Tristan Pelloux

Tristan PELLOUX - / - –- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Oct 2020-Present / London, UK and Barcelona, Spain – Director, Strategwhy   Independent management consulting firm providing expert advice and guidance to business leaders and founders across Europe in a range of industries Areas of work include Strategic & Business Planning, Performance Improvement, Strategic Projects, M&A Projects, Implementation and Business Mentoring May 2019-Oct 2020 / London, UK – Strategy Manager, Partnerships, Corporate Development, Virgin Money         Engaged in the origination, appraisal and development of strategic partnerships for Virgin Money UK Developed a consistent and robust process by which partnership opportunities are evaluated and executed Supported the Head of Strategy in developing and leading the Group’s partnership strategy Engaged senior stakeholders on the shaping, evaluation and implementation of partnerships Led the development of commercial cases and presentations to drive partnership decisions Provided market insight to support the Group’s strategic planning process Supported the management of the annual strategic planning cycle in conjunction with the Head of Strategy Developed Group-wide insight into emerging financial services themes, trends and threats Jul 2015-May 2019 / London, UK – Senior Strategy Associate, Corporate Development, Virgin Money Strategy Associate (Jul 2015-Aug 2017), promoted to Senior Strategy Associate (Aug 2017-May 2019). Virgin Money UK PLC formerly CYBG PLC -) and National Australia Group Europe (until 2016).          Prepared strategic reports and presentations for the Board of Administration and senior management Involved in CYBG’s public listing process including the preparation of the IPO prospectus report Managed relationships with senior stakeholders and third parties (e.g. management consultants, vendors) Involved in mergers and acquisitions processes and development of strategic partnerships Developed and maintained valuation models for potential inorganic opportunities Monitored financial services industry trends and shared insight with senior management Participated in key operational business decisions and the annual strategic planning process Developed, produced and maintained the monthly Key Performance Indicators reporting process Developed a recurring competitor benchmarking against UK and European banking peers EDUCATION- Master in Management, Major in Finance, Audencia Business School Grande Ecole Programme: coursework in Business Management Nantes, France 2014 Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam Exchange student in Finance and Econometrics Rotterdam, Netherlands - Business School Preparatory Classes Marseille, France Preparation for the highly competitive entrance examinations for French Business Schools 2009 Baccalaureat specialising in Management & Marketing, obtained with Honours Marseille, France MISCELLANEOUS ENGLISH: Bilingual, TOEFL 104 | FRENCH: Native | SPANISH: Intermediate | ARABIC: Basic Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and basic knowledge of R and Python programming languages Member of the Board of Administration of Audencia Alumni Thai Boxing coach at Audencia in 2012, trained in Thai Boxing and MMA for 8 years