Résumé
International Executive in Infrastructure & Mobility Projects | PPP, M&A, Strategic Partnerships
With over 25 years of experience leading complex international projects, I design, structure, and deliver large-scale infrastructure and mobility programs across Europe, India, Canada, and North Africa.
My career path — within leading transport and service operators (Transdev, Veolia, Siemens) — has given me a deep understanding of the entire project lifecycle: from project finance and PPP structuring to contract negotiation, stakeholder management, and operational execution.
I am recognized for my strategic insight, diplomatic approach, and ability to manage multi-stakeholder environments at the intersection of public policy and private investment. I combine financial acumen with operational pragmatism to make complex projects both feasible and sustainable.
Committed to delivering sustainable solutions and driving innovation in mobility and infrastructure projects.
Particularly interested in opportunities combining international scope with territorial anchoring, especially in the Alpine region.
Core Expertise: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) • Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) • Project Finance • Strategic Development • Infrastructure & Mobility • Concessions • International Negotiation • Stakeholder Management • Team Leadership • Public Policy Interface
Key Sectors: Transport & Mobility • Infrastructure • Territorial Development • Sustainable Projects
Career Objective: To lead or contribute to high-impact international projects where public ambition meets private execution — ideally between Paris and the Alpine region.
57 summits above 4000-meter high, worldwide.
There are many similarities between a high (or even very high) altitude ascent and business development (whether the project / objective is a summit or a deal / contract)... In the preparation, analysis and management of risks, management of efforts and resources, adaptation to change and unforeseen events, motivation, tenacity, lucidity, resilience...
Expériences professionnelles
Director - m&a and projects
TRANSDEV , Issy les moulineaux - CDI
De Août 2015 à Septembre 2025
In charge of development projects within Transdev Group Finance Department, mainly:
- Assessment, structuring, negotiation and closing of strategic complex tenders (PPPs, concessions, partnerships…),
- Validation of development projects (internal/external growth) submitted to Group Engagement Committee: financial review, analysis and recommendations to ExCom,
- Financial monitoring and review of M&A operations: sourcing, review, engagement and supervision of mandates and assignments associated to these operations,
- Financial intelligence: financial follow up of main competitors.
Main achievements: structuring, negotiation, award, commercial close and financial close of Ontario Line PPP, Canada, 2022 (greenfield, driverless metro, 8.3 years construction + 30 years operation and maintenance, total contract value: 8.9 billion Canadian Dollars) and Hurontario PPP, Canada, 2019 (greenfield, light rail, 5 years construction + 30 years operation and maintenance, total contract value: 4.6 billion Canadian Dollars).
Skills: Public Private Partnership · Strategic Partnerships · Contract Negotiation · Negotiation · Project Finance · Governance · Complex Stakeholder Management
Member of the supervisory board
SOCIETE NATIONALE MARITIME CORSE MEDITERRANEE (SNCM) , Marseille
De Mars 2014 à Octobre 2016
Member of the Supervisory Board of Société Nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) as a representative of Transdev.
Strategic projects director
TRANSDEV - CDI
De Décembre 2012 à Décembre 2015
In charge of Société Nationale maritime Corse Méditerranée (SNCM) issue.
Working directly with Transdev CEO, General Secretary and CFO:
- Development and formulation of press arguments/pitches and language elements to defend Transdev position,
- Participation in and/or animation of various transversal Working Groups (handover scenarios, social, etc) with lawyers / counsels / minister's departmental staff,
- Preparation of Supervisory Board meetings,
- Costing of redundancy schemes,
- Any (unforeseen) mission requiring rapid reaction...
Member of SNCM Supervisory Board.
Representative of Transdev during mediation meetings with Trade Unions at Marseille prefecture.
Main achievement: Exit of Transdev from the capital of SNCM
In charge of defining the place of Transdev in the Autonomous Vehicle value chain.
Main achievement: COMEX evangelisation about Autonomous Vehicles
Skills: Crisis Management · Crisis Communications · Complex Project Management · Change Management · Business Strategy · Autonomous Vehicles · Innovation · High-Pressure Environments · Complex Stakeholder Management · Governance
Member of the board of directors
METRO ONE OPERATION PVT.LTD. , Bombay
De Mars 2012 à Août 2016
Member of the Board of Directors of Metro One Operation Pvt. Ltd., Operation & Maintenance Company of Mumbai Metro Line 1 (India).
International project director
TRANSDEV (ANCIENNEMENT VEOLIA TRANSPORT PUIS VEOLIA TRANSDEV) , Issy les moulineaux
De Novembre 2009 à Novembre 2012
Bid Director for PPP (Public-Private Partnership)/BOT/Concession public transportation tenders, focusing on Indian tenders:
Setting-up and management of the bid team and full responsibility for the bid strategy, development, submission and negotiation:
- General management of the bid,
- Definition and implementation of the technical, commercial, legal, and financial strategy of the bid,
- Financial modeling and preparation of the business plan,
- Responsibility for all legal aspects and preparation of the whole contract documentation, in conjunction with the Legal Department and/or external law firms,
- Finalization of the bid documents,
- Negotiations with subcontractors and/or partners,
- Negotiations – post-bid submission – with clients/local authorities to finalize the contract(s),
- Lobbying.
