Country Directors
Each country is headed up by former procurement directors with professional experience in consultancy.
Julien Barthelemy
General Manager
Geoffrey Chicheportiche
Turkey General Manager
Paul Cazes
Russia General Manager
Arnaud Bon-Mardion
DACH General Manager
Julien Barthelemy
General Manager
Julien has been BuyingPeers General Manager since 2020. Drawing on 23 years of experience in procurement, Julien has had an impressively comprehensive career trajectory, with experience in the automobile industry (Valeo), consultancy (Arthur Andersen BearingPoint), banking (Société Générale), IT (Microsoft), the environment (SUEZ) and energy (ENGIE).
His multi-faceted expertise as a procurement director and his passion for excellence are major assets in supporting you along the road to success.
Geoffrey Chicheportiche
Turkey General Manager
Geoffrey was crucial in spearheading PeersGroup’s international development. Working from Istanbul, he oversees the “managed services” unit responsible for handling some Client operations. Having graduated with a Masters in Procurement & Supply Chain (ESCP Europe), Geoffrey kickstarted his career as an indirect buyer in the insurance, automobile and defense sectors. Following on from his experience in organizational consulting at Capgemini Consulting, he joined the WNS group where he worked on major Procurement outsourcing projects as head of the EMEA region.
Paul Cazes
Russia General Manager
Paul set up the PeersGroup Moscow office in 2020. An Arts & Métiers engineer with a specialist Masters from the IAE and an executive training diploma from the ESCP, Paul has medium- to large-capitalization experience in B2B and B2C, in both operations and top-line. Upbeat and optimistic by nature with a curious streak to boot, Paul has a keen interest in the entire value chain.
Arnaud Bon-Mardion
DACH General Manager
Arnaud has been developing BuyingPeers’ activities across Switzerland since 2017. He holds a double Masters in Procurement (DESMA from the IAE Grenoble) and Finance (MSTCF Lyon III), and took his first steps in the industry in internal auditing and control (Deloitte) followed by non-production industrial buying (Monsanto). He has acquired solid experience in company management and finance.
Arnaud enjoys working on managing complex, cross-departmental projects and overhauling procurement organization structures.
Organization & Performance Consulting Directors
Transformation and performance projects are overseen by three directors backed by a team of three managers and 15 consultants.
Sophie Moreau
Executive Director
Organization & Performance Consulting
Xavier De Garsignies
Director
Digital Consulting
Vincent Salvoni
Director
Organization & Performance Consulting
Sophie Moreau
Executive Director
Organization & Performance Consulting
A member of PeersGroup since 2018, Sophie heads up the BuyingPeers’ Performance & Organization Consulting division. A graduate of the ESCP Europe, Sophie spent a number of years working in Organization Consulting, supporting a host of different international clients through their transformation plans. She has also held positions as a procurement manager in numerous large groups, where she oversaw the structuring of procurement departments abroad, as well as portfolio and procurement team management. Highly organized with a go-getter attitude, Sophie is the perfect choice for helping you reach your transformation and performance targets.
Xavier De Garsignies
Director
Digital Consulting
Xavier has been bringing procurement transformation plans to life for the past 12 years now, drawing on additional areas of expertise (strategic vision and operational pragmatism) acquired through his past experiences as a Procurement Manager tasked with Digital Procurement, and operations and procurement management in firms.
At PeersGroup, Xavier develops and rolls out a range of different projects based on a three-pronged approach: Performance plan/organization and strategy/digital.
His taste for entrepreneurship, his problem-solving skills and the close working relationships he succeeds in forging with clients make him an essential asset in supporting your plans.
Vincent Salvoni
Director
Organization & Performance Consulting
Vincent and the Performance & Organization Consulting division support companies of all sizes through the organizational and digital transformation process while implementing performance plans. Vincent’s career trajectory saw him gaining experience as a buyer in major international companies, and as a procurement consultant at BuyingPeers.
