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Caroline ALBERT

Paris

Summary

Senior M&A executive with over 20 years of experience at Arkema and a sharp track record of closing complex cross-border deals. Trusted by executive leadership to manage full-cycle deal execution on acquisitions and divestitures, from NBO preparation to closing. Proven expertise in managing cross-functional teams and negotiating high-value transactions. Strong foundation in corporate finance, financial consolidation

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Vice President M&A Arkema Group

ARKEMA
Paris
01.2023 - Current

Responsible for all M&A projects of the group from initial stages to closing :

  • Leading the acquisition of global transactions (acquisition of a Dow activity for $150M Enterprise Value, of a majority stake in Korean PIAM entity for a €728M EV) and of medium size operations (sale in China, acquisition in Austria...)
  • Management of all workstreams working on the due diligence
  • Negotiation of the legal documentation
  • Presentation of the projects to executive committee

M&A Manager

ARKEMA
Paris
12.2017 - 12.2022
  • Member of the M&A team working on all deal aspects from NBO to closing
  • Around 5 transactions closed yearly : divestiture of PMMA (EV of €1.1B), acquisition of global (Ashland : US$1.65B EV...) & medium size activities (PESA in Mexico...)

Group Consolidation department Manager

ARKEMA
Paris, France
09.2013 - 11.2017
  • Responsible for the production of the IFRS Group consolidated financial statements (listing Euronext)
  • Validation of the impact in the consolidated accounts of all Group projects
  • Management of 6 persons

Deputy CFO China & Financial Controller Asia

ARKEMA
Shanghai, China
09.2010 - 08.2013
  • Responsible for the Greater China Group trading activity & credit management
  • Asian Financial controller of Fluorochemicals (6 entities with 2 JVs - TO: €225M)
  • Management of 11 persons

Senior Corporate Financial Analyst

ARKEMA
Vlissingen, Netherlands (hybrid)
05.2009 - 08.2010

Project manager

ARKEMA
Vlissingen, Netherlands (hybrid), Netherlands
06.2008 - 04.2009
  • Implementation of a new invoicing scheme for 8 businesses (TO: 1,8G€ - 7 entities)

Corporate Finance Analyst

ARKEMA (Total Energies Group)
Paris
03.2005 - 05.2008
  • Financial follow-up of 5 businesses (TO:€1.9B€ / CAPEX:160M€), of 30 entities
  • Financial analysis of M&A projects

Group management accountant – consolidation department

ARKEMA (Total Energies Group)
Paris, France
06.2002 - 02.2005
  • Responsible of 34 entities, of transversal analysis for the chemical sector (pensions)
  • Participation in the implementation of IFRS and of the new consolidation tool

Business Analyst

AT KEARNEY
01.2001 - 02.2002

Education

Arkema executive program -

INSEAD
/2016 -

University exchange program

Beijing Institute For Foreign Languages
09.2000 - 12.2000

Master in management - Programme Grande école -

ESSEC
09.1997 - 08.2000

Skills

  • Negotiation
  • Project Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Consolidation (IFRS)

Languages

Français
Native
Anglais
Fluent
Allemand
Intermediate
Espagnol
Intermediate
Chinese (Mandarin)
Elementary

Timeline

Vice President M&A Arkema Group

ARKEMA
01.2023 - Current

M&A Manager

ARKEMA
12.2017 - 12.2022

Group Consolidation department Manager

ARKEMA
09.2013 - 11.2017

Deputy CFO China & Financial Controller Asia

ARKEMA
09.2010 - 08.2013

Senior Corporate Financial Analyst

ARKEMA
05.2009 - 08.2010

Project manager

ARKEMA
06.2008 - 04.2009

Corporate Finance Analyst

ARKEMA (Total Energies Group)
03.2005 - 05.2008

Group management accountant – consolidation department

ARKEMA (Total Energies Group)
06.2002 - 02.2005

Business Analyst

AT KEARNEY
01.2001 - 02.2002

University exchange program

Beijing Institute For Foreign Languages
09.2000 - 12.2000

Master in management - Programme Grande école -

ESSEC
09.1997 - 08.2000

Arkema executive program -

INSEAD
/2016 -
Caroline ALBERT