52 years old - Nov 11, 1970 Chemin de la Julienne 35 BE-4671 Saive
Executive summary
25+ years of business leadership experience and active participation of successful international expansion in both private and public equity capital markets focusing on : Digital Imaging, Medical Technologies, Digital Media and Digital Transition. Graduated as HEC Commercial Engineer, main background in finance, M&A, business development. Current investor in 7 companies, entrepreneur in 5 businesses and charities, 10+ board mandates including charities. 12 years experience as Board member and CFO of EVS, worldwide leader in TV Technology niches, a top 30 Belgian listed company. 8 years as co-founder and chairman of the Board of dcinex, private equity company, European leader in digital cinema. Prior to that, 4 years in RTL Group (LU, NL and BE) and 4 years at PWC (LU). French speaking native, fluent in English and Dutch, strong working knowledge in German.
EXPERIENCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Since 2012: GAUDETO SPRL – Business Angel, Consulting and Asset Management Owner and Managing Partner - www.gaudeto.com, current portfolio
• Medical Technologies SME's
- o Apr 2017 .. : TRASIS (Liège, BE), 2% shareholder and board member next to the founders. Leader in Nuclear Medicine Tracers, 300 staff, sales CAGR +30% to 55m, worldwide. Managing M&A. Strategic, financial & organizational advices. www.trasis.com
- o Sept 2015 .. : Osimis (Liège, BE), 7% shareholder & Chairman of the Board. Start-up in Artificial Intelligence solutions for digital imaging in radiology. www.osimis.io
- o Oct 2015 .. : A7-Software (Liège, BE) 3% Investor & Board member, Seraing (B) Start-up in Health Data Management based on secured mobile apps. www.andaman7.com
• Media & Tech companies,
- o Jan 2015 .. : ATEME (Paris, F), independent board member and chairman of the audit committee. Leader in advanced video compression and multiformat repurposing for TV networks and distributors, listed on Euronext Paris. 90m+ sales, CAGR +20%. www.ateme.com
- o Feb 2019 ..: 1RCF Belgique (Wavre, BE), Founder and MD of a nationwide radio station in DAB+ and streaming. 7 FTEs, 65 volunteers, 300k€ annual budget. Full digital strategy.
- o Sept 2022 .. : MaRadio.be (Brussels BE) board member. Platform gathering all french speaking Belgian private and public radio stations in order to manager the digital transition. www.maradio.be
- o May 2012 -.. : MyDimm.com (Eupen, BE), Co-founder, 33% shareholder and director. Pioneer start-up in the design, manufacture and delivery of online custom-made furniture; Fast, qualitative and cheap. More than 3m€ cumulated sales. www.mydimm.com
- o Oct 2015 ..: Yago (Brussels BE), 3% shareholder, first digital platform to simplify, optimise and manage personal insurance online in Belgium. Already more than 10.000+ customers. www.yago.be
• Charities
- o egliseinfo.be (Saive BE), founder, geo-app for masstimes in BE, 2.500 churches, 1 million queries per year
- o Sanctuaire de sainte Julienne de Cornillon, anno 1116, (Liège, BE), MD, creation of a beguinage next to the poor clares monastery, revival of the site, activities for kids and youth. www.saintejulienne.org
- o Jun 2014 ..: KTO TV (Paris, F), 24/7 french speaking catholic TV on cable & satellite www.ktotv.com
- o Apr 2016 ..: SAJE Cinema (Paris, F), board member. Movie distributor www.sajedistribution.com
PAST MANDATES AND EXITS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Feb 2018 Dec 2021: Noshaq Independent Director & Member of the Audit Committee, Liège (B) Regional investment holding company controlled by the government. AUM 500m€, stakes in 400 companies. www.noshaq.be
- Oct 2013 Jul 2019: X-RIS (X-Ray Imaging Solutions) Shareholder, Director & Financial Advisor Herstal (B) Pioneering start-up in X-ray based industrial imaging solutions and systems. www.xris.eu Exit with 5x valuation.
- Jan 2014 Mar 2019: PhysIOL Shareholder, Board Chairman Angleur (B) www.physiol.eu Leader in the manufacture and sale of intraocular implants with optical correction. Sales 70m, EBIT 65%. Sold with x7 valuation to BVI Medical.
- Feb 2014 May 2015: XL Video Independent Board Member next to GIMV Oostende (B) Leader in the rental of display solutions and systems for events and trade shows. Sold to world leader PRG Media. www.xlvideo.com
FULL-TIME OPERATIONAL COMMITMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nov2001- EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT SA (HQ Liège) – World Leader – TV Technology Dec2013: 2013 sales €128m ; EBIT margin 44% ; 95% export sales – www.evs.com
