The IMT team: dedicated teams organized into two areas of activity
IMT Partners is built around technical, operational and entrepreneurial skills to guarantee the satisfaction of its customers and interim managers.
Our team of interim management experts is made up of passionate specialists in a wide range of fields. It is divided into two divisions: a Talent Division, responsible for enriching and stimulating the pool of candidates, transforming opportunities and monitoring managers throughout their assignments, and a Partners Division, which aims to build and develop a network of decision-makers; to advise and support them in their transformation projects.
Portfolio of major clients
ensuring a consistent flow of missions.
Important network of managers
covering all of the firm's expertise.
Market expertise
and the various contexts conducive to interim management assignments.
Alexandre Lecherf
Managing Partner
Alexandre Lecherf
Managing Partner
An aeronautical engineer, Alexandre began his career in the defense and space industries before moving on to the engineering consulting sector.
He has been involved in interim management since 2010 and co-founded IMT Partners in 2013.
He is particularly sensitive to industrial trades and information systems.
Alexandre is the partner in charge of the Talent Unit at IMT Partners.
Aymeric de Jenlis
Managing Partner
Aymeric de Jenlis
Managing Partner
With a background in finance (DECF), he began his career in an accountancy firm before moving into a managerial position, taking charge of business development. For over 10 years, he has contributed to the development of interim management in France, and created IMT Partners in 2013 to embody his convictions.
Aymeric is the Managing Partner of the Corporate Division (Finance, Legal, Marketing Communication, Business Development) at IMT Partners and holds the position of Chairman.
Jacques Van Robais
Managing Partner
Jacques Van Robais
Managing Partner
With an ESC background, he began his career in Finance for five years before embarking on an entrepreneurial career.
In 2007, he joined the interim management sector, initially developing this practice in an Anglo-Saxon firm, before creating IMT Partners in 2013 with a top management positioning.
Jacques is the Managing Partner of the Partners division at IMT Partners.
Novella Bora
Head of Milan Office
Novella Bora
Head of Milan Office
With over 20 years' experience in coaching executives and senior managers in Europe, Novella brings recognized expertise in strategic recruitment, career management and organizational transformation.
From September 2025, after significant experience in Brussels, Madrid and with major groups such as Ferrero, she will use her know-how to developIMT Partners in Italy.
Polyglot and committed to diversity and inclusion, Novella embodies the values of openness and high standards that are the strength ofIMT Partners.
Philippe Andres
Partner USA
Philippe Andres
Partner USA
Philippe Andres has acquired extensive managerial and international experience in various public and private organizations, mainly in the high-tech and digital sectors.
In particular, he held the position of Operations Director at France Telecom, then was in charge of executive management at the Orange Group for eight years, before becoming a management and business development consultant, on his own account, in the United States, New York in particular.
He holds an ESME engineering degree and a DESS in business administration from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and is a former auditor of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale.
He joins our team in September 2025 as Partner for the development of the firm's business in the United States and Canada.
Kristell Geffray
Office Manager Marseille
Kristell Geffray
Office Manager Marseille
An expert in the recruitment of strategic profiles and HR support, she combines dual expertise in finance and human resources, with solid experience acquired within international groups. Her leadership skills and ability to unite teams around transformation projects make her a key partner for organizations undergoing change.
Based in Marseille since 2012, she joined the CMA CGM group, where she helped set up the recruitment unit before becoming HR Manager in 2018, helping to structure the human resources functions of a world leader in transport and logistics. In September 2025, she took a new turn by joining IMT Partners to launch the Marseille office. She will accompany the establishment of the first pure-play interim management firm in the region, with the ambition of making it a benchmark hub in the South of France, serving both local players and major international groups.
Yannick Berteau
Office Manager Lyon
Yannick Berteau
Office Manager Lyon
With a Master's 2 in business law and taxation, Yannick began his career as a tax specialist in a major real estate and then banking group.
He then joined a law firm, where he held a number of managerial positions before heading up all consulting activities for ten years. In this capacity, he participated in the development of the firm's activities through both external and organic growth.
He joined IMT Partners in 2024, at the Lyon office, to contribute to its commercial development, particularly in the Alps, a region where he has worked for over twenty years. He has headed the Lyon office since January 2025.
