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Laurent CHESNEL

PARIS

En résumé

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

Entreprises

  • Smart Pharma Consulting - Consultant

    PARIS 2014 - maintenant Strategy and Management Consulting for pharmaceutical companies:
    - Portfolio / franchise assessment
    - New launches / growth strategies
    - Lifecycle optimization
    - Resource allocation optimization
    - Operating strategies
    - Due diligences
  • KPMG - Manager

    Courbevoie 2005 - 2014 Assurance Services: Financial Statement Audit
    Audit "major accounts" in companies of various sectors, such as Capgemini, Carrefour, le Crédit Agricole, SFR, TF1 or Vivendi
    Duties included strategic business risks evaluation, key processes analysis, test on the operating effectiveness of the risk-management controls designed by the clients, substantive procedures, report of findings
  • KPMG - Trainee

    Courbevoie 2003 - 2004 Financial audit of companies of various sectors in the office of KPMG Caen
  • Forum Events - President

    2002 - 2003 President of the "Forum Events" Association:
    • Organization of debates
    • Participating names included Elie Wiesel, Michel Camdessus, Claude Bébéar or Pasal Bruckner
    • Coordination of a team of 10 people
    • Responsible for press and media relations and for the coordination with the School Management
  • Sodexho Alliance - Trainee

    Москва 2002 - 2003 Financial analysis of the worldwide leader in Food & Management Services
  • Crédit agricole - Trainee

    Montrouge 2001 - 2002 Study of the distribution channels of the number-one French retail bank (analysis of Internet banking perspectives and recommendations)

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