François - Consultant fonctionnel TRIPLE A

Expérience professionnelle

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INFRONT FINANCE (previously VWD GROUP) - Luxembourg Jul 2013 to Present
Business development manager – Account manager Jul 2013 to Present
Senior consultant – Project manager Jul 2013 to Present
Infront Finance is a Norwegian company based in Oslo delivering financial information and IT
solutions to the financial community, with a leading position in the Nordic and German speaking
countries.
As an external consultant, I am in charge of developing Infront activities in Luxembourg as well as
delivering projects.
Highlights of achievements:
✓ Acquired 9 clients and maintained a high level of satisfaction throughout the years.
✓ Successfully implemented a portfolio management solution at Builders Re, the largest
Luxembourg re-insurance company, including the development of interfaces and reconciliation
tools with their depository banks (Citibank and BP2S) and with their different asset managers
(Aberdeen, PIMCO and more recently DWS, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs) and the
development Solvency II reporting.
✓ Successfully implemented a portfolio management and trading solution at Fuchs & Associés, the
largest Luxembourg third-party manager, including the development of interfaces and
reconciliation tools with their main depository banks based on SWIFT MT and MX messages, of
straight through ordering processes based on SWIFT and FIX protocols, including pre-trade and
post-trade compliance checks for UCITS funds, life-insurance contracts and discretionary
mandates.
✓ Successfully developed and implemented MIFID-II and MIFIR reports at various clients.

WHITESTONE INVESTMENTS – Luxembourg Jul 2015 to Present
Gérant indépendant Jul 2015 to Present
Whitestone Investments is a special investment vehicles (SIF). As “gérant indépendant”, I am
supervising risk management and compliance.
ACORE CONSULT – Luxembourg Oct 2013 to Present
Managing Director Oct 2013 to Present
Acore Consult is a consultancy firm specialized in business development and project management of
artificial intelligence, portfolio, trading and risk management solutions for family offices, independent
financial advisors, asset managers and private bankers. I am the founder acting as Managing Director.

Employment History ════════════════════════════════════════════
NOVEO CONSEIL – Luxembourg Jan 2019 to May 2019
Senior consultant Jan 2019 to May 2019
Noveo Conseil is a consultancy firm based in Paris with branches in Luxembourg and Geneva. My
mission was to manage the change during the deployment of a new front-office system, Triple’A from
Temenos, for the private banking divisions of Société Générale Luxemburg and Monaco.
RAISE PARTNER – Grenoble Jan 2014 to Dec 2016
Business development Jan 2014 to Dec 2016
Raise Partner is a French Fintech delivering risk management and portfolio optimization solutions for
the wealth and asset management industries. I was in charge of developing Raise Partners activities in
Benelux.
GURU TRAINING SYSTEMS – Louvain-La-Neuve May 2011 to Dec 2016
Member of the Board of Directors May 2011 to Dec 2016
Guru Training Systems is a start-up developing innovative solutions for golf training based on gesture
recognition technology. I was in charge of developing global sales strategy and monitoring sales
progress versus targets. Company has been sold in December 2016.
GALEO – Luxembourg Jan 2012 to June 2013
Managing Partner Jan 2012 to June 2013
Galeo Luxembourg is specialized in portfolio management and aggregation solutions for Family
Offices, Independent Financial Advisors, Wealth Managers and Private Bankers. I was in charge of
sales and operations.

ODYSSEY FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY – Luxembourg Dec 2000 to Apr 2011
Vice President, Member of the Management Committee, in charge of
Indirect Sales Channels Jan 2009 to Apr 2011
General Manager – Benelux/France & Global Accounts Jan 2007 to Dec 2008
General Manager – Benelux/France Jan 2005 to Dec 2007
General Manager – Continental Europe – Local Accounts Jan 2004 to Dec 2004
Country Manager – Benelux Jan 2003 to Dec 2003
Country Manager - Belgium/Luxembourg Jan 2001 to Dec 2002
Odyssey Financial Technology, acquired in Temenos in 2011, was the European market leader for the
delivery of front-office solutions to the Wealth Management industry. Main products were Triple’A
Plus, a portfolio management system, and WealthManager, a customer relationship management
system. Main customers were ING, ABN-AMRO, BNP-PARIBAS, Société Générale, etc.
As member of the Management Committee, I was in charge of developing SaaS initiatives through
partners and was also managing the strategic partnership Odyssey had signed with IBM.
Before, as Country Manager or General Manager, I was fully accountable for P&L, sales, pre-sales,
project delivery and customer satisfaction on various territories.
Highlights of achievements:
✓ Exceeded sales and revenue targets every year.
✓ Achieved to maintain a very high level of client satisfaction throughout the years: never lost any
client while having existing customers buying back almost every year.
✓ Succeeded penetrating new markets: managed Odyssey first signings in Russia, in Poland and
France.
✓ Developed and delivered innovative solutions: first global reporting solution for private clients,
first private banking portal for mass affluent clients, development of a SaaS/BPO platform for
family offices and independent financial advisors.
✓ Managed multidisciplinary teams of up to 35 people composed of new sales executives, local and
global account managers, project managers, business consultants and technical engineers.

REUTERS – Luxembourg Sep 94 to Jul 2000
Belgium/Luxembourg Risk Management and Straight through Processing
Products Manager May 99 to Jul 2000
Belgium /Luxembourg Risk Management Products Manager Jun 96–May 99
Luxembourg Risk Management Products Manager Apr 95–Jun 96
Luxembourg Risk Management Products Coordinator Sep 94–Apr 95
I’ve set-up Reuters Risk Management Department in Belgium and Luxembourg accountable for P&L,
sales, pre-sales, marketing, project delivery and client satisfaction. I was in charge of a team of 8
financial consultants and 6 technical engineers.
Highlights of achievements:
✓ Imposed Reuters as the preferred Risk management solution in Belgium and Luxembourg with
more than 20 Kondor+ references.
✓ Developed a new business unit generating more than $ 10 million on a yearly basis.
✓ Organised, planned and supervised complex implementation projects, as, for instance:
▪ Implementation in one of the leading Luxembourg bank of a risk solution including
interfaces to various front and back-office systems using TIBCO and IBM middleware.
▪ Implementation in a leading Belgian bank of a global risk Management solution to be
rolled-out in the international network.

BANQUE INTERNATIONALE A LUXEMBOURG – Luxembourg Feb 88–Aug 94
Business Information Manager, Fondé de pouvoir principal Mar 92–Aug 94
Risk Management Executive, Fondé de pouvoir Apr 90–Mar 92
Marketing Executive, Marketing Department Feb 88–Apr 90
After 2 years in the Marketing Department, the bank has given me the opportunity to participate in
the creation of the Risk Management Department. At the end of this project, I was promoted to the
role of Business Information Manager in charge of all IT projects of the dealing room.
Highlights of achievements:
✓ Daily routine processes improvement: nostros accounts reconciliation, dealing room transactions
& positions reconciliation, daily P&L calculation, risk limits, etc.
✓ Designed the new front-office architecture of the dealing room.
✓ Managed the implementation of Reuters Triarch system.
✓ Developed a front and middle-office application for IRS/CIRS pricing, valuation and risk
management.
✓ Developed a risk control application for Forex, Money Markets and Capital Markets activities.
✓ Developed a marketing information system (MIS) to define sales objectives for corporate and
retail bankers.