Emmanuelle Engrand
Office Manager Lille
Emmanuelle Engrand
Office Manager Lille
Originally from Hauts-de-France and a graduate of a business school, Emmanuelle began her career in the temporary employment sector as a sales representative.
Driven by a taste for challenge and international openness, she pursued her career as Export Manager in Italy, then in England, where she worked for four years.
On her return to France, she chose Lille, the city of her heart, and spent 20 years as head of Purchasing and Supply Management at a flagship textile company in Northern France. During this period, she accompanied the transformation of the historically industrial group towards a model more oriented towards the purchase of finished and semi-finished products, by developing solid and sustainable supplier partnerships.
She continued her career with a national sales management position in recruitment, executive search and training, consolidating her in-depth knowledge of the French economic and managerial fabric.
She is now committed to promoting IMT Partners throughout the Hauts-de-France region, and to strengthening ties with local economic players, by supporting their transformation in a benevolent and demanding manner.
Sébastien Gross
Western France Office Manager
Sébastien Gross
Western France Office Manager
A graduate of ICN Business School's Finance major, Sébastien began his career as a financial controller in industry.
He switched to executive search consulting in 2008.
He devoted himself to permanent recruitment for ten years, working for international firms in France and Singapore.
He settled in Nantes on his return from Asia and chose to specialize in interim management from 2018.
Sébastien anchors our activities on the Atlantic seaboard, managing our Nantes and Rennes offices.
Dominique Achin
Partner
Philippe Danguy
Partner
Philippe Danguy
Partner
A graduate of ESCP, Philippe has held operational finance positions in the luxury packaging sector and with several automotive equipment manufacturers.
A Transition Manager by choice for the past 15 years, he has successfully completed over 20 assignments in a wide range of industrial environments in France and Europe.
An industry specialist, Philippe brings his expertise to IMT Partners as a Partner in October 2019.
Laurent Dewailly
Partner
Laurent Dewailly
Partner
A graduate of ESSEC Business School, Laurent Dewailly began his career at Accenture before turning his attention to the world of software and IT infrastructure. There, he developed dual expertise in sales and technology, which he has used to help transform organizations.
After eight years at IBM leading sales and technical teams, he joined Lenovo in 2015, then innovative software publishers such as Appian and XBP Europe, where he managed activities on a European scale. There, he structured teams, developed strategic partnerships, and led growth projects in key sectors such as banking, insurance, and healthcare.
Throughout his career, he has supported business development in contexts of transformation, scale-up, and repositioning, with a strong business and operational impact. He joined IMT Partners December 2025 as a Partner.
laurent.dewailly@imt-partners.com
Jean-Yves Dubarry
Partner
Jean-Yves Dubarry
Partner
An Arts & Métiers engineer with an MBA from EM Lyon, Jean-Yves has a dual background in industry and consulting.
Jean-Yves began his career in 1989 at Thomson-CSF, where he worked on major weapons programs for 7 years. He then moved on to operations and strategy consulting at CSC Peat-Marwick and then Oliver Wyman, where he worked in a wide range of industrial sectors (agri-food, transport, aeronautics, defense, automotive, mining, telecoms) to build and deploy transformation plans in France and abroad.
In 2010, Jean-Yves returned to the industry to head up operations in a division of Faiveley Transport (a rail equipment manufacturer). In 2015, Faiveley Transport will be acquired by Wabtec, its American competitor, and Jean-Yves will take charge of a Business Unit.
In 2022, Jean-Yves joins The Reefer Group / Chereau under LBO to work on external growth in service activities. Jean-Yves joins IMT at the beginning of 2023 to bring his knowledge of industry and ETIs.
Gildas Guillerot
Partner & Marketing Communication Manager
Gildas Guillerot
Partner & Marketing Communication Manager
Gildas has over 25 years' experience in retail, fashion and sport, where he has held senior positions within major groups.
Both a manager and an entrepreneur - most recently a partner in Intersport - he is resolutely focused on performance and successful project execution.
His energy and determination, which he transmits naturally, are rooted in his past as a top-level sportsman. He left his mark on the history of windsurfing by becoming a four-time world champion and France's first Olympic selection at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Gildas has a strong commercial streak, and is an expert in business development, capable of generating short- and medium-term results.