This operational and strategic trajectory allows Vincent to bring you tailored solutions designed to help you make effective, efficient changes to your organization, based on tangible, pragmatic and concrete proposals.
Development Managers and Directors
Sales and development operations are run by a team of directors and managers with procurement experience.
Séverine Hairanian
Directrice Pôle DIL
Quentin Belfort
Business Manager
Fadi Habre
Business Manager
Chloé Uzan
Business Manager
Fabien Scheltien
Directeur Pôle BEST
Léna Bocquenet
Business Manager
Matthieu Philardeau
Business Manager
Etienne Bradley
Business Manager
Séverine Hairanian
Directrice Pôle DIL
Séverine has headed up the Business Managers team at the Luxury and Industry Distribution Division since 2016. A graduate of the ESCI international business school, Séverine holds a Masters in Marketing from San Bernardino (California), and has worked in major Retail brands as head of development (Aubert) and head of childcare (Système U). She joined PeersGroup as a procurement consultant in the BuyingPeers team, and focuses on operational and organizational projects.
Quentin Belfort
Business Manager
Quentin, graduated from GIHE in Switzerland after which he worked for several years in the Luxury Hotel Industry as a Purchasing Manager for Hilton group and Relais & Châteaux.
In the meantime, he lead an innovative project and decided to launch his own start-up in the Foodtech.
Using a unique disruptive business model enabling the delivery of several thousand meals across Paris.
Afterward, he joined PeersGroup as an indirect Purchasing Manager on transformation issues in mass-distribution sector before becoming a Business Manager for the Luxury Goods & Retail industry.
Fadi Habre
Business Manager
Chloé Uzan
Business Manager
Graduated from Napier University, in Scotland, in international management, Chloé has evolved in complex industries, such as hospitality, luxury as well as the industrial sector.
In the past, Chloé as worked in big companies like Accor, Safran or Air Liquide but also in smaller organizations such as Smartbox or Opodo.
After 10 years in marketing and communication, she decided to redirect her career and through a master’s degree in Purchasing management, at Inseec.
Freshly graduated, she joined Safran Aircraft engines, as a lead buyer and managed IT purchasing for Air Liquide’s IT subsidiary.
In 2020, she accepted another challenge by joining Peers Group as a Business manager with the objective of developing the industrial activity.
Fabien Scheltien
Directeur Pôle BEST
As the Division Director at BuyingPeers since 2014, Fabien oversees a range of different procurement programs, including the ENGIE programs. Fabien cut his teeth at the Banque Postale as an IT project buyer, notably in his work in redeveloping the remote banking technical architecture via a public procurement contract. He joined Bouygues Telecom followed by Thales Services, where he took over as head of IT intellectual services procurement and handled structuring the related processes. Fabien’s experience was further reinforced during his time at Groupama, where he worked in IT procurement and consultancy, and as a procurement PMO officer.
Léna Bocquenet
Business Manager
Léna rejoint BuyingPeers en 2019 en tant que business manager en charge des relations avec les banques, l’hôtellerie, la restauration, le divertissement, les ESN et le service publique. Diplômée d’un MBA commercial à l’ESG, elle a fait ses début en achats dans le marketing et événementiel aux Etats Unis et en France.
Matthieu Philardeau
Business Manager
After graduating from ESDES Business School, Matthieu started is carreer in Shanghai in the industrial sector. Matthieu, then, came back to France to work for Purchasing for companies in the Energy sector.
In 2019 he joined BuyingPeers as Business Manager, in charge of Construction and Public Works, Energy and Transport.
Etienne Bradley
Business Manager
Originally from England, Etienne obtained a BBA from ESC la Rochelle and went on to graduate from Kedge Business School with purchasing specialized Masters upon his arrival in France.
Etienne initially joined BuyingPeers as a purchasing consultant and in August 2019 took role of Business Manager.
Within the B.E.S.T team, Etienne is in charge of ESN, Telecom & Insurance companies.