2011 - maintenant=> Bringing from France, strategic and commercial assistance to innovative French and European SME’s, ready to transfer their know-how and eager to develop and implement their business in the Arabic Gulf area, through local joint venture projects.
=> Providing, from France, advisory studies for G.C.C. (Gulf Countries Council) local authorities and investors, in charge of establishing local empowered innovative organizations (R&D laboratories, universities, SME’s, clusters).
L-C Consulting fze (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Founder and owner (Consultancy)
2009 - 2011* Founder and owner of L-C Consulting FZE, a fully independent company, incorporated as an establishment on the Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone, with offices located in Abu Dhabi (U.A.E.),
* Specializing in project management and venture capital consultancy:
=> Bringing from the UAE, strategic and commercial assistance to innovative French and European SME’s, ready to transfer their know-how and eager to develop and implement their business in the UAE and the Middle East, through local joint venture projects.
=> Providing, from the UAE, advisory studies to the benefit of local authorities and investors, in charge of establishing local empowered innovative organizations (R&D laboratories, universities, SME’s, clusters), in line with the Abu Dhabi 2030 Strategic Vision.
GCSS, a subsidiary of Emirates Advanced Investments (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Chief Operations Officer (Change Management)
2007 - 2009In charge to create from scratch, and develop the Company ('09 workforce: 120p. including 60 graduate UAE engineeers and managers), then handle smoothly the management of the company to a local CEO.
MOPA2, a joint venture of DCNS and THALES (Paris, France)
- CEO & Programme Director (Change Management)
2004 - 2007Programme Director of the 2nd French Aircraft Carrier (PA2, a $3.5B programme), and, as such, CEO of the MOPA2, a prime contractor joint-venture ('06 workforce: 50p.) established by DCNS (65%) and THALES (35%) to manage the Risk Reduction Phase of the programme.
GIAT-Industries (today NEXTER Systèmes)
- Managing Director
1999 - 2004In charge of the Armored Systems Division ('03 workforce: 1250 p., revenue: $800M)
