Joel NZALI
Administrateur-Délégué (Membre du Conseil d'Administration), Batsela Holding Lux
• I was, until July 2011, Head of Financial Advisory & Company Director at Alpha Synergy Consulting (Strategy & Management Advisory firm based in Luxembourg, co-founded in 2008). Since Feb 2012, I've been working as Managing Director for another Consulting practice in France (4BI France sarl) and the UK (4BI limited).
• I'm furthermore administrator of international entities, including a Private Equity Financial Company in Luxembourg (Batsela Holding Luxembourg SA). I also supports the humanitarian programs of Foundation JoNaReEsBen (Africa) and was formerly Partner of h2a SA in Luxembourg (Communication agency).
• Holder of a Business School Master Degree (Corporate Finance specialization), from Bordeaux Ecole de Management (2004), my successful experience was, up to date, mainly focused on Business Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Performance Improvement, Financial Engineering and Fund-Raising.
Specialties
- Strategic consulting (International Business Dvpt, Alliances, P&S Portfolios, M&A, Entrepreneurship)
- Corporate Finance (LBO, Budgeting, Costing, Performance)
- Financial Enginering & Fund-Raising (modeling/valuation, networking & investors relations, Private Equity & VC, Structured Finance)
- Human Capital Mgt
- Marketing & CRM
- Quality Management Systems, Enterprise Risk Management
- Negotiation support or networking/brokerage for Buy/Sell of bank instruments, commodities & precious metals
Languages :
- French (mother tongue)
- Spanish (fluent)
- English (fluent)
- French West Indies Creole (fluent)
- Italian (good)
- Portuguese (notions)
63 contacts* Joint-Ventures Structuring & Supervision (Financial, Industrial, Commercial)
* Investments (Risk capital, Private Equity & VC, Financial placements)
* Financial Engineering & Programs funding (Real-Estate, Web & IT, Green Energies & Technologies, Commodities, FX...)
* Humanitarian Programs
• Company supervision roles (internal):
- Human Resources: Recruitment, Training, Salaries, Benefits & Compensation strategy, Communication, …
- Administration: IT, Purchases, Logistics
- Finance: Financial planning & reporting, Management Controlling, Cash-flow management, Funding & Investments
- Quality: CRM
• Key business roles (Consulting assignments): International Business Development/ Strategic Alliances/ Technologies Transfers/ Entrepreneurship/ Business Planning/ Investments & Fund-Raising/ Private Equity VC/ Financial trading brokerage/ Commodities trading brokerage
o Industries/areas expertise:
- Real-Estate programs/portfolios: France, Caribbean, Luxembourg, Italy, UK, South Africa, Russia, Eastern Europe
- Co-development programs (including industrial technology transfer): Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Comoros Islands, Cameroon
- Information & Communication Technologies: IT Sales & e-payments (Luxembourg), Web Business Networking platform (France)
- “Green” energy (EV plug project, solar & wind projects) : USA, Italy, France, Africa
- Leisure & Hospitality : Italy, UK
- Agriculture & food: Rice (Italy), Wheat & other food commodities (Argentina), Agriculture ventures (Cameroon)
- Automotive: Aluminum supply (Italy + Venezuela + Romania + Luxembourg + UK), Luxury cars leasing (Italy)
- Financial markets: Settlement of structured finance deals (BG, MTN, CMO, …), Sourcing & DD of European banks for Sale
• Additional roles (Outsourcing- Interim Management assignments):
- For one international co-development program (social real-estate, microfinance, industrial technologies transfers …) in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast & Mali (April 2008-Jan 2009) : Director of Financial Planning & Studies / Interim Manager for Governance, Risks & Controls
2007 - 2008• Company supervision roles (internal):
- Human Resources: Recruitment, Training, Conflicts Management, Salaries, Benefits & Compensation strategy, Communication, …
- Administration: Purchases, Logistics
- Finance: Financial planning & reporting, Management Controlling, Cash-flow management, Funding & Investments
• Key business roles (Consulting assignments): Strategic Marketing Advisory (Brand & image management, Marketing Plan, Customers & Services portfolio analysis) Market studies
• Additional roles (Project Management):
- Coordinator of Karzoo.eu project (Environment protection awareness platform combined with carpooling community): Business Planning, Marketing planning & follow-up, Partnerships & Fund Raising, External communication.
- Performance Improvement plan: Review & optimization of support functions (HR, Administration, Finance)
2006 - 2007For: Small and Medium sized companies / Public administrations
- Financial advisory assignments
- Organizational review and processes optimization or re-engineering
Other relevant information:
- Certified Assesor for the 2006 Luxembourg Quality Award
- Participation to the development of new Business Solutions
2006 - 2006For: Small & medium-sized companies / International Private Banks
- Financial performance advisory (ABC, BSC, Management cockpits, Process improvement)
- Organizational and Human Capital advisory assigments
- Marketing advisory assignments and function redesigning
Other relevant information:
- Certified Assessor for the 2006 Luxembourg Quality Award
2005 - 2006• Company Supervision roles (internal):
- Human Resources: Recruitment, Training, Conflicts management, Internal communication, Benefits & Compensation strategy
- Finances: Financial planning & reporting, Management Controlling, Cash-flow management, Fund-Raising for business development
- Marketing & Communication: Implementation & supervision of Marketing & Communication operations
• Key Business roles (Processes Improvement):
- Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing, HR, Finance: Implementation of new procedures and tools (including Management dashboards)
• Additional roles (Top Management):
- Top Management Advisor regarding the structure of services portfolio (development, profitability analysis, …)
- Support regarding settlement 6 implementation of local & international specialized subsidiaries
- Initiation and Implementation of Quality Management processes, Supervision of Quality Diagnostic by external consultants
- Initiation of Market Monitoring processes
2003 - 2004Commercial Budget control (follow-up, reconciliation, forecasting) for E&C Division (16 European plants)