benoit rubin

Senior VP with +20 years of strategic & operational leadership experience gained through international assignments in India, Romania, France & Brazil. Combines thorough understanding of customer needs (data analysis via CRM & SAP tools) with a high-tech orientation to build resilient, agile businesses. Regularly delivers webinars for top schools in India (IIM Sambalpur, IIT Kharagpur, Raipur) on e-retail, Blockchain, AI & Robotisation. Works in English, French, Romanian, Spanish & Portuguese. Currently learning Hindi.

Board Memberships

  Dalmia Bharat Group: Board Member (since 07.2019)

  Dalmia Bharat Group: External Consultant at Group Level (since 07.2019)

  Leroy Merlin: Board Member, ADEO Group (01.2016 – 07.2019)

Leadership & People Growth

  Built up a high-performing startup team from 2 to 220 talents, incl. heads of functions (Marketing, Expansion, IT, Operations, Finance, Strategy, HR, Merchandising)

  Managed teams of 1200 FTEs (from Brasil, Romania, France, Ukraine, Italy & Russia); maintained best-in-company staff turnover (over 85% stability, 15% attrition) despite high rates of economic emigration from Romania thanks to a strong HR program

Executive Education

  EPGM at MIT Sloan School of Management (since 03.2020)

  MBA from WU Executive Academy (11.2018 – 05.2020)