He also has solid expertise in marketing and communications, with a 360° approach.
He joins IMT Partners in January 2025 as Partner, Marketing and Communication Director.
Loïc Hervé
Partner
Loïc Hervé
Partner
With a legal background (Master's degree in public law from Paris 2 Assas and DESS post-graduate diploma in planning and construction law from Paris 12), he has 25 years' experience in real estate investment management, starting with GECINA, where he was involved in most of the real estate business lines (asset, property, investments and disposals, sales, technical and construction, marketing and communication) and took part in governance bodies as a member of Comex.
He then went on to become a senior advisor, notably for Blackstone's acquisition strategy in France, before heading up PERIAL Asset Management, where he built up a European team focused on diversification. He has worked in most areas of real estate: residential, managed residences, healthcare, hotels, retail and offices.
A director and senior advisor, he joined IMT Partners to strengthen the firm's real estate practice.
Laurent Hürstel
Partner
Laurent Hürstel
Partner
Graduate of an ESC and a master's degree in HR. A former Managing Director of the Menway Group, he now has 20 years of experience inexecutive search and HR consulting in the industrial, luxury, specialized distribution, life sciences, real estate and high-tech sectors. He also held a senior management position at Robert Walters PLC from 2006 to 2018 and, in this capacity, led the opening of new divisions and numerous offices.
Karine Lair
Partner
Karine Lair
Partner
Karine has over 20 years' experience in general management and human resources consulting, acquired in leading firms such as BPI, Randstad and Oasys & Cie, where she contributed to their development, particularly in the context of business start-ups and LBO operations.
She combines strategic vision with an operational approach to support managers and teams in key phases such as hypergrowth, restructuring or cultural transformation, with effective responsiveness to demanding situations.
Her expertise is based on a detailed understanding of human and organizational dynamics, essential for successful transformations in complex and sensitive environments.
Committed and passionate, she is particularly active in promoting parity in corporate governance.
She joined IMT Partners in June 2025 as a Partner, dedicated to the development of HR, transformation and interim management practices.
Laurent Michaux
Partner
Laurent Michaux
Partner
An Arts et Métiers engineer and graduate of Sciences Po, Laurent has developed an international management career in the automotive equipment sector, where he held various general management positions at Faurecia (on the Board of one of the branches, then as head of the Group's Commercial Strategy), Gurit and then Novares, after spending several years in Germany and the USA with Sommer Allibert. For the past 3 years, Laurent has been running his own consulting firm in the fields of strategy, innovation and M&A. He works with industrial companies such as Walor, Acome, Imerys and Trèves. He is also an independent director in the renewable energies sector. He discovered interim management over a year ago with another leading firm, and joined IMT Partners as a Partner, specializing in Industry, in March 2023.
Laurent Parpet
Partner
Laurent Parpet
Partner
Laurent Parpet is a seasoned HR expert and executive with over 20 years' experience in complex, multi-sector environments. He has held strategic positions as HR director, deputy CEO and interim manager in emblematic groups such as Carrefour, Boursier.com (Groupe Lagardère), Kuehne+Nagel, TD SYNNEX (ex-Tech Data), SCC, Groupe DERET and Coursier.fr.
With his dual HR and operational skills, he combines strategic vision, business acumen and mastery of human and social issues. He has supported numerous companies in the construction and deployment of differentiating HR strategies, change management, social performance management and the structuring of fair and retentive pay policies. He has also managed projects involving acquisitions, mergers, cultural transformation and social dialogue in sensitive contexts.
He joins IMT Partners in April 2025 as a Partner to strengthen the HR, Transformation and Interim Management practices. In particular, he will develop the IT vertical, as well as the firm's presence in Spain, where it has solid contacts in the supply chain and technology services sectors.
Marc Monaco
Partner
Marc Monaco
Partner
Marc holds a PhD in electronics, an MBA and is multilingual. He has successfully led transformations and large-scale projects in crisis, transformation, turnaround and scale-up environments. Marc brings a wealth of international expertise from over 25 years in general management and finance roles across a variety of sectors: industry, service and high-tech. Based on the Côte d'Azur, Marc also works as a consultant for funds, bringing his expertise to bear on complex strategic projects. IMT is pleased to announce that Marc Monaco will join its team as a Partner in September 2024.
