Jean-Manuel Bullukian

Board and CEO advisory, fractional CEO Business Services, Aerospace & Defense, SaaS, and AI platforms

In charge of building the company’s third pillar after EMEA and Americas. Strategy definition and deployment of infrastructure and team to establish Ivalua in the Region. Additionally, commercial executive responsible for Partner channel in Americas and Asia Pacific

Founder of Astra Management a consulting firm dedicated to fund and scale up fast growing emerging companies and startups in early to commercial stage. Services covered strategic planning, fund raising, business development, operational support.Raised € 50M from High Net Worth and Wealthy private families. Interim CEO for Roland Iten (High Luxury accessories) and Novaday (Commercial LED’s). Design concept and marketing approach for Carbon Official Formula One Champagne

CEO of ISS Facility Management Asia Pacific, Member of the executive Committee reporting to the CEO. Full P&L responsibility, with € 2.0B revenues, and 180,000 employees over 13 countries from India to Japan to Australia. Achieved balance between profitable growth and social business impact with yearly creation of 400,000 indirect jobs, lifting families out of poverty. Delivered 15% revenue annual growth with 8% EBIT during 2 consecutive years during Global Downturn. Established Asia Pacific as the second most profitable geography. Successfully acquired the #3 Security company in India with smooth integration of 15,000 employees. Turned around China from -10% YoY growth in revenue and 3% margin to +30% revenue growth and 6% margin. Achieved 90%-win rate ratio with international clients like UBS, Sony Ericsson, HP and Shell. Sold integrated facility management deals with higher margin (food services, cleaning, security,landscaping) Emphasized new set of policies at work leading to drastic reduction in workers accident and fatalities

Part of Activa Capital portfolio

Director for a debt restructuring of a High-tech Manufacturing company in France. Recovered 35 cents per every dollar.

CEO of Ajilon IT and Engineering services: worldwide P&L responsibility, €3.0B, €1.0B in the USA, €1.5B in Europe, €0.5B in Asia Pacific, 20 countries, 65,000 employees. In addition, Adecco CIO, with €250M of running budget, and €300M of investment budget 80 countries. Redesigned market strategy, refocused portfolio towards services, restructured organization. Created and implemented an innovative approach to source consulting talents in a competitive labor market. Doubled revenue from 1.5 to €3.0bn and improved gross margin by 20ppt. Led offshore services strategy. Signed €750M deal with Hewlett Packard covering all Adecco service offering (biggest services deal at that time). Transformed internal IT function to be business oriented. Implemented SOX enterprise compliance program including SOX certification, pioneer in cyber security for temp websites. Outsourced both Adecco data and development centers