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Gérald NEUVILLE

HEIDELBERG

En résumé

International experience in entrepreneurship, buyouts, growth and venture capital, strategic and financial advisory with proven track record in designing and implementing strategies towards value creation in both industrial and consumer goods markets for both SMEs and global leaders in their industry. Aggregated deal value > EUR 1 Bn.
Demonstrated ability to
 Lead high profile projects such as strategic planning, cross-border M&A and subsequent post-merger integration;
 Build compelling cases to support strategic recommendations using economic and financial modeling in complex market and/or business setups;
 Drive strategic and operational marketing from market research towards market sizing and segmentation, value proposition, pricing and life-cycle product management;
 Manage a multi-layer, cross-functional and international group of 30 professionals;
 Steer an economic profit center of several hundred million Euros turnover.

Specialties
Fund raising, private equity investment structuring, strategic planning, M&A, post-merger integration, general management, profit center management, global team management

Mes compétences :
Beauty Care
Cosmetics
LBO
Private Equity
Venture capital
Conseil
Direction générale
Entreprenariat
Stratégie d'entreprise
Finance
Fusions acquisitions
Management

Entreprises

  • REMORA PARTNERS SA - Managing Partner & Founder

    2009 - 2015 Investment advisory in healthcare, beauty care and nutrition

  • BASF SE - Director Global Marketing Cosmetic Solutions

    Levallois-Perret 2006 - 2009 Development, drafting and submission for approval to the Board of Directors of the Cosmetic ingredients’ business 10-years strategic plan;
    Post-merger integration management of two Personal Care ingredients businesses, Collaborative Labs (USA) and Coletica (France), belonging to the US conglomerate, Engelhard, acquired via a hostile take-over;
    Analysis and recommendation of all relevant M&A, divestment and other strategic opportunities with suppliers, competitors and customers;
    Strategic marketing and global product life-cycle management of the overall cosmetic ingredients portfolio consisting of 5 major product lines and 150+ products including R&D pipeline management;
    Leadership of 30 highly qualified (PhDs, MBAs, etc.) marketing and R&D professionals (thereof 4 group leaders as direct reports and approx. 20 product and development managers), based in Germany and in the USA;
    Steering of an economic profit center, i.e. P&L and balance sheet, with performance measured in terms of EBIT after cost of capital;
    Entitled with a power of attorney, Member of the Executive Committee and reporting to the SBU Global Vice-President.

  • BASF SE - Senior Management Consultant

    Levallois-Perret 2003 - 2006 Management of numerous parallel strategy and management assignments for either Presidents of an Operating Division or Board Members, staffed with both internal and external consultants, thereof:
    Apparel/home decoration value chain analysis to support a forward integration strategy via alliances with OEMs (18 months);
    Commodity markets' behaviour analysis to redefine pricing policy of a major product under swift commoditization (9 months);
    Fine Chemicals: Post-M&A integration of Orgamol, a Swiss family-owned custom synthesis contract manufacturer (12 months).

  • Solving International - Strategy Consultant

    1999 - 2000 Strategic analysis: Industry analysis, economic modelling and financial valuation.
    Analytical framework design, information collation (interviews, desk research), conduction of workshop, organisation of seminar, presentation to steering committee and final report writing in the course of following assignments:
    Insurance Industry: Business diversification strategic plan for a French mid-size contributory pension scheme company (France, 6 months).
    Public Sector: Policy-making (Sustainable Development) analysis for the Dutch Government, in cooperation with RAND Corporation, the American think-tank (3 months).
    Chemical Industry: Operational performance strengthening diagnosis of a sales and marketing organization for a division of a major world-wide player (Western Europe, 6 months).

  • L'Oréal - Brand Manager

    PARIS 1995 - 1997 Responsible for re-launching Inné, an unsuccessful brand, on the French market sold in selective salons: achieved turnover recovery of 65% and improved the operational margin to 10% through brand re-positioning and via a co-branding retail incentive scheme (with Tatoo®, France Telecom’s pager).

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