Hervé Moreau
Partner
Hervé Moreau
Partner
An engineering graduate of Arts & Métiers and HEC's MS in Marketing, Hervé began his career with a car manufacturer, in the planning and product department, before taking charge of a sales subsidiary.
As a partner and then managing partner in the consulting business, for 24 years he supported his customers' major programs, business and information system transformations in the energy, automotive, transport and telecoms sectors, in France and Europe.
Hervé joined IMT Partners in 2024 to contribute to the development of the firm's consulting approach and help our customers in the energy, industry and services sectors to succeed in their projects.
Gaël Prigent
Partner
Gaël Prigent
Partner
Gaël holds a Master's degree in Supply Chain from Néoma BS and a CPA from HEC. He has spent 25 years in Supply Chain, including 15 years on management committees. He has held Supply Chain Director positions in various companies in the Consumer Goods/FMCG sector (Heineken, Sara Lee, Reckitt Health), Retail (Toys R Us, France Boissons and Logista) and Logistics Services (XPO/GXO Logistics). Gaël joins IMT Partners in December 2023 as a Partner, to bring his knowledge of the consumer goods, retail and logistics sectors, as well as the world of supply chain management.
Laurent Proust
Partner
Laurent Proust
Partner
A graduate of NEOMA (PGE92), Laurent Proust has over 25 years' experience of managing companies in B2B and B2C environments, with a strong commercial, digital and turnaround focus.
He has held senior management positions in major international groups, including Berner France, BestDrive (Continental), Fraikin, FirstStop (Bridgestone) and Autobacs France. Through these experiences, he has successfully steered transformation plans (in particular digitalization), growth plans (M&A operations, development of franchise networks) and restructuring plans, while developing innovative sales strategies and high-performance leadership teams.
Laurent Proust is also involved in the strategic development of the automotive sector, having held positions on the Supervisory Board of Mobilians and as a founding member of SMAVA.
He joined IMT Partners in February 2025 to strengthen the retail, restructuring and automotive practices.
Kulmie Samantar
Partner
Kulmie Samantar
Partner
A graduate of HEC's Executive MBA program, Kulmie Samantar, a lawyer by training, worked for over twenty years at Mutualité Française, where he led several health insurance regulatory projects in France and Europe. He then managed medical device distribution companies, subsidiaries of mutual and industrial groups. He then supported companies in their healthcare investment strategy. He joins IMT Partners in September 2022 to strengthen the insurance, healthcare and private equity sectors, and also to support the development of our clients' activities in Italy.
Didier Simon de Bessac
Partner
Didier Simon de Bessac
Partner
A graduate of Sciences Po, Didier began his career with one of the world's leading auditing and consulting firms, before moving into HR consulting, as head of headhunting and talent management firms. He has chaired trade associations in the personal goods sector, which led him to develop expertise in retail.
Involved in the world of higher education, Didier is also a partner to investment funds for all their needs, and assists the managers of large groups and small and medium-sized businesses faced with the challenges of transformation.
He joined IMT Partners as a Partner in September 2024, after two years with another interim management company.
Stephanie Mescheriakoff
Associate Partner
Stephanie Mescheriakoff
Associate Partner
A business school graduate, Stéphanie has 15 years' experience in marketing communications, starting out in the banking sector and then working for Arthur Andersen, EY and Mazars.
After an initial experience in Executive Search, she joined IMT Partners in November 2018 as Mission Director and then in August 2021 as Associate Partner.
Jean-Pierre Smet
Associate Partner
Jean-Pierre Smet
Associate Partner
With a successful career in leading engineering consultancies such as Akka Technologies, Jean-Pierre brings his solid understanding of industrial and technical businesses toIMT Partners Partners.
Railways, aeronautics, defense, automotive... it supports major accounts and their subcontractors in these key sectors of our industry with expert missions and management of sensitive projects.
Proud of his northern origins, Jean-Pierre joins our Lille office. His sales activities in the field and close to factories take him all over France.
