Présentation de Pascal

Hello, I am an international CFO doubling as a freelance executive and team coach. I have over 25 years of experience in several countries (France, Germany, the USA, the UAE) acquired in various companies and industries (Spie-Batignolles, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Oracle Cerner, Mercurius Health). I am French and currently based in Erlangen, Germany and I have been responsible for businesses with annual revenues of between 15 M$ to 750 M$ across multiple regions. I have led teams of 5 to 70 people. My main duties as CFO include: * Leading and executing turnarounds and transformation projects * Strategic partnering with countries leadership teams; work on strategic planning, strategy implementation and execution * Lead team of 70+ people, developing, coaching, and growing people * Commercial support on large transactions (pricing, contract negotiation) * M&A activities, including due diligence, working on transactions, involved in integration of acquired companies * Accounting, financial planning & analysis, cash, external relations with banks, auditors After my studies in France, I started as a cost controller in 1996 on what was then Berlin's second biggest construction site, the construction of the tunnels for U-Bahn, S-Bahn and main road that are now part of Berlin's new main train station. I then joined Hewlett-Packard in Stuttgart as a financial analyst for their Remarketing division. Following this experience, I moved to New York City to do an MBA at Columbia Business School where I graduated in 2004. I then went on to launch my own venture, a wine tasting event company. In 2005, I went back to France and started to work at Johnson & Johnson as a controller for one of their divisions. In 2009, I joined Cerner as a senior finance manager and have been working with that company until 2023, moving around several times (France, UAE, Germany) and taking roles of increasing responsibilities. In 2024, I joined Mercurius Health, a PE-backed Portuguese company to be their German CFO and Managing Director, and in that role, I executed the turnaround of a private clinic in Bonn and worked on several M&A and partnership projects to expand the business in Germany. In 2019, I also trained and got certified as an executive coach, living my passion for leadership as a freelance coach beside my daily job. Feel free to contact me if you want to know more about my job Pascal Ma mission s'articule autour de l'exécution de la stratégie de l'entreprise et de son accompagnement financier (par exemple à travers l'allocation de ressources financières aux projets contribuant à la stratégie). Un autre point clef de mon métier est le pilotage financier de l'entreprise et la mise en place des actions nécessaires pour atteindre les objectifs économiques et financiers de l'entreprise. Cela comprend non seulement une forte interaction avec le reste de l'équipe de management (le CEO, le COO) et le Board of Directors, mais également la structuration d'un département financier fort permettant la remontée claire et précise des informations. Enfin, un élément critique, pas spécifique à mon rôle, et malheureusement souvent négligé par les managers est le management/leadership de l'équipe, c'est à dire son développement, le renforcement des compétences de ses membres, le support de ses actions afin d'en faire une équipe soudée et engagée. Après un Bac D en 1988 (Mathématiques et Sciences de la Nature) et 2 années de médecine à Lariboisière à Paris, je me suis ré-orienté sur un BTS Commerce International de 1990 à 1992, puis ai rejoint l'Ecole Supérieure de Commerce International (ESCI - Avon-Fontainebleau) de 1992 à 1996 où j'ai obtenu un BAC+5 en 1996. Après avoir travaillé de 1996 à 2002, j'ai ensuite rejoint la Columbia Business School, à New York où j'ai étudié et obtenu mon MBA en 2004. Je peux discuter de mon rôle, de comment j'ai gravi les échelons en prenant des postes à responsabilité croissante. Je peux discuter de mon expérience de travailler et vivre à l'étranger ainsi que de l'expérience de gérer des équipes multi-culturelles.