The Operational Team
Nos consultants
- A consultant specializing in social legislation advisory services, change management policies, and corporate re-engineering/restructuring (Executive VP, PSA Group).
- Over 15 years' experience in companies ranging from family-owned SMEs to multinationals (Auchan Group, Disneyland Paris) working as Head of Human Resources or Head of Operations (Eric Kayser, Manutan, RPPC Group).
- On the strength of his experience, he runs a multi-site network and can also develop and implement Group HR policies.
- Arnaud Ramus is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School, Paris, majoring in labour law and human resources. He is a member of the ESSEC Alumni, and of the Club Agora Dirigeants.
arnaud.ramus@coparlead.com
- Expert intervenant dans les situations de crise, d'urgence, complexes, conflictuelles (Groupe Fiat, Intersport, Groupe PSA, Antalis, Valliance, Kodak, Solymatic). Ingénierie des dossiers sur le plan opérationnel, stratégique et juridique.
- Patrick Degas possède plus de 25 ans d'expérience acquises au sein d'entreprises multinationales où il exerçait en tant que Directeur Général, Secrétaire général, administrateur…
- Médiateur, membre de l'Association des Médiateurs Européens (AME), diplômé Ifomene, (Institut Catholique de Paris/ordre des avocats).
Il est diplômé de l'ESSEC Imd.
patrick.degas@coparlead.com
- Began his career in Human Resources and has over 25 years' experience as a manager in international companies Antalis, Paprec, Diamond Shamrock, Screg, and Presse Routage as operational or Group Human Resources Manager and Corporate Secretary.
- His operational track record in Human Resources makes him a specialist in the management of restructuring exercises, relations with representative employee bodies and in the development of employment: implementation of skills management agreements, talent management policy, recruitment, international talent management, and performance appraisal interviews (from setting up to training for the interview itself).
- Jean-Marie Romani studied law at the Assas University in Paris.
jeanmarie.romani@coparlead.com
- A consultant specialising in commercial development advisory services for professional automotive markets, Laurent has recruited and supported the deployment of team personnel by building cultural and technical bridges across the full spectrum of market players.
- On the strength of over three decades' experience acquired with the Fiat and PSA groups, working in a variety of positions ranging from Marketing Manager to Profit Centres Manager, Direct Sales Manager and CEO of Citroën Business & Finance, Laurent has extensive experience of working in complex, politicised environments calling for high-level managerial and commercial skills.
- He is a graduate of the ENSI engineering school and of the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises school of business administration.
- He is also a part-time lecturer in Automobile Marketing and Sales at the Institut Supérieur du Commerce Automobile in Le Mans (ESCRA-ISCAM Group), an Associate Professor at the ICN Business School (Institut du Management Automotive de Nancy) and a member of TEAM (Total Expertise Automotive Management), the leading outsourced network for automotive sector competencies.
laurent.helman@coparlead.com
- Olivier has acquired a two-pronged experience in consultancy, notably in the fields of chartered accountancy, audit and transitional management, as well as in corporate financial and administrative functions.
- He was Head of Accounting at Compaq France before taking over global financial coordination at the US headquarters of Compaq Corp. (now Hewlett Packard). He was involved in the mergers and acquisitions of Digital Equipment by Compaq, and subsequently of Compaq by Hewlett Packard. He later joined the Manutan Group, where he was Head of Administration and Finance in charge of acquisitions and development.
- Over the past 15 years Oliver has acquired wide-ranging expertise not only in reorganising finance departments both in terms of processes and people, but also in organic and acquisition-led growth operations to drive corporate development and strategy.
He has worked in France and other countries in positions with a European and global remit. - Olivier, who is fluent in English, is a qualified chartered accountant and has a post-graduate diploma in Finance from the IAE Paris Sorbonne department of Business Administration.
olivier.petit@coparlead.com
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Brigitte Ustal Piriou is consultant specialising in change management in organisations and in managerial support. She helps Management Committees and managers to upgrade their practice and manage inter-generational issues.
