Our team

Jean-Christophe joined the family business in 1993 as Director of the windows & doors activity. In 1997, he assumed leadership of the entire group. He led business development in France for Sepalumic and Prefal, and from 2011 led the group’s internationalisation with the acquisition of AluK.

Cécile joined the family business in 1997 as Export & Logistics Manager with Sepalumic. She now manages risk management and the group’s commitment to quality (including ISO certification) as well as administrative & human resources policy, especially regarding group leadership executive recruitment.

Laurent worked more than 10 years at KPMG. He was in the Paris office until 2007 and then moved to Shanghai for five years, including three as head of the French Desk. He returned to Europe in 2011, came to Luxembourg and took the South America Controller role within Millicom International Cellular. Laurent joined Valfidus in early 2014 as Group CFO.

Miguel started his legal career in 2000 with a top Belgian law firm. He then served as Head of International and M&A taxation in an international financial institution. Miguel holds a law degree from the University of Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, and has further master’s degrees in taxation, business economics, and financial risk management. Miguel joined Valfidus in June 2013 as General Counsel.

Sophie started her career as a luxury store manager in 2009, first with the ZANNIER group in France, then in the SMCP group, for the Maje brand, in Luxembourg. She managed the Christian Louboutin Store in Luxembourg, between 2016 and 2020. Sophie also holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary History from the University of Metz. Sophie joined Valfidus in February 2020 as Office Manager.

Juan started his career at the European Commission in Brussels. He then worked as a lawyer in a Madrid law firm before moving to Paris to become the in-house lawyer for two international industrial groups. Juan holds a law degree (University of Castilla-La Mancha), an LL.M. in business law (University of Navarra), and an LL.M. in European competition and IP law (University of Liège). Juan joined Valfidus in 2015 as Legal Manager.

Amélie started her career in 2004 as an executive assistant in Deloitte Luxembourg’s M&A department. She then held the positions of executive assistant and client management officer for Intesa Sanpaolo Group in Luxembourg. Amélie holds a master’s degree in foreign languages, finance, and international management (University of Metz, France). She joined Valfidus in October 2016 as a Legal Officer.

Claire worked more than 10 years in the Controlling & Strategy department of RTL Group. Since 2008, she supervised and analyzed the financial and operational performance of several Group subsidiaries. She primarily focused on preparing financial reporting, reviewing business proposals and following-up the performance of current and new businesses. Claire holds among others, a Master’s degree in economics from Warwick University. She joined Valfidus in early 2020 as Head of Controlling.

Magali started her career in 2012 as a consultant in the Transaction Advisory services department of EY in Paris. She primarily worked on Independent Business Review for distressed situations, Financial Due Diligence, Cash and WCR optimization. She then joined Faurecia where she worked for 3 years as a financial controller, supervising all cash reporting processes for 1 of the 3 of BUs of the Group. Magali joined Valfidus in early 2020 as Group controller.

André started his banking career in 2009 within the Graduate program of BNP Paribas in Luxembourg. He later specialized in Corporate Banking, held various positions as credit analyst, relationship manager and manager in structured finance & syndication within multiple bank institutions. Andre holds among others, degrees in economics and finance from Miami University of Ohio. He joined Valfidus in September 2017 as Group Treasurer.

Catherine started her career as accountant at Deloitte Luxembourg. She has mainly worked on client assignments, including investment fund accounting and general accounting. She joined the Socfin Group as Head of Accounting for Holding Companies. She specialized in consolidation, working on the implementation of IFRS and the development of consolidated accounts for 15 years. Catherine has joined Valfidus since October 2018 as Head of Consolidation and Reporting.

Mickaël graduated with a Master II in Accounting, Control, Audit from IAE Gustave Eiffel from the University of Paris XII. Within the Financial Departments of large groups such as HAVAS, BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION and CASTEL, Mickaël contributed to the production of consolidated financial statements under IFRS and French GAAP under SAP FC as well as the development of the budget process international groups. He was in charge of integrating the Group’s strategic acquisitions (M&A). He also contributed significantly to the redesign of their procedures / tools in the context of the implementation of a Group ERP (SAP) and participated in the project to reduce closing times (FAST CLOSE). Mickaël joined VALFIDUS as Reporting & Consolidation Manager.

Celine began her career as an accountant in an expertise firm (Société Fiduciaire de l’Est), managing the accounting and taxation of crafts and small traders, in Thionville (France) for 5 years. Then she joined the firm ADHEO 109 where she developed her skills and autonomy in the management of the portfolio of French companies, for 13 years. Working since November 2017 as a senior accountant, she is in charge of the accounts of the holding companies.

Marie started her career as an accountant in an accounting firm in France for 4 years. She then worked for Barisien as an accountant, a company that joined the SUEZ Environnement group in 2013. Since April 2019 Marie has joined the Valfidus team in Luxembourg as an Accountant, and she oversees the accounts of French photovoltaic companies.

Following his Bachelor’s degree in International Business between London and Madrid, Victor joined Valfidus in Controlling Department before dedicating himself entirely to the environmental impact of industrial activities, as part of the group’s CSR commitment.