1. What have you found most challenging as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise?

The most challenging is to create a culture of Innovation in a complex international environnement with different cultures, systems and styles

2. How did you become a CEO or executive of a large enterprise? Can you please briefly tell the story?

I joined the bank a bit by chance, I worked previously for a télécommunications company and they moved their offices very far away from my home. I had to leave this job and I accepted an interim mission for 1 month at BNP. After 1 week, they offered me a permanent contract and I have been here since 14 years :)

3. How do you structure your work days from waking up to going to sleep?

In the morning I wake up, I meditate, 3x/week I go running for 1 hour, then I study in Mindvalley App, prepare a brain booster tea, and start my day with a virtual commuting of 15min. Then I start my day with answering some emails, attending some meetings, and I try to book as many hours as I can to deliver hard work (I call it power hour). When I have lunch, I listen to a podcast or I read a book. Afternoon I take my son to school and I continue to work, before following a course on Coursera or another platform. I spend the evening with my family and Before going to sleep I practice gratitude. This is my normal day :)

4. What's the most recent significant leadership lesson you've learned?

I learned to respect people’s impossibility wall, to acknowledge it, to respect it, and to accept that for this person, their level of impossibility is reached and it is just that I am talking to the wrong person and I have to find someone else to help my project.
And also that people’s caring is more important than anything.

5. What's one book that has had a profound impact on your leadership so far? Can you please briefly tell the story of how that book impacted your leadership?

Infinite Game - Simon Sinek
Leaders eat last - Simon Sinek
Never eat alone - Keith Ferrazzi
They teached me to be the best leader I can and to manage my network and relationships at work.

6. How do you build leadership capacity in a large enterprise?

I try to co-elevate the maximum amount of people and help people to grow.

7. What is one meaningful story that comes to mind from your time as a CEO or executive of a large enterprise so far?

For me it is all the stories about managers that truly care about people and that are convinced that our biggest assets are our employees.