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Thanks to her 20 years’ experience in international corporations and SMEs (Preussag France, Beiersdorf Nivea La Prairie) she is expert in the full range of human resources processes and management aids.
Her past assignments have led her to specialise in:
- Deployment of Human Resources and Skills Planning programmes:
- Collective HR and Skills Planning involving several companies is a single region or employment area as a means of generating and pooling synergies, among companies and local government agencies.
- Individual HR and Skills Planning at company level to align existing resources and structures with mid-term requirements.
- Deployment of Human Resources and Skills Planning programmes:
- Developing skills catalogues and mobility bridges.
Brigitte Ustal-Piriou has a post-graduate DESS degree in Management and Human Resources Development. She is a member of ANDRH and chairs its Inter-generational and Age Management Committee.
brigitte.ustalpiriou@coparlead.com
- Francis Boyer, a management and human resources consultant, trainer and coach, works with manufacturers and service companies and all three public sectors.
- His extensive experience makes him ideally suited to drawing up HR strategies and overseeing human change in complex, difficult environments. As a qualified expert in coaching, NLP, Ennéagramme and transactional analysis, he supports companies in their professionalisation programmes and in upgrading their management and human relations practice in order to help them enhance employee dedication and performance.
- He has specialised in inter-generational management, psychosocial risk prevention, and managerial coaching.
- Francis has a postgraduate degree in Human Resources Management and a 20-year track record in management and human resources in a wide range of companies including LCL, CIC Paris, Opéra National de Paris, and Unedic.
francis.boyer@coparlead.com
- Beatrice Billiard, an expert “relocation” consultant for the past ten years, facilitates employee relocation. She provides support and assistance for them when they move to a new city or embark on a new career.
- She handles the full spectrum of services in connection with national and international re-settlement: housing search and removals, residence permits, social security affiliation, schooling, exchanges of driving licences etc.
- An expatriate herself during her childhood, the many (approximately 400) families she has helped to re-settle can testify to her professionalism in terms of listening to and anticipating their requirements as part of a tailored service. Delighting her customers, which have included L'Oréal, Schneider Electric, Schlumberger, Sony, IBM, Rhodia, and Barclay's, is her constant priority.
- Béatrice also ran a training and development institute for four years, as well as a club for HR managers, Mouvement Génération RH. Her remit involved organising symposia, training sessions, summer universities and working breakfasts, etc.
beatrice.billiard@coparlead.com
- Liliane Grellier has a background in accountancy and law and worked for a decade in chartered accountancy practices (Expercompta and Fiducial), mainly dealing with labour questions.
- She went on to take charge of remuneration and administration departments, notably carrying out audit assignments, migrations, and the outsourcing or insourcing of remuneration software packages, while empowering operational staff and acting as a principal interface both in-house and externally.
- Liliane has built up a rich and diversified experience during a career in complex environments spanning a variety of activity sectors ranging from public works (Bouygues) to services (AIF Services), and from luxury goods (LVMH) to manufacturing (Canon, Hamon Thermal Europe, Lapeyre Services) and advertising (McCann Erickson).
liliane.grellier@coparlead.com
- Véronique's career began in Finance and Commerce, working with the Caisse d'Epargne, Société Générale, Groupe Elis, and Schenker Joyau. Subsequently, in 1999, after obtaining a diploma in Human Resources, Véronique joined the Do It Group where she was tasked with recruitment, redeployment, support and HR organisation assignments for Sarcelles City Hall, Géopost Logistics, Fidexis (a Cofinoga subsidiary), and Insert, among others.
- In parallel, she has also been responsible for the civilian redeployment of military personnel on behalf of ASVIC, an association of former alumni of the Saint Cyr Military Academy, and the French Army, etc.
- In 2006, working for the MKCF and HV-DC companies, Véronique acquired a new Human Resources skillset, working on training and resource optimisation strategies – a task which covered the sourcing of financing, and advisory services for buying-in training provision.
