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Matthieu Le Bris

CFO

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Matthieu Le Bris
Singapore
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About Me
Agile, multi-lingual Finance professional with solid experience across sectors in Asia.

Where I can help: accelerate and scale, integrate post-acquisition, roll-out a transformation project, establish trust in a strategic partnership, stabilize, develop and autonomize multi-cultural teams.

Willing to engage on climate change issues, energy transition, clean mobility, low carbon economy, sustainability (SDG, SBT, UN PRI, GRI, EU Taxonomy)

Global mobility.

Entitled to work in Singapore (Personalised Employment Pass).
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Experiences
  • The Blue Circle develops and operates wind projects in SEA (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand) with 80 MW in operation and a large pipeline under development. The group employs 70 employees in 4 countries.
  • Structuring accounting, finance and HR functions in a grown-up start-up, preparing for growth
  • Standardized, simplified and automated processes to manage group complexity (80+ legal entities, 80+ bank accounts in 6 countries, 4 scopes of consolidation)
  • Implemented cash-based financial planning and reporting, building trust with partners to secure external funding
  • Developed and implemented internal controls, the budgeting process and strategic restructuring plans (2x25% cost reduction)
  • Managing a team of 14 in 4 countries in virtual, cloud-based operation
  • Mid-size French Group (under LBO), world leader in Ground Support Equipment. In Asia : 100 M EUR sales and 300 employees, 5 entities in China, HK and Singapore, 2 factories in China.
  • Finance reinforcement in a transition phase: CEO transition, finance turnaround with gross margin recovery (+10pts), thanks to cost reduction and productivity gains from lean manufacturing implementation, allowing sales growth (x2.5 in 6 years) with market share gains.
  • Achieved a 30% reduction in working capital days, developed cash flow forecasting, tax compliance, beefed up the industrial control function, secured new local financing
  • Developed autonomy, productivity and polyvalence of a team of 17 on 3 sites
  • Stabilized staff turnover after implementing the HR system and new compensation tools
  • Start-up manufacturing joint-venture established in September 2005 in Northeast China, producing compressors for automotive clients. 20 M EUR sales and 150 employees after 2 years.
  • From scratch, set up full scope finance and accounting function for a greenfield manufacturing plant
  • Adjusted to a complex environment : joint-venture, Chinese language required at work, mixed management team French, Chinese and Japanese, remote location, steep ramp-up
  • Implemented SAP, reporting and internal control systems & tools
  • Hired and developed the skills and autonomy of a team of 8 (Finance and IT)
  • ADP owns and operates Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports (4.7 billion EUR turnover and 26,000 employees in 2019)
  • At its start-up phase, Management controller of a first time JV cooperation between an airport operator and a travel retail operator, reporting monthly to the Board of Directors (2 yrs)
  • Multi-project and multi-disciplinary in-house consulting at Beijing airport to boost commercial revenues, develop marketing and enhance long term financial planning (3 yrs)
  • Expert business plan modelling for airport projects: Argentina, Montevideo, Mexico (3 yrs)

Country Economist

French Trade Commission
April 1995 to July 1996
Beijing
China
  • The French Trade Commission in Beijing is a public body under the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the Commercial section of the French Embassy in Beijing.
  • Analyst of China economic reforms at early structuring stage: published paper CFCE 1996 "Le système bancaire chinois : état de la réforme"; conferences at the Foreign Language University.
Skills

Management

  • Strategic planning and governance
    Advanced
  • Team management and autonomy, coaching
    Advanced
  • HR management, HR system deployment
    Advanced

Financial Management

  • Financial Planning & Analysis (forecasting, budgeting, reporting)
    Advanced
  • Cost control and working capital management
    Advanced
  • Treasury management and financing
    Advanced
  • Internal controls, internal audit, compliance and risk management
    Advanced
  • Financial Modeling, Business planning
    Good
  • ERP deployment (SAP, BaaN, Xero), Cloud operation
    Good

Languages

  • French : mother tongue
    Expert
  • English (fluent)
    Advanced
  • Chinese (professional use)
    Good
  • Japanese, Spanish, German (conversational)
    Intermediate
Education

Master of Science in Management

ESSEC, TOP#6 Master in Management in FT ranking 2021

6-month exchange program in HEC Montreal, Canada
Internship : Financial analysis (BfG Bank, Germany) ; Manufacturing (Nuclear Fuel industries, Japan) ; Management control (Areva, France)
Activities : ESSEC Sports association, ESSEC rowing team
http://m.essec.edu/en/

Master Analysis and Policy in Economics

Paris School of Economics

Pre-doctoral program focused on contemporary economics
6-month research with CIRED, a research institute in development, energy and environment economics.
http://www2.centre-cired.fr
http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/
Interests

Travel & exploration

  • Extensive overland travels, river and cargo journeys across South America and Asia, travel literature

Outdoor Sports

  • Road cycling, trail and long-distance running, sea-kayaking, yoga
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