Laurent is a consultant at Smart Pharma Consulting, a consulting company dedicated to the pharmaceutical sector and operating in the complementary fields of strategy, management and organization:
• Portfolio / franchise assessment
• New launches / growth strategies
• Lifecycle optimization
• Scenario planning and forecast modeling
• Competitive simulations
• Brand plans and portfolio plans
• Multi-stakeholder action plans
• Resource allocation optimization
• Operating strategies
• Due diligences
Prior to joining Smart Pharma Consulting in 2014, Laurent had 10 years’ experience of audit and advisory with KPMG. He served as a Manager in the Technology, Media & Telecommunication (TMT) audit practice in KPMG Paris. He served many clients from start-ups to CAC 40 groups and acquired an extensive knowledge in consolation (IFRS, French GAAP and US GAAP), internal control environment assessment and coordination with audit teams and corporate managements.
Amongst his achievements, Laurent conducted due diligences and IFRS conversion client projects. He was also involved in the audit of restructuring companies and acquired an extensive experience of distressed businesses (review of business plans, working capital analysis and cash forecasting, control of the compliance with debt covenants, in-depth legal knowledge of the French “insolvency act”).
Laurent is a graduate of KEDGE Business School (formerly Bordeaux Ecole de Management) and holds a Master’s degree in Audit, Law and Business Management (with a major in Finance). He also studied Law, Economics and Business Administration at the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid (ICADE).
Specialties: Consulting, Strategy, Management, Organization, Modeling, Transactions, Financial analysis, Restructuring, Training, French/Spanish/English speaker