- On the strength of over 15 years' operational experience, she also went on to occupy positions as Head of Employment and Skills and Redeployment Programme Manager for the ECF Group and Lalique.
veronique.perraudin@coparlead.com
- A specialist in Human Resources, and more particularly in recruitment, ranging from expression of needs to provision of technical and human competencies, Frédéric has built up over 15 years' experience in temporary and contract employment services companies and specialised technical assistance and consultancy companies including Unitech, Expectra, and A-vantage.
- An expert in recruitment processes, Frédéric has always successfully completed the missions entrusted to him not only as regards recruiting Clerical/Operative/Technician and Managerial staff but also in setting up, reorganising and running dedicated recruitment departments.
- Because he likes a challenging professional environment, he has also been active in sourcing, selecting and integrating new skills as part of drives to restructure or develop innovative, high-growth SMEs such as Getelec SA, and Norphone Production.
- His human qualities and rigorous working methods ensure Frédéric's recognition as a leading player in recruitment circles.
frederic.ducros@coparlead.com
- For more than two decades, Jean-Louis has worked in the Finance departments of the European offshoots of multinationals from France (Thomson), English-speaking countries (Sara Lee, Douwe Egberts, United Biscuits) and China (TCL). He has worked in a number of sectors, mostly in consumer products in the chemicals, food and distribution (supermarkets, retail), pharmaceuticals and electronics industries, both on the manufacturing side and in distribution/sales.
- His financial experience, notably in managing crises for ailing companies, cash/Working Capital management and Shared Services Centers, means he is skilled in change management situations (with a number of completed projects to date in the construction and service sectors) and university or corporate training.
- Jean-Louis Bernard is a graduate of the ESSEC Business School, Paris.
contact@coparlead.com
Les partenaires
Legal counselCabinet Raphael
The Cabinet Raphael legal practice, Isabelle Ayache-Revah and Marion Ayadi partners assists companies for the most part operating in the banking and manufacturing sectors, in all areas of social legislation, and notably in relations with employee representatives:
- Relations with trade unions and negotiation
- Relations with trade unions and negotiation of collective bargaining agreements
- Organization of professional elections
- Relations with government departments
- URSSAF inspections (French Government Agency)
- Occupational accidents and diseases
- Criminal law in the workplace
- Social welfare
- International mobility
And also, in the framework of one-off projects:
- Development and deployment of restructuring
- Human resources and skills planning
- Follow up and challenges to expert opinions requested by employee representatives
Maître Delpech, Associated lawyer
Maître Delpech, associate legal counsel, has a dual specialty in commercial/company law (corporate, M&A) and labour law, more particularly in individual relations, including the treatment of claims and disputes.
Caroline Delpech lectures at the Institut Catholique in Paris (Social Sciences and Economics University), and at IPRIS (the private institute for International and strategic relations).
Maître Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, Associated lawyer
Nathalie Jalabert-Doury, a lawyer called to the Paris Bar and the partner in charge of the Competition department at the Mayer Brown legal practice in Paris, brings her acknowledged expertise in competition hearings before the European Commission and the French competition authority in areas such as collusion, abuse of dominant position, and prior notification of merger plans.
Nathalie is also recommended in the International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers 2010, and in the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners 2010 guides.
She has authored a guide to competition investigations and is a regular speaker at symposia on competition law.
Axelian
Axelian is a legal practice specialising in process-driven operational management. Its senior partner, Eric Pasteyer, has close to two decades’ experience in overseeing organisational change and performance enhancement projects. Partly on the basis of a transverse approach combining “assistance, training and consultancy”, he drives business process efficiency and information system upgrades.
Eric is also an experienced practitioner in the field of integrated QSE-type certification issues, business continuity management, and operational risk management. He also occasionally mentors people heading change management and information system projects.
He works not only with major accounts, including Coface, Véolia, Eurocopter, and BNP Paribas, but also with market-leading SMEs such as Acoplan, Sikia, Klee, and Cap’s Boat.