Anne-Laure Forestier
Talent France Director
Anne-Laure Forestier
Talent France Director
A graduate of EM Strasbourg, Anne-Laure has 12 years' experience in recruitment with an international firm. She started in 2011 as a Consultant before moving into a managerial role. She has developed expertise in technical, purchasing and supply-chain functions for the industrial, construction, logistics and transport sectors.
Anne-Laure joins IMT Partners in September 2021 as Mission Director to support the development of the Lyon office, before becoming Talent Director France in 2024.
Sylvie Ciarella
Senior Mission Manager
Sylvie Ciarella
Senior Mission Manager
After 18 years in operational positions in the retail and household goods sectors, Sylvie turned to Human Resources after training at IGS. In 2007, she began specializing in recruitment. She joined IMT Partners in November 2022 as Mission Director, before becoming Senior Mission Director in February 2025.
Véronique Conter
Senior Mission Manager
Véronique Conter
Senior Mission Manager
Véronique has over 30 years' experience in recruitment, including 20 years in sales team management.
She is mainly involved in profiles linked to information systems, technical project management for construction and public works, and industrial operations.
She joined IMT Partners in September 2021 as Mission Director. She will become Senior Mission Director in 2024.
Julien Bohé
Mission Director
Julien Bohé
Mission Director
A graduate of SKEMA, Julien has been working in recruitment for over 20 years, specializing in industrial professions and functions in engineering, construction, purchasing and supply chain.
After initial experience in engineering recruitment, Julien worked for a recruitment and headhunting firm until 2017. He continued his career in-house, in the Construction and Industry sectors, recruiting for operational and support functions.
He joined IMT Partners in 2024 as Mission Director in Paris.
Alex Brouillard
Mission Director
Alex Brouillard
Mission Director
With a Master's degree in Human Resources Management, supplemented by an MBA completed in Germany, Alex quickly moved into Recruitment, joining an international player in the field. Initially specializing in Corporate Finance, he then discovered Interim Management as a Search Manager. After a spell with a major aeronautics group, he went on to specialize in the food industry with a leading recruitment firm specializing in this field.
There, he develops expertise in industrial functions and in-depth knowledge of the Agro ecosystem. He also contributes to the development of the business in North-West France through the creation of an office in Rennes.
Convinced that Interim Management is a real solution for local players, Alex joined IMT Partners in October 2024 to help develop the business in the West of France from his base in Rennes.
Eliza Carpentier
Mission Director
Eliza Carpentier
Mission Director
With a Master's degree in Human Resources and Management, Eliza has 8 years' experience in headhunting with a major human resources company in the Hauts-de-France region. There, she strengthened her skills in supporting managers and experts in their career development. She joins IMT Partners in September 2023 as Mission Director to contribute to the development of the Lille office.
Laëtitia Rousseau
Mission Director
Laëtitia Rousseau
Mission Director
With a Master's degree in Marketing and Quality Management from SKEMA, Laëtitia Rousseau has been helping executives, CEOs, HR Directors, CFOs, CIOs, managers and their teams to meet the challenges of transformation and organization, through consulting, research and recruitment, for the past 25 years.
As a consultant, then research director in a consultancy firm, she uses powerful measurement, analysis and diagnostic tools to understand the issues and problems facing companies.
Its common thread is to offer multi-sector companies ultra-operational solutions via steering and management tools, or the recruitment of interim managers to help them put in place rapid, sustainable action levers.
After an initial interim management approach lasting almost a year, she chose to join IMT Partners, in the Nantes office, as Mission Director.
Maxime Tassinari
Mission Director
Maxime Tassinari
Mission Director
Maxime holds a Master's degree in audit and management and apostgraduate degree in human resources management from the IGS in 2005. He began his career in human resources, before moving on to HR consulting and then finance. He has developed an in-depth knowledge of the digital services sector (ESN, formerly SSII), transportation, collective catering and more recently the medical-social sector.
Maxime joins IMT Partners as Mission Director in January 2023 to strengthen the team in the Lyon office.
Ivor de Vaan
Mission Director
Ivor de Vaan
Mission Director
With a degree in HR management and strategic management from the Netherlands, Ivor began his career at Nike's EMEA headquarters, where he moved from project management to human resources.
