alex lejeune

Independent consultant

Bio Summary

GM / Operating Partner with broad leadership experience in strategy, M&A, Finance, HR, IT, and digital capabilities. I am equally passionate about creating value through transformation efforts and new capability building, and through M&A, JVs or strategic partnerships. My key strengths include executive leadership, creative problem solving, communication and positive mindset. I acquired an extensive experience in business transformation as a turnaround manager, as a private equity operator, and as a senior executive. I enjoy most building up strong and lasting capabilities to unlock value. I held the roles of CRO, CFO, CTO, CHRO, Chief of Staff and Board Member. I worked and lived in France, USA and Switzerland, and have managed teams in Europe, North America, South America, China and Asia. Based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Employment History

Independent consultant

2018 - present

o CRO for a 4B Euro carve out from CRH backed by Blackstone – reporting directly to the Group Chief Transformation Officer. Led transformation & value creation program across IT, Digital, Comex, Procurement and Supply Chain ...see more

COO

Diethelm Keller Management AG

2016 - 2017

Zürich, Switzerland

DKM AG is a family office managing a diversified portfolio of 10 companies with a 500 M.CHF turnover. Several assets were underperforming o Invited by Chairman to drive change across portfolio of brands (Dedon, Zyliss, Cole ...see more

SVP Corporate Development (Finance, HR, IT)

Oettinger Davidoff AG

2011 - 2016

Basel, Switzerland

ODAG is a family business managing 200 brands with a 1,500 M.CHF turnover. The Board appointed new leadership team in 2011 with a clear mandate of change and value creation Overall impact: joined first non-family CEO to drive the cultural, business and financial transformation of Oettinger Davidoff AG o Led the sale of 800M.CHF of non-core assets, doubled Ebitda margin, and enabled funding critical to re-build core brand Davidoff o Secured multiple strategic, financial, and M&A resolutions from ODAG Board of Directors o Consistently rated by CEO as his top executive in performance and leadership o One of five executives offered a long-term incentive award by Board every year. M&A: led material divestures in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, delivering cash proceeds above expectations while protecting reputation and values of ODAG as a family-owned company o Negotiated and activated two strategic Joint Ventures in South East Asia and in China o Designed and activated a strategic distribution agreement with S.T. Dupont, a premium brand that complements Davidoff in regulatory adverse markets o Developed innovative strategy and business case to rapidly expand retail footprint Finance: upon taking over CFO role, established balanced cash, cost and margin discipline and enabled strong positive free cash flow o Established a strategic model to enable Board, Chairman and CEO to select strategic and financial options and ensure disciplined value creation o Negotiated a long-term funding agreement with Credit Suisse and three cantonal banks o Established and developed a culture of transparency, collaboration and accountability in decision making for key strategic and operational investments HR/Talent Management: attracted and retained 50% of senior managers worldwide over the past 5 years and built strong HR processes to inspire a culture of performance, diversity and collegiality worldwide IT: transformed fragmented IT infrastructure into a modern, global and scalable business solutions able to cope with rapidly changing regulatory and business conditions.

VP/Chief of Staff

Cerberus Capital Management

2005 - 2011

NYC, NY, USA

CCM is an investment firm with 30 billion USD under management and a focus on underperforming assets. It controls a portfolio of companies that together represent over 100 billion USD in revenues o Selected by newly appointe ...see more

VP

Microwarehouse

2003 - 2005

MicroWarehouse was a large distributor of computers and electronics in the US and in Europe with 2 billion USD in revenues. Alix Partners is a turnaround services firm which was appointed by the Board to drive the Chapter 11 ...see more

Consultant

McKinsey & Company

2001 - 2003

Stamford, CT, USA

McKinsey is a global management consulting firm o Primarily served clients in media-entertainment and IT industries

Consultant

Arthur Andersen Business Consulting

1998 - 1999

Paris, France

Finance Manager

Schneider Electric

1993 - 1998

Paris, France

Project Leader, Corporate Finance Group (1996-98) o Led 10-people project team to design and rollout new financial reporting system across 200 business units in 40 countries. Post-Acquisition Task Force, Corporate Financ ...see more