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Nicolas VAILLANT

Bordeaux

En résumé

After 12 years in Private Equity, I have been serving as a CFO for nearly 15 years in international, multi-site industrial environments, including LBO / PE-backed settings, and have led three successful exits, including two cross-border transactions.

I support organizations facing transformation, structuring or exit situations, combining both strategic perspective and hands-on execution.

Key areas of expertise:
- Finance function transformation and structuring
- Cash flow, liquidity and working capital management
- Performance management and implementation of decision frameworks
- M&A, divestments and post-merger integration
- LBO / PE-Backed environments and shareholder governance

Entreprises

  • Amplitude - Group CFO

    Bordeaux 2023 - 2025

  • Le Bélier - Group VP of Administration and Finance

    Vérac 2017 - 2023 Le Bélier (Euronext B : BELI) is a global group specialized in the manufacture of moulded aluminium safety components for cars.

    Le Bélier :
    - generates revenues of circa 350 M€ (2017)
    - operates on 3 continents
    - counts more than 4.000 employees.

  • Cheetah Mobile - Head of Finance EMEA

    2016 - 2017 Cheetah Mobile is the third largest app developer in the world. (Nyse : CMCM) with over 630 millions MAU.

    After the trade sale of News Republic, took the lead of EMEA Finance at Cheetah Mobile combination of News Republic and Cheetah Ad Platform (fka MobPartner) representing up to 10% of global revenues / 110 employees.

    Managed reporting under USGAAP.

    8 entities spread over 3 continents under management.

  • News Republic - Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer / Head of HR

    2015 - 2017 In a growing company backed by 3 VC's
    - Lead financial strategy, budget set-up, controlling and accounting including subsidiaries in the US,China and HK
    - Lead HR in an international environnement (up to 15 nationalities, employees in 7 countries on 3 different continents)
    - Set up and improve processes
    - Supervised Legal aspects
    - Direct relationships with investors

    - Succesfully sold News Republic to Cheetah Mobile (NYSE : CMCM) for 57M$
    - Led News Republic financial's integration into Cheetah Mobile : switched from start-up requirement to a listed company one.

  • Global Imaging On Line - Chief Financial Officer

    SAINT DIDIER AU MONT D'OR 2012 - 2015 - Company backed by 3 PE Funds.
    - In charge of general accounting, management Control, connection with auditors, reporting, budget preparation (P&l, cash flow) for the whole group (including 2 foreign subsidiaries)
    - Reshuffled and managed a team made of 4.
    - Strong focus on working capital and cash management in a fast growing context (26% CAGR over a 4 years period). Reached profitability.
    - Set up full new reporting and rolling forecast
    - Led and achieved several key structural projects leading to cost reductions and service level increase
    - Led or improved the internal ERP deployment on several components
    - Deployed Business Intelligence tool (Hyperion) which drives to significant improvement of controls

    - Succesfully sold Global Imaging Online to Groupe Numerix (non disclosed amount)

  • BNP Paribas Private Equity (Now Isatis Capital) - Investment Director - Member of the Investment Commitee

    2006 - 2012 Member of the European Growth Capital team.
    In charge of managing and structuring a various range of investments / sales in high potential innovative companies.
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    Board Member at Orolia (NYSE Alternext Paris - ALORO - www.orolia.com)
    Orolia is a high-technology group specialized in precise Positioning, Navigation and Timing. Orolia provides high-precision electronics equipments that generate, distribute, measure and process the high-precision Time & Frequency signals that Critical Operations use to detect, trace, control, analyze or synchronize time and location-critical events.
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    Board Member at Telogic (Danemark - www.telogic.dk)
    Telogic is a Europe’s leading enabler of MVNO’s, ensuring a quick and effective launch, a professional operation focusing on mobile services supported by capabilities on fixed, VoIP and broadband.
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    Board Member at Global Imaging Online (France - www.global-imaging.net)
    GIOL provides an advanced, flexible and powerful environment for visualisation and processing of medical images, handling data provided directly from any existing DICOM modality/modalities. The system enables easy image/report handling and storing including various ways of archiving important information.
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    Board Member at Vitalitec (France - www.vitalitecusa.com/)
    Vitalitec develops, manufacturers and markets niche vascular, cardio-vascular, and endoscopic products.
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    Board Member at NewWorks (France - http://www.newworks.com/)
    NewWorks is dedicated to the 24/7 outsourcing of on-demand digital printing of business documents to the highest standards of services, quality, confidentiality and reliability.

  • SG Asset Management (now Amundi) - Investment Manager

    2001 - 2006 Member of the Venture Capital team.
    In charge of managing and structuring a various range of investments / sales in high potential technological companies.
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    Board Observer at Ornis from September 2004 to January 2006
    (www.ornis.com)
    Ornis is a Managed Services company (IT and telecommunications “net generation”) offering businesses a range of network infrastructure and remotely managed application services (ASP or SaaS aggregator) so that they can optimize the functioning of their Information and Communication Systems at the least cost.
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    Board Observer at UDCast from September 2003 to January 2006 (www.udcast.com)
    UDcast is a software company providing IP broadcast solutions for wireless networks worldwide. Their products and solutions provide the broadcasting and telecommunication industry with the necessary tools for delivering data and media applications, anytime and anywhere.

  • Raindance (now Intercall) - Business Analyst

    2000 - 2000 - Reported to the CEO Europe.
    - In coordination with Evoke Communications US and country managers, contributed to establish Raindance offices in France, UK, Germany on a strategic, financial and commercial level.
    - Set up and follow-up of the Business Plan.
    - Performed market potential analysis for the European market / Business Intelligence.
    - Managed marketing survey for the European market with a Top 5 research firm.
    - Involved in setting up partnerships (including a major one with a French Telco).

  • StockOnWeb - Co-founder

    1999 - 2000 - Consulting for high-tech companies.
    - Involved in establishing strategic and commercial policies for StockOnWeb.
    - Managed full consulting process which target is to define or redefine strategy through highly focused workshops: business plan, market potential, marketing and communication...

Formations

  • IPAG

    Paris 1994 - 1998 Master’s Degree - Corporate Finance

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