export insurance & ECAs
Documentary credit
Bonds & bank guarantees
Project Management
Finance organization
Cost accounting
Reporting
Benchmark

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

Recruitment

Performance assessment

Team performance

Redundancy plans

HR analytics

Community Management

Motivation levers

RISK & CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Risk mitigation

Prediction, mitigation & Control

Business Continuity

Planning

Communication

Vision

Adaptation

Transformation

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”

Winston Churchill

CONTACT

Bettstenstrasse 14
CH 8305 Dietlikon

+41 (0) 79 447 46 79