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Christophe Bulard

FRACTIONAL HR HEAD - ADVISORY/CONSULTING

€1,200/day
Genève, CH
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Christophe

International Chief Human Resources Officer with extensive experience partnering with CEOs, Executive Committees and Boards to drive business growth, organizational transformation and people governance in complex, regulated and multicultural environments.

Proven track record in designing and executing people strategies supporting revenue growth, market expansion, M&A, IPO readiness and large-scale transformation across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Strategic and hands-on leader, combining strong business acumen with pragmatic execution to build high-performance cultures and sustainable
organizations.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Italian

    Basic

  • Arabic

    Basic

Can work on-site
Genève (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Interim career transition
    FRACTIONAL HR HEAD - ADVISORY/CONSULTING
    April 2025 - Today (1 year and 2 months)
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Nespresso Global Org design projects and regional restructuring for regional hub and markets to implement omnichannel organisation with low-cost impact putting together digital, retail and After sales and call center teams.
    • • Delivered best in class copilot support including full spectrum of HR including HR Business Partnering, Total reward and Talent Management. performance, Organizational Design, International mobility, Audit & Compliance, HRIS and Data analytics, D&I, Culture review and Engagement.
    • • Managed organizational efficiency analysis including capabilities gap which lead to action plan for Syngenta functions as sustainability, Legal and regulatory Affairs
    • • Revisited Talent strategy for Syngenta corporate functions and participated in the new leadership framework design and Talent principles
    • • Ensured Data accuracy and HR reporting capabilities for Syngenta corporate functions Acting as external CHRO and trusted advisor to CEOs and leadership teams, supporting organizations through growth, transformation and strategic change.
    ◦ • Advise Boards and Executive Committees on people strategy, organizational design, leadership and governance.
    ◦ • Design HR operating models, governance and talent strategies aligned with business ambition, growth and M&A contexts.
    ◦ • Support change management, transformation journeys and capability building initiatives.
    Change Management Change and Transformation Management Organizational Design
  • Nestlé Nespresso
    REGIONAL HR HEAD (APAC
    February 2015 - August 2022 (7 years and 6 months)
    Vevey, Switzerland
    Strategic HR Business Copilot being member of Global HR leadership team and accountable HR in the regions. Reporting to Regional CEO and dotted line to CHRO

    • Led a group of 17 HRD/HRBPs globally (3 direct & indirect) across APAC, MEA, NA & LATAM by supervising regional offices, subsidiaries (18), market distributors (+25) up to 4000 FTE and CHF1.7 billion revenues.

    • Established HR strategic planning and yearly review

    • Transformed high performing organization model by implementing a multi-channel organization, market leadership, Customer facing training plans and SIP model for B2C (ecom is +70% sales weight) and B2B teams to sustain a double-digit growth over 20% and regional or market acceleration plan (50% of group growth).

    • Secured e-business capabilities for high digitalized region and markets e.g. China (80% turnover)

    • Led Asia regional hub restructuring and market structures resulting in profit and operational efficiency improvement withstructural costs reduction (approx. 10%).

    • Supported due diligence and people related activities for M&A project and market expansion e.g. Turkey buyback project resulting to double digit growth over 25% on Y1and2, people retention and development.

    • Delivered the People Plan Strategy and the Workforce Planning to support Investment strategy by implementing the right C&B strategy e.g. revised new 360 Total reward offering in Israel and Japan to ensure global and local practices alignment, cost control and to drive performance.

    • Defined the retail retention strategy with measurement of success (turnover lower than 20% vs retail volatility in Asia, Productivity ratio, NPS) E.g. South Korea staff conversion plan with OD resulting to turnover reduction from 127% down
    to 20% rolling year.

    • Implemented high performance culture change, talent and performance reviews for leaders and teams.

    • Designed sustainability people governance including ESG reward with STI and LTI and Supported BCorp certification
    Change Management Change and Transformation Management Digital Transformation HR Strategy & Transformation Talent Management
  • Nestlé Group,
    GLOBAL HRBP FOR FINANCE, LEGAL, COMMUNICATION, SUSTAINABILITY & DEVELOPMENT
    September 2022 - April 2025 (2 years and 7 months)
    1800 Vevey, Switzerland
    Member of Global HR leadership team, reporting to HR head for CP division, accountable for Global HR strategy for corporate functions including Finance, Legal, Communication, Sustainability, Development, Regulatory and Public Affairs, with major contribution to overall $14b+ Syngenta CP business, 4000+ employees across HQ and across NA, LATAM, EAME, APAC regions.
    • • Ensured Strategic partnering and coaching to the functional leaders and their leadership teams guiding and implementing people strategy through operating model and organizational effectiveness, appointments to the Functions leadership, resource alignment, transformation, collaborations, and M&A/ M&I projects through IPO process.
    • • Supported ad interim CP Development function (+2700 HC) across Product Technology and Engineering, Product safety, Product Biology, Project and Portfolio Management, Regulatory teams.
    • • Defined 3 years plan mobility for Development team (30 cases) including cost control and new mobility framework application.
    • • Drove talent agenda through HR community globally with 100+ locations across 4 regions by developing Leadership Development plan, Capability building plan, Succession planning and pipeline building.
    • • Drove D&I, engagement, change and agility mindset to support roll out of large transformations and key change projects.
    • • Led and support HR functional initiatives and change programs by acting as a sponsor and advocate of functional changes, capability, policy, and process evolution.
    Change Management Change and Transformation Management Talent Management Talent acquisition Leadership Development

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Education

  • Business Administration
    IFCAM Switzerland
    2009
    Business Administration
  • Bachelor of Biology
    University of Nantes
    1996
    Bachelor of Biology

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