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Nicolas MATHON

Rapperswil-Jona

En résumé

Finance specialist with 15 years+ of international experience in Strategy & Development, expertise in Sourcing, Process and Control. Achievements in managing innovative and complex projects in energy, materials and mining sectors. Extensive experience in leading projects in Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, North America.

Within an international industrial energy-intensive group, I pioneered in setting-up an organization dedicated to energy (strategy, global approaches, processes, systems and partnerships) and in developing innovative projects to meet Group challenges and seize opportunities in a context of scarce resources:
• Improved security of electricity & gas supply at competitive costs (€2bn/y) and supported energy efficiency programs to boost EBITDA and reduce environmental footprint
• Contained price volatility to limit exposure to non-core business drivers
• Rationalized and developed self-generation asset portfolio (2GW) to maximize ROCE.

As Strategy & Development Director, my current contribution is threefold:
• Upstream, I initiated and defined sourcing strategy: conducting Strategic Reviews worldwide (60 countries) and collaborating with corporate functions & operations to implement changes from improved contracts to investments/divestment
• At the heart, I structured and led complex developments, such as IPPs: I am the Director of a 300MW gas project ($500M investment) in Nigeria. I led projects in Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, Hydro) in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and structured deconsolidating schemes for Waste Heat Recovery and Renewable Energy projects
• Downstream, I supervised performance and compliance: reviewing Electricity & Gas contracts (300 approved PPAs/GSAs in 40 countries), leading control, budget and forecast processes.

Prior to 2010, before joining Lafarge where I held corporate finance positions, I worked 8 years with Ernst & Young in Paris and Toronto as financial auditor in the energy, mining and materials sectors.

Entreprises

  • LafargeHolcim - VP Strategy & Development

    Rapperswil-Jona 2011 - maintenant In the context of an international energy-intensive industrial group, pioneered in setting-up an organization dedicated to energy (strategy, global approaches, processes, systems and partnerships) and led innovative and complex projects, meeting critical challenges: security of supply at competitive costs (€2bn/y), contained price volatility, rationalized and developed power assets portfolio (2GW).
     definition: 60 countries
     Director of IPP project in Nigeria: Investment of $500M and commercial contracts with combined value exceeding $4bn
     Led development of IPP projects / M&A transactions in Africa, Europe, Asia
     Negotiated multiple PPAs and GSA: Solar, Hydro and Thermal PPAs
     Led projects financial structuring: deconsolidating schemes for WHR and refinancing of asset
     Financial control, budgeting and forecasting of electricity and gas costs
     Director of Energy Management System project: worldwide deployment of solution and smart meters at industrial sites

  • Lafarge - Internal Control Director

    Paris 2007 - 2010 Led risk management, compliance and integration activities, in the context of a major acquisition in 2008 deeply modifying the Group.
     Assignments in the scope of finance, purchasing, sales and investment (process improvement, audits, integration missions) at group level, in regional corporate offices and BUs in the Middle East, North and Sub-Saharan Africa (Iraq, Algeria, Egypt, Nigeria).
     Led activities related to Group Risk Mapping (►Evaluation conducted with group top-20 executives) and pioneered role of compliance officer with audit and legal teams (►designed and managed anti-fraud program and Code of Business Conduct program roll-out).

  • Lafarge - Internal Control Manager

    Paris 2005 - 2007 Group Project Leader in the context of the worldwide project of internal control certification under Sarbanes-Oxley law.
     Defined and rolled-out the assessment methodology, managed global coordination with external and internal auditors (►Consolidated report to be presented to the Group Audit Committee and preparation of Chairman of the Board’s report).
     Ad-hoc missions in higher risks countries (China, Nigeria, Russia).

  • EY (Ernst & Young) - Audit Senior Manager

    Courbevoie 1997 - 2005  Management of multidisciplinary teams in charge of audit missions conducted in listed French industrial groups - audit of consolidated financial statements in IFRS and specific assignments (acquisitions, specific reviews, bond issuance).
     Led a CAC 40 Group Internal Control assessment in context of Sarbanes-Oxley law
     Audit assignments in companies producing, distributing and trading electricity and consulting missions in the context of market deregulation in Ontario. Audit of a mining group (management of teams across country, financial reporting in Canadian and US GAAP).
     Audit of French and African subsidiaries of a major French Oil & Gas company (refineries, depots, pipelines, network of distributors).

Formations

  • Ordre Des Experts Comptables

    Paris 2003 - 2005 DEC

  • Kenan Flagler Business School (University Of North Carolina) (Chapel Hill, Nc)

    Chapel Hill, Nc 1995 - 1995 MBA

    Second semester at the MBA of UNC - Chapel Hill

  • Essec (Cergy)

    Cergy 1993 - 1996

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