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Sebastien Delautre

Brussel

Summary

Managing Director with extensive experience in international environment: Paris, London, Brussels, and Asia. A seasoned professional with deep expertise in IT strategy and transformation, complemented by proven interpersonal skills and a thorough understanding of organizational dynamics. Offers 18 years of experience in Corporate Investment Banking and Financial Market Infrastructure, +10 years in IT CIB consulting.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Managing Director

EUROCLEAR
01.2019 - Current
  • Reporting to Euroclear Group CIO & Euroclear SA, member of the IT Executive committee.
  • CIO Office is a business partner and trusted advisor of the IT & Corporate Divisions through finding the right balance between supporting and challenging to enable the technology organization & company to become a true tech-company.
  • This role is pivotal in ensuring that Euroclear’s technology management aligns with market best practices and supports the organization’s strategic goals.
  • 120+ staff supporting 3,000+ IT people globally with a €550M bud.
  • Oversees an €18M team budget with 40% of staff outsourced/offshored, achieving 5% annual cost optimization.
  • Drives sourcing strategy, covering location transformation, vendor management, and strategic workforce planning.
  • Leads People Strategy to attract, retain, and develop talent while enhancing purpose and belonging.
  • Sponsors Financial Management (Apptio), managing a €550M IT budget, with Euroclear nominated for service excellence in 2023 in Las Vegas.
  • Leading the multiyear corporate investment portfolio (€250M), ensuring efficient IT and non-IT asset management.
  • Permanent member of Belgium, France, and European Works Councils as general management representative.
  • Euroclear SA, active 'Male Ally' at European Women in Finance, and sponsor of Women Empowering Academy and Community for Cultural and Ethnic Inclusion.

Managing Director

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Reporting to GBIS global COO, member of the GBUS Executive committee.
  • The GBSU/COO (Chief Operating Office of GBS) department supports the GBS departments in managing the GBS Service Unit Wholesale, defining strategy, executing & supporting transformations like Agile, cost steering, sourcing strategy, real estate management, learning organization, and continuous improvement.
  • 510+ staff supporting 14000 staff worldwide (IT, OPS, Operational Risks) and a budget of 2.5bn€.
  • Oversees an €28M team budget with 35% of staff outsourced/offshored, reducing the team’s running costs by 20% in one year.
  • Sponsor of the transformation program of GBSU/COO impacting 7 countries and 500+ staff impacted (IT & non IT).
  • Sponsor of the sourcing strategy for GBS Wholesale ie location transformation, vendor management.
  • Sponsor and manage ITFM (IT Financial Management) rollout with Apptio for IT costs +2BN$.

Managing Director

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Reporting to CIB/GBSU global CIO, member of the IT Executive committee.
  • This division is responsible for developing and cascading the IT organization’s strategy, including creating a roadmap for strategy, vision, and transformation.
  • 175+ staff member supporting 7000 IT staff worldwide and a budget of 1.2bn€.
  • Oversees an €33M team budget with 30% of staff outsourced/offshored, reducing the team’s running costs by 9% in one year.
  • Sponsor of the sourcing strategy for IT.
  • Manage development team: IT4IT tools / Steering tools (Service Now, Planisware, & in-house tools).
  • Sponsor Agile@Scale program: target definition (organization, governance and roles, mix on Spotify and Safe model), team practices definitions (agile basics & continuous delivery), lead of the transformation team & change management of the IT team.

Global Head of Production Services Financing Client Coverage

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2011 - 01.2015
  • Reporting to the GBIS Global CIO Financing Client Coverage, member of the IT Executive committee.
  • Responsible for GBIS worldwide Application Support for Financing Client Coverage, IT production and Quality Assurance teams.
  • 90+ staff members supporting 3,000 users worldwide / 100+ business applications.
  • Oversees an €20M team budget with 30% of staff outsourced/offshored.
  • Improved the Production stability: -25% incidents, -76% users’ impact over 5 years.
  • Achieved 17% net savings in 3 years while increasing the internal clients’ satisfaction by 20%.
  • Sponsor for ServiceNow ITSM 2M€ budget and +5000 IT users impacted.

CRO – IT Head of Operational Risk Management

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2007 - 01.2011
  • Reporting to the GBIS Global CIO Financing Client Coverage, member of the IT Executive committee.
  • Set up the Operational Risk Governance & organization and produced ORM executive brief to the Financing Client Coverage IT Executive Committee.
  • ECB and regulator facing.
  • Organized the IT Financing Client Coverage Crisis Team.
  • Set up & organized the operational remediation plan (Fighting Back) post «Jerome Kerviel affair» for IT Financing Client Coverage activities.

Managing Director & Partner

JEMS PARTNERS
01.2002 - 01.2006
  • Chief Technology Officer, Managing and developing IT CIB business offer with Sales, acting as CAO to contribute & to improve daily operations: IT, Organization, risk management.
  • Chief People Officer: Development and implementation of the JEMS Employee Life Circle.

Education

Leadership Executive program -

London Business School Corporate University Euroclear
01.2025

Leading change - Executive program - Chairman Mickael Jarrett Professor of Management, Practice in Organisational Behaviour

INSEAD
01.2013

Master of science - computer science applied to business management

University Paris-Saclay
01.1998

Diploma of Higher Education - Economic & Econometrics

University Paris-Saclay
01.1996

Skills

  • Strategic planning
  • Strategic partnerships
  • Digital transformation
  • Team leadership
  • Innovation management
  • Performance improvement

Languages

French
English

Other Expertise

  • 2024, Sponsor of the Think Tank 'The CIO Officer’s Guide' and publication of a white paper 'The CIO Officer, the CIO’s Right Hand'.
  • 2016, Sponsor of ISEP French engineering graduate school in digital technology.
  • 2015, Lecture at Ecole polytechnique, Ecole de management de Grenoble, école de management de Lyon and ISEP.
  • 2008, Green Belt SixSigma certification.

Timeline

Managing Director

EUROCLEAR
01.2019 - Current

Managing Director

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2018 - 01.2019

Managing Director

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2015 - 01.2018

Global Head of Production Services Financing Client Coverage

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2011 - 01.2015

CRO – IT Head of Operational Risk Management

SOCIETE GENERALE
01.2007 - 01.2011

Managing Director & Partner

JEMS PARTNERS
01.2002 - 01.2006

Leading change - Executive program - Chairman Mickael Jarrett Professor of Management, Practice in Organisational Behaviour

INSEAD

Master of science - computer science applied to business management

University Paris-Saclay

Diploma of Higher Education - Economic & Econometrics

University Paris-Saclay

Leadership Executive program -

London Business School Corporate University Euroclear

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