ALEX LEVY-THIEBAUT

HOUSTON, TX
832-859-7288
alexlevy@aol.com
US and French citizen

CEO, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, USA, EUROPE

GREENFIELD PROJECTS, TURNAROUND, B2B SERVICES, TECHNOLOGY, FINANCIAL SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
06/2007- 08-2014

Crdit Agricole Leasing & Factoring, Paris, France,

International Development and network operations management
A European leader in B2B financial services. Direct report to deputy CEO.

Business Development
Conducted market studies and launch scenarios in target countries, including acquisition target search
throughout Europe
Created of a factoring subsidiary in Italy (2nd largest market worldwide): led the project team (70 people) in
designing and setting up a commercial finance entity. The subsidiary started operations within 10 months as
planned and budgeted and broke even after 18 months.

Improvement of performance
Organized support services to subsidiaries network and implemented KPIs

02/2002 04/2007 FDI Logbox Group, CEO, USA & Canada (2002-2005), UK (2005-2007)
Staff : 18, Turnover: 4M
BPO, Credit insurance and Trade finance. Direct report to Chairman.

Business development
Led direct approach of influencers, major clients, and former clients: sales of FDIs strategic service
doubled in 2 years at FDI USA; new business tripled between October 2005 and February 2007 at FDI UK

Improvement of performance
Reorganized operations along front/back office model, resulting in an 82% increase in client retention after 1
year at FDI UK
Conducted recovery action on doubtful clients resulting in provisions cut in half in two years at FDI USA

1999 - 2002

ClickPay LLC, New York, NY, COO

Fast growing multi-currency e-payment startup. Set up and managed operations, staff: 8
Created extranet-based customer relationship systems allowing partners to track real-time progress of
customer application and reducing processing time from 90 to 30 days
Negotiated and managed technical partnerships with two banks (Paribas and Natwest) and e-commerce
software providers (Miva, Ecbuilder, ShopSite)
Built and rolled out a customizable website for resellers, increasing lead response volume by 300%

1996 - 1998

Imphy SA, Arcelor Mittal Group, Paris, France, VP Sales

Managed key accounts for European stainless steel leader. Sales increased 22% in two years
Won three of divisions top ten customers, generating 3 million extra Turnover
Liaised and trained sales force from 35 different countries

1993 - 1996

Ugine Srl, Arcelor Mittal Group, Milan, Italy, Sales Engineer

1992 - 1993

Ugine Srl, Arcelor Mittal Group, Milan, Italy, IT Engineer

EDUCATION
1989-1992
1992

MS, Industrial Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chausses (Paris, France)
MBA Collge des Ingnieurs, (Paris, France)

LANGUAGES
French, English, Italian: trilingual. German, Spanish: spoken, read and written
Intermediate Dutch and Russian

International entrepreneurship greenfield project technology business development sales export import leadership management team building producer