Etienne BERIOT
CFO
Experienced CFO and consultant
Finance interim management and consulting
Since April 2012
Consultant
Paris
France
- Finance, business plan, audit, international / local project management (transformation / growth / downsizing), turnaround, M&A and divestment (structuring, due diligence), change management.
- Recent assignments :
- Project management of France & head office accounting activities transfer from a BPO to an offshore shared services center for a large French Group (listed on Euronext, equipment industry).
- Worldwide post-merger integration of all finance-related projects in a medium-sized group (listed on Euronext, pharma-chemical industry)
- Project management of the decentralization (incl. recruitment) and reorganization of the finance & accounting functions of a worldwide BU (before sale) in a US corporation (automotive industry)
- Consultancy to shareholders and assistance to management (eg FP&A, cash management, tools) for a small private group (services), refinancing, terms sheet, negotiation, data room, due dil, turnaround, governance
- Consultancy / assistance to various Entrepreneurs / Investors in B2B or B2C business set-up or development
- Trainer and coach in finance, communication, selling to C-level, going digital (international Groups, SMEs).
- Project management of France & head office accounting activities transfer from a BPO to an offshore shared services center for a large French Group (listed on Euronext, equipment industry).
Finance Director
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES France
November 2001
to 2011
- Finance & Business Administration Director of Infineon Technologies France (ITF), the French subsidiary of the INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES Group (sales: € 5 Bio), one of the top-10 worldwide players of the semi-conductors industry (listed on DAX and Nasdaq).
- ITF consists of a sales division (€ 0,4 Bio), a R&D division (€ 20 Mio) sold in 2010, a Holding with investment in the manufacturing joint-venture ALTIS (€ 0,5 Bio) sold in 2011, and subsidiaries.
- Business Administration Director for Western and Southern Europe. Member of the Sales W&S Europe Management. Member of the Board of Directors of ITF since 2003 and of ITMP since 2004.
Project Director Europe
SMURFIT
May 1997
to October 2001
Dublin
Ireland
- Design and implementation of strategic IT projects (eg SAP,...) and organization / reengineering (eg Finance Shared Services in Europe).
Internal Auditor
SMURFIT Continental Europe
October 1995
to May 1997
Paris
France
- set up of the new Internal Audit function in the main Region (Continental Europe).
Senior Auditor
ARTHUR ANDERSEN
September 1991
to October 1995
Lyon / Paris
France
- Due diligence and financial consulting in various manufacturing and services industries, evaluation of BUs and trademarks for disposal deal purposes
- Business consulting / IS (with Andersen Consulting), risk assessment, training delivery
- French statutory audit assignments (large and medium-sized companies), Groups consolidation, US GAAPs, cost accounting review
Controller
L'AMY GmbH
July 1989
to May 1991
Frankfurt
Germany
- German subsidiary (50 HC, DEM 30 Mio sales) of the eyewear French leader (listed as “small caps”) :
- Participated in executive management : organization, recruiting, projects (East-German market)
- Managed the Finance department (3 people), German and French GAAP books, supervised the logistics
- mergers & acquisitions
- divestiture
- change management
- project management
- cost control
- internal control
- audit
- due diligence
- tax optimization
- cash management
- language: native French, fluent in English and German, knowledge in Italian
- Accounting
- controlling
- cash
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Auditing
- Due Diligence
- Mergers
- Tax
- sales support
- restructuring
- Shared Service Center
- Private Equity
- financial reporting
- Business Process Re-engineering
- internal control
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Financial Markets
- divestiture
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Reporting
- Restructuring
- Treasury Management
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Internal Controls
- Consolidation
- Finance
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act
- Business Planning
- Forecasting