In 2018, he joined the Nike France teams to take up a new HR position, in which he initiated the employee engagement strategy and structured a function dedicated to its implementation.
In all, he spent 12 years with Nike, cultivating a dual expertise in HR and operational management.
This background gives him a keen understanding of organizational issues and the key role played by individuals in periods of transition. Trilingual in French, English and Dutch, he easily navigates international and multicultural environments.
In June 2025, he joined IMT Partners as Mission Director, with the ambition of contributing to the firm's international development and leveraging its generalist HR expertise to detect, engage and support leadership talent during strategic transformation phases.
Alexandra Varlet
Mission Director
Alexandra Varlet
Mission Director
A graduate of John Moores University in the UK, Alexandra began her career with headhunting firms in France and abroad. After obtaining her professional and personal coaching certification and gaining entrepreneurial experience, she specialized in interim management more than five years ago, working for another leading firm where she developed her consulting approach, supporting senior executives and experts in their career development.
She joined IMT Partners as Mission Director in October 2024, to contribute to the firm's international development and bring her knowledge of the worlds of Industry and Retail in particular.
Blandine Lebas
Senior Mission Manager
Blandine Lebas
Senior Mission Manager
Holder of a bi-disciplinary degree in law and political science, Blandine worked as a part-time student at IMT Partners as part of a Master's degree in labor relations and human resources.
She joined the Lyon-based team in September 2020 as Talent Acquisition Specialist, was promoted to Mission Manager in July 2023 and then Senior Mission Manager in February 2025.
Mathilde Nikollag
Senior Mission Manager
Mathilde Nikollag
Senior Mission Manager
After 3 years in the personal services sector as Area Manager, Mathilde specialized in the recruitment of sales and marketing functions, developing a good understanding of the issues linked to these professions and their impact on the performance of organizations. She has worked with a wide range of organizations, from SMEs to large groups, mainly in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, but also on a national scale.
With a double degree in psychology and family mediation, she began her career with a leading recruitment company, where she spent six years as a Consultant and then Manager.
Driven by the desire to discover new sectors and support more experienced profiles in high-stakes assignments, she joined IMT Partners in September 2025 to contribute to the development of the Lyon office.
Fanny Ducamp
Mission Manager
Fanny Ducamp
Mission Manager
With a degree in HR, she decided to specialize in recruitment. With over 5 years' experience in this field, she has worked for both recruitment agencies and engineering consultancies. Although a generalist, Fanny has developed real skills in approaching profiles from industry and a strong knowledge of the Hauts-de-France employment area. She joined IMT Partners at the beginning of 2024 for a new adventure as Talent Acquisition Specialist, then as Mission Manager.
Romane Murciani
Mission Manager
Romane Murciani
Mission Manager
A double graduate of Neoma Business School in France and Lancaster University in England, Romane began her career in the IT recruitment world with a specialist recruitment agency. After this initial experience, she joined a generalist recruitment firm in the Middle and Top Management division, to develop not only the types of structures for which she works, but also to benefit from exchanges with a variety of profiles. Romane joined IMT Partners in February 2024 as Talent Acquisition Specialist, then became Mission Manager in February 2025.
Francois-Henri Reynaud
Chief Financial Officer
Francois-Henri Reynaud
Chief Financial Officer
François-Henri Reynaud holds a bachelor's degree in cell biology from the University of Paris-Saclay and a master's degree in corporate finance from ESIEE Management. He led the strategic and financial aspects of a French medical device group, successfully coordinating the acquisition of an industrial company and assets in the UK. His expertise covers corporate finance, equity transactions, M&A, legal compliance and strategic development. He joins IMT Partners in December 2023 as Chief Financial Officer.
Ivana Joksimovic
Accountant
Ivana Joksimovic
Accountant
With a solid background in accounting, Ivana combines rigor, organization and reliability in the management of financial flows. Her career path began in Serbia, where she studied economics before working for three years in a Greek bank, developing her initial expertise in an international environment.
After arriving in France, she continued her studies in accounting, working for a number of well-known companies such as Galeries Lafayette and Réside Études, where she perfected her mastery of accounting processes and management tools.
She joined IMT Partners in July 2025 as sole accountant.