Yannick MFOULOU

At ERM, I lead transformative HSE and operational excellence initiatives, empowering major clients to embed a culture of safety and sustainability across their operations. Key achievements include:

• Strategic Safety Leadership: Designed and delivered executive workshops that aligned senior leaders on health, safety, and wellbeing (HS&WB) values, resulting in enhanced leadership engagement and a roadmap for company-wide HS&WB practices
• Organizational Transformation: Co-developed and deployed standardized managerial processes that drove measurable cultural shifts in safety practices for clients across sectors, including rail, road construction, and manufacturing
• Behavioral Safety Coaching: Executed over 150 coaching sessions and 50 training sessions, contributing to a significant reduction in safety incidents and fostering a proactive safety culture within client organizations
• Project and Client Portfolio Management: Successfully managed projects with portfolios up to €2M per annum and led multidisciplinary teams of consultants, achieving consistent high-impact delivery and sustaining profitability
• Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing optimal terms and conditions while reducing costs.

At DSS, I spearheaded strategic HSE transformations for multinational clients, focusing on embedding safety culture and operational excellence. Key achievements included:

• Safety Culture Transformation: Led large-scale safety culture initiatives across various sectors, achieving significant improvements in compliance and risk mitigation
• Executive Training & Coaching: Conducted high-level training and strategic workshops that empowered leaders to champion HSE values, fostering a proactive approach to workplace safety
• Project Leadership: Managed portfolios up to €1M per annum, delivering on complex, high-stakes projects that strengthened clients' HSE frameworks and drove measurable operational improvements
• Mentored junior consultants, helping them enhance their skills and contribute more effectively to projects.

Led two business units across 12 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, delivering up to $75M revenue per annum with over 15% EBITDA. Key achievements included:

• Strategic Growth & Market Leadership: Directed sales and operational strategies across the CEMAC region during a downturn, achieving notable market expansion, client retention, and revenue growth in competitive sectors
• P&L accountability and Operational Excellence: Managed end-to-end P&L responsibilities, consistently meeting commercial, operational, and HSE performance targets, ensuring profitability and compliance
• Leadership of Diverse Teams: Mobilized and managed a 170-member team, integrating technical and cultural diversity to drive cohesive, high-performance operations across oilfield service sites

• Supported service development and market expansion strategies, expanding Vallourec Drilling Product's presence across new sectors and enhancing client solutions
• Spearheaded technical advancements and client training initiatives, contributing to increased market share and long-term client loyalty
• Contributed to several technical papers and co-authored 3 patents

• Led operational support for onshore and offshore drilling projects, overseeing measurement and guidance systems (MWD/LWD) within the region
• Managed high-stakes field operations, ensuring safety and precision in challenging drilling environments (onshore/offshore/Siberia)