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Gilbert CORDIER

Gilbert CORDIER

Head of Supply Chain Finance
Paris

Profil professionnel

Always ready for leaving my existing comfort zone and taking up a new challenge. My energy, my enthusiasm, and my ability to bring people together, are strong assets for delivering ambitious projects!

Over the last 7 years, I have developed a unique experience in working capital solutions, being at the forefront of discussions / negotiations with Large Corporates, Fintechs and Banks.

Vue d'ensemble

21
21
years of professional experience

Expérience

Director - Head of Supply Chain Finance

SOCIETE GENERALE FACTORING
Paris
07.2022 - 07.2025
  • Team management of 5-6 people: sales and suppliers onboarding
  • EUR 10M of new NBI over the last 3 years with 7 to 10 new payables programs per year
  • Partnership with 3 fintechs: CRX Markets, PrimeRevenue and SAP-Taulia
  • Successful disruptive approach on light KYC for suppliers
  • Strong experience in negotiation with C-level executives in very large corporates

VP - Head of Sales

WE.TRADE
Paris & Dublin
07.2021 - 06.2022
  • Drive growth and coordinate efforts of a 15-members banking consortium, among others: HSBC, Santander, UBS, UniCredit, Nordea, SG, etc.
  • Secure EUR 1M of revenues by getting more banks / countries in the consortium: 3 new onboarded banks (Turkey and Greece) + partnership with EBRD
  • In charge of scaling up number of clients / transactions on the platform
  • Deeply involved in 2 fundraisings

VP - WE.TRADE Product & Sales Manager

SOCIETE GENERALE
Paris
06.2018 - 06.2021
  • Fintech set up by a banking consortium for disrupting and digitizing trade finance across Europe
  • #1 salesman - 3 years in a row - 40% of all transactions
  • Very active for promoting WE.TRADE inside and outside SocGen: webinars, exhibitions, ICC interview, short videos, social media...
  • Enthusiastic and dynamic to set-up WE.TRADE as a new standard in the banking and supply chain industry

Associate - Senior Investment Strategist

SOCIETE GENERALE
Paris
07.2017 - 06.2018
  • Back in the Commodities trading room after 3 years of entrepreneurship

Freelance Consultant

ALTERCORP
Rio de Janeiro & Geneva
02.2016 - 06.2017
  • Assignment to set up a new investment fund focusing on natural gas & oil products.

Freelance Consultant

STATKRAFT
Rio de Janeiro
01.2015 - 12.2015
  • Assignment for the Norwegian state power company to target new business opportunities in the Brazilian energy market.

Associate - Senior Analyst - Commodities Trading

SOCIETE GENERALE
Paris
09.2010 - 06.2014
  • Part of the team who set up the energy trading desk at SocGen
  • Daily investment recommendations at the morning meeting for traders team

Junior Analyst - Commodities Trading

ENGIE Global Markets
Paris
07.2008 - 08.2010
  • Fundamental analysis of supply and demand balance for gas & power markets
  • Daily investment recommendations at the morning meeting for traders team

Credit Analyst

ENGIE
Paris
06.2005 - 06.2008
  • Credit risk follow-up and credit limit set-up for the trading room Gaselys (JV between SocGen & ENGIE)

RAROC Project Manager

CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
03.2004 - 06.2005
  • International internship at Saudi Fransi Bank to set up a new risk-adjusted measure of the return on investment, under supervision of the CFO

Formation

Master degree - Risk Management

IAE Rennes - Management School
France

Bachelor - Bank, Finance & Economics

University of Rennes, Montreal and HEC Montreal
Canada

Compétences

  • Entrepreneurial mindset

  • Client/business oriented

  • Focus on client satisfaction

  • Development / commercialisation of innovative solutions

  • Very good speaker

  • Interpersonal skills in multicultural environment

  • International background

  • Highly resilient to stress

Languages

French
Langue maternelle
English
Expérimenté (C2)
Portuguese
Courant

Informations complémentaires

  • Multi marathons under 3 hours across the globe - record in 2h45
  • Cycling stage in the Alps: 180km / 5.400m of ascent / 8h54

Chronologie

Director - Head of Supply Chain Finance

SOCIETE GENERALE FACTORING
07.2022 - 07.2025

VP - Head of Sales

WE.TRADE
07.2021 - 06.2022

VP - WE.TRADE Product & Sales Manager

SOCIETE GENERALE
06.2018 - 06.2021

Associate - Senior Investment Strategist

SOCIETE GENERALE
07.2017 - 06.2018

Freelance Consultant

ALTERCORP
02.2016 - 06.2017

Freelance Consultant

STATKRAFT
01.2015 - 12.2015

Associate - Senior Analyst - Commodities Trading

SOCIETE GENERALE
09.2010 - 06.2014

Junior Analyst - Commodities Trading

ENGIE Global Markets
07.2008 - 08.2010

Credit Analyst

ENGIE
06.2005 - 06.2008

RAROC Project Manager

CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ
03.2004 - 06.2005

Master degree - Risk Management

IAE Rennes - Management School

Bachelor - Bank, Finance & Economics

University of Rennes, Montreal and HEC Montreal
Gilbert CORDIERHead of Supply Chain Finance