Main bids: Nancy, France (PPP, public transportation) ; Rabat, Morocco (new tramway lines operation) ; Autolib', Paris, France (car sharing, construction and operation) ; IJsselmond, Netherlands (Multimodal concession, 137 buses + 7 tram-trains, 8,3 years, 50 M€ investment, 270 M€ turnover); Hyderabad, India (Metro Consultancy, Operation & Maintenace, 3 lines, 72km, 66 stations, 10 years, 300 M€ turnover); Chennai, India (Metro, Operation & Maintenance, 2 lines, 45 km, 34 stations, 430 M€ turnover).
Skills: International Business Development · International Project Management · Negotiation · Bids · Tenders · Public Transport · India
Project director
CERIC , Paris
De Septembre 2007 à Octobre 2009
From Dec. 2007 to Oct. 2009, « Pobeda LSR » Project Director, Saint Petersburg (Russia), for the construction of the biggest bricks plant ever built in Europe (contract amount: 75 million €):
- Full responsibility for the Project execution,
- Project organization and human, technical, financial, contractual and legal management,
- Implementation and development of the Project execution strategy in the respect for the contractual, financial and delay objectives,
- Setting up and management of the organization and the Project team, including all other Ceric departments and subsidiaries involved,
- Risks and opportunities identification and management; implementation of the action plan suited to the aim of improving the Project profitability,
- Implementation of procedures and directives applied to the Project,
- Definition and implementation of the local structure,
- Customer relationship development and management.
Team management: (5 people) hierarchical, (25 people) functional.
Achievement: On-time and on-budget (5% below) Project.
From Sept. to Dec. 2007, « Pobeda LSR » Contract negotiations, Saint Petersburg (Russia):
- Quotation, Finances, Interfaces, Negotiations with the client.
Achievement: Contract signature on December 20th, 2007.
Skills: International Project Management · International Business Development · Operations Management · International Project Delivery
Project manager
SIEMENS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS , Lille
De Octobre 1997 à Septembre 2007
Tenders :
Manager for electrical works / communications / automatic fare collection for subway and airport people mover tenders (Qatar, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Taïwan, Italy, Spain):
- Economic and technical response and quotation,
- Local partners or sub-contractors search,
- Negotiations with sub-contractors / partners / customers.
Main achievements: Award of Algiers Subway (Morocco, Jan. 2006, Contract: 382 M€, Communications / Fare Collection lots: 19 M€) and Uijongbu Subway (South Korea, Sept. 2006), Contract: 140 M€, Power supply / Communications lots: 27 M€) tenders.
Project Management :
Fare Collection Manager, Algiers Subway Project (Algeria, 2006/2007, Project amount: 382 M€; Fare Collection Lot: 6 M€):
- Contractual strategy setting-up,
- Preparation and kick-off of the call for tender files,
- Bids assessment and choice proposal,
- Final negotiations and contractual documents finalization.
Manager for electrical works, Turin VAL Subway Project (Italy, 2000/2007, Project amount: 152 M€, joint-venture with Fiat Engineering; Electrical works: 25 M€):
- Engineering scheduling, cost planning,
- Design review, engineering management,
- Sub-contracts preparation and drawing up, procurement strategy, sub-contractors selection and negotiation,
- Contract management.
Deputy Manager for electrical works, VAL Subway Lille 2 Project (France, 1997/2000, Project amount: 355 M€; Electrical works: 35 M€, 37 subcontractors, 66 contracts):
- Preparation of requests for proposal, tender analysis, supplier management,
- Project management (operational and financial issues),
- Management of clerks of works teams,
- Design work follow-up, plan/drawing control, factory acceptance tests and reports.
Achievements: On-time and on-budget contracts.
Skills: Project Management · International Project Management · International Business Development · Bids · Tenders
Formations complémentaires
Deutsche Schule Bombay
Deutsche Schule Bombay
1986 à 1986
Louis-Le-Grand
Lycée Louis-Le-Grand
1989 à 1996
Associations
Groupe Professionnel "Transport & Mobilité" - CSA
https://association.centralesupelec-alumni.com/fr/group/transport-et-mobilite-csa/337
Vice-Président
Groupe Universitaire de Montagne et de Ski (GUMS)
Membre du Comié Directeur, Responsable Cars-Couchettes
Parcours officiels
Langues
Anglais - Courant
Français - Langue maternelle
Allemand - Notions
Espagnol - Notions
Compétences
Centres d'intérêt
- (Haute) Montagne & expéditions (57 sommets de plus de 4 000 m
- Kun
- Aconcagua
- Island Peak
- Mera Peak
- Chimborazo
- Kilimandjaro
- Mont Blanc…)
- ski de randonnée
- voyages
- opéra.