Grégory Malherbe

Magnetic Division includes Noratel, Shape, Myrra and Flux

NORATEL is a global manufacturer of highly engineered and customised Transformers and Reactors, since 100 years. Noratel was acquired by discoverIE plc in 2014, and is operating autonomously in a highly decentralised business model. Our 2 500 employees serve with passion our customers all over the world, with 13 locations and manufacturing footprint in Europe, Asia, North America and Mexico.

In charge of Mobile Systems Division Europe : 290m$ turnover, 800 employees, 7 sites in Europe. Our customers were constructions and mining OEM's (Volvo Construction, JCB, Caterpillar, Epiroc). Our solutions were electro-hydraulics valves for their "yellow" machines. -We grew sales by 30% and profit by 100% in 3 years. -We merged smoothly 3 divisions into one. -We developed highly-engineered solutions (injecting more electronics and control in the hydraulic field) and launched many new "must-have" products in our markets. -Our profitability reached historical record high thanks to growth and portfolio simplification.

IMI FAS is a world leader in miniature solenoid valves for Medical Devices, Life Sciences and many other niche industrial markets. We succeeded in the 2 main challenges faced by FAS : - restore employees' morale : 80% of our employees declared they were happy to work for FAS in 2015 ! And we lost 0 key people under my leadership. - restore growth : our sales grew at 10% CAGR despite harsh market conditions and strong Swiss Franc. Moreover, we reached : - the best Financial performance of the history of the company in 2014, whilst investing massively in people, new products and CAPEX ; - the best lean manufacturing score in 2015 in the internal IMI PE benchmark among 40+ factories

Saintronic is a former Alcatel Lucent spin-off, worth €70m revenue with 350 employees based in France, Tunisia and China. Saintronic developped 3 activities : - its historical background lies in contract manufacturing in Telecom, Rail,... - the company became the world biggest manufacturer of charger for electric cars in 2013 - Saintronic developped an Open Innovation activity, supplying early technical and industrial support to leading edge innovative start ups This strategy was successfully deployed thanks to : - a visionnary Business Development model - a strong innovation & design capability - a global & flexible industrial and suppy chain footprint (Tunisia, China) We made 2 acquisitions (M&A) to complement our technology portfolio.

I was in charge of developing sales of Electricity meters & systems with Electricity utilities in a region covering South Europe, Africa and Middle East : we delivered 15% growth over the period in a flat market.

I was in charge of rationalising the production of electronic PCB accross the different locations of the group in Europe.

I was in charge of introducing new products in production (Design for Manufacturing, Project Management,...) and optimizing production of legacy products (Lean Manufacturing, Quality,...)

I was in charge of developping a hardware platform for a new communication device (PSpice simulations, Electronic development,...)