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I provide consultancy services in operational risk management and information systems security to counter fraud, financial crime and other business disruptions. Formerly based in Asia Pacific, I am now based in France.

I am a seasoned professional with 25 years of global risk management experience, including 17 years in Asia, working in challenging and sensitive business environments for both the private sector and government organisations.

I have successfully delivered complex risk intelligence assignments across various sectors, including as resources, manufacturing, retail and energy in Asia and South East Asia. I have also worked in the Balkans, West and Horn of Africa, Brazil, French Guiana and Afghanistan.

Data privacy advocate and former Associate Expert at EDHEC Business School Criminal Risk Management Chair, France.


Skills & Abilities

Hard Skills

  • Extensive experience in implementing operational risk frameworks and practices, conducting defensive risk mitigation strategies, collecting risk intelligence and searching assets,

  • Extensive knowledge of the compliance and risk functions and of corruption, bribery and financial risk,

  • Information systems security, WebApps audit & vulnerability assessment, data forensics & recovery, cryptography & encryption (GnuPG/PGP, TLS, OMEMO, OTR),

  • SysAdmin (server administration: Debian / Nginx / Apache / NextCloud), Arch Linux advanced user,

  • WebApps beta-tester (mailfence.com), data privacy advocate (FLOSS, LibreOffice, XMPP, Android custom ROMs).

Soft Skills

  • Unique capacity to adapt myself to changing environments, understand corporate cultures and provide C-level executives with actionable intelligence,

  • Ability to manage cross-functional teams, increasing engagement by integrating and consolidating multiple practices into a single centralised group function.

  • Ability to track and manage complex projects, lead and supervise teams, and react quickly with discretion and good judgment in high-profile and sensitive situations.

  • Well sharp reporting, negotiations and decision-making skills; determined and decisive; experienced in working with influencing stakeholders.

Sport

Mountain biking avid Enduro and downhill mountain biker, co-organizer of the first Enduro Asia MTB race in Malaysia, supported by Red Bull (2013)
Muay Thai years
Scuba diving PADI Certified Divemaster (2011)

Languages

English: full professional proficiency
French: native


Experience

Risk & Information Security

→ Conduct risk audits & vulnerability assessments, design contingency & business continuity plans against a variety of possible crisis situations including terrorism for major corporations (Nestlé Malaysia & Thailand, Lafarge Malaysia).

→ Take responsibility, as a project manager of large scale or complex international projects in collaboration with the COO (Beiersdorf, B|Braun, BNP, Carrefour, Diageo, Lafarge, LVMH, Pernod-Ricard, P&G, Pfizer, Tesco, Total SA).

→ As an expert in the risk management field, take direct responsibility over critical operational projects (security audit of Sodexo Security Services for China).

→ Conduct cybersecurity audits, test and harden information systems security policies and tools, perform data recovery & forensic analysis. Implement cyber & operational clients risk management frameworks across various clients business units.

Risk Mitigation & Intelligence

→ Design & implement market entry/exit strategies and political, country and stakeholders risk mitigation solutions in sensitive environments (Danone Malaysia, Safran Helicopter Engines SEA).

→ Perform corporate intelligence search on fraud, criminality, counterfeiting and corruption across finance, production, purchasing and supply chain, advise and implement risks remediation solutions (B|Braun, DCNS, Cold Storage, Danone Thailand & Cambodia, Tesco).

→ Management of the stakeholders risk mitigation strategy for a USD2.5B oil project in South East Asia (Technip/JGC Vietnam).

→ Identify and assess new projects in China, Mongolia, Laos, Afghanistan, Qatar, Yemen, Papua New-Guinea, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos.

Operations & Management

→ In charge of a firm’s risk strategy consulting practice for Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and occasionally other SEA countries. Conduct audits, design and implement complex risk management strategies with a focus on criminal security risks.

→ In charge of the Business Development & Marketing department, take part of the group strategy definition and implementation in 8 Asian countries, take responsibility for business growth and client satisfaction (China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam).

→ Management of remote site camp services for oil & gas, mining and construction industries - hospitality services, catering and security in remote and demanding environments (Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia, EDF Lao, Technip China).

→ Conduct full project acquisition cycle from tender development to contract negotiation. Plan and budget finance and operations, recruit teams, define staff mobilization programs. Take operational and financial control responsibilities.

→ Company creation and management. Take responsibilities for greenfield startup and development in Afghanistan and Laos.


Career History

  • Executive Director - AGR Asia Solutions Pte. Ltd.1
    Malaysia, Singapore then France 2019 → present

  • Managing Partner - AGR Asia Sdn. Bhd.2
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2015 → 2020

  • Company Advisor to Asia Global Risk Ltd. & personal projects
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2011 → 2015

  • VP & Business Development Director - Asia Global Risk Ltd.
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2009 → 2010

  • Co-Founder & Director - Opus Risk Management HK Ltd.
    Shanghai, China 2006 → 2009

  • Managing Director - Operations (Remote Site Division) Aden Services
    Shanghai, China 2003 → 2005

  • Officer - French Foreign Legion
    Multiple roles from Combat Platoon Leader to Captain Commander of the French Jungle Warfare Center, 3e REI French Guiana. Previously served with the 13DBLE in Djibouti and the 2REI, France. 1994 → 2003


Licenses & Certifications

  • Executive Certificate, Cybersecurity - Harvard University 2019
  • PADI Divemaster 2011
  • Curso de Operações Na Selva - CIGS Jungle Warfare Center, Manaus, Brazil 2001

Education

  • Infantry Warfare School - Saint-Cyr Military Academy Graduate by Equivalence, France 1998
  • Post-Master Degree of Business Administration (DESS) - Major in Mergers, Acquisition and Business creation, Bordeaux I University, France 1994
  • Master Degree of Business Administration - Major in Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisition, Paris IX Dauphine University, France 1993

  1. AGR Asia Solutions Pte. Ltd. is the successor to both Asia Global Risk Ltd., a company with over 30 years of experience in Asia and Amarante International Asia Pte. Ltd., established in Singapore in 2018. In 2023, it was decided to bring the companies together under a single banner. ↩︎

  2. ex Asia Global Risk Ltd. ↩︎