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Liv D

Strategic Partner for SME Directors | Clarity in Complexity | Former CFO & Co-Partner

About Me

For seven years, I was Co-Partner and Chief Financial & Commercial Officer of an industrial SME. I lived from the inside what directors experience: the pressure of strategic decisions, cash-flow tensions, growth crises, human and organizational trade-offs, and fragile governance balances. My role went well beyond finance — I was engaged daily in the strategic direction of the company, alongside the CEO. Concretely, that meant structuring complex financing (~€1.4M), holding operations through severe cash-flow tension, deploying complete management systems (ERP, indicators, dashboards), reducing operating costs, and making investment and reorganization decisions that drove significant revenue growth. Today I work as an independent strategic partner, at the intersection of finance, organization and governance. My work is to bring clarity where everything becomes tangled: securing foundations, structuring the frameworks that guide day-to-day decisions, sharpening critical choices, and helping directors hold a sound posture over time. I work through a structured method rather than intuition alone, a current-state assessment that maps the real situation, a scoring of priorities, and a prioritized roadmap a director can actually act on. Built over more than 25 years of action in demanding, often complex environments (SMEs, transformations, sensitive situations) my credibility rests less on titles than on results, and on the trust of directors who have brought me into their most critical decisions. I take on tailored missions, one-off or longer-term, in France and internationally. If you are looking for a reliable partner to clarify your priorities, secure your choices, and lead with a clear head again, let's talk.

Jurisdiction

France

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Operational Business ConsultantS.O.L. Consulting
2013 - Present

Independent strategic partner to SME directors and entrepreneurs, working at the intersection of finance, organization and governance. - Strategic and operational support for directors: clarifying priorities, securing foundations, and giving structure to decisions in complex or sensitive situations. - Structured diagnostic method: a current-state assessment that maps the real situation, a scoring of priorities, and a prioritized roadmap the client can act on. - Organization and process structuring across finance, operations and governance; design and coordination of management and reporting systems. - Management of complex and sensitive files (administrative, legal, regulatory) and coordination with service providers, authorities and partners in France and internationally. - Environments: entrepreneurs, SMEs and VSEs, multi-sector, in French and international contexts. - Operational coordination of international delegations (Latin & South America) during the Pan-African Congress in Lomé, 2025: logistics, protocols, institutional relations and incident management.

Chief Financial & Commercial Officer (Co-Partner)Industrial SME
2018 - 2025

Co-Partner and Chief Financial & Commercial Officer of an industrial SME (annual revenue €2.5M–5M), - Full financial leadership: cash-flow planning, budgeting, forecasting, financing strategy, working capital management, KPIs and dashboards. - Structured approximately €1.4M in financing (business plans, bank loans, factoring, export insurance) and secured financial flows through periods of severe cash-flow tension. - Selected and managed a high-network commercial agent for West Africa, generating €1.3M in revenue; opened prospects in Latin & South America. - Repositioned service pricing (+9%) and reduced operating costs (purchasing, fixed costs ≈ −10%, inventory optimization). - Structured processes across finance, sales and operations; implemented and evolved the ERP system (Dolibarr). - Designed and deployed an e-commerce project end to end (developer coordination, testing and iterations). - Oversaw regulatory and legal compliance across France, Canada and Germany (HR, social, administrative, financial, legal), including GDPR and occupational risk assessment (DUERP).

Supply Chain & Operations — Semiconductor, Microelectronics & ElectronicsSemiconductor & Electronics industry
1999 - 2013

Over a decade in supply chain, procurement and operations within the semiconductor / microelectronics and electronics industries, across industrial, banking and high-technology environments in France, Europe and international markets. - Procurement, flow and inventory management for electronic and industrial products, with supplier coordination aligned to production requirements. - Logistics, supply chain and international administration in demanding, high-tech environments. - B2B customer support and cross-border coordination (France / Europe / international).

Project Manager - Cultural affairsHonorary Consulate of Togo in Madrid
2025 - Present

Working directly with the Honorary Consulate of Togo in Madrid, I help coordinate cross-border projects across West Africa, Latin America and Europe. • Coordination of high-level institutional and private stakeholders across culture, education, socio-sports programs, infrastructure and technology. • Participation in various partnerships and negotiations, including confidential agreements (NDAs, MOUs). • Contribution to the preparation of international cultural symposiums and congresses (West African heritage / cultural-identity themes, Pan-Africanism).

Education

Diploma of Advanced Technician's Diploma (BTS) — Trilingual Executive Assistant (French-English-Spanish)Lycée Louise Michel (Grenoble/France)
1996 - 1998

Certification

Total Certifications1

International Relations

Alison

2025

Credential ID: 53850474

Skills

Core skills10
Interests8
Languages3

Skills

Financial Structuring & Restructuring
Cash Flow & Working Capital Management
Corporate Financing & Fundraising
Cost Optimization
Crisis & Turnaround Management
Strategic Advisory for SME Directors
Business Diagnostic & Roadmapping
Governance & Organizational Structuring
ERP Implementation
KPIs & Management Dashboards

Interests

SME Leadership & Governance
Organizational Transformation
Financial Literacy for Entrepreneurs
Education & Training
International Development (Africa)
Cross-Cultural Business
AI for Business Decision-Making
Coaching & Mentoring for Directors

Languages

English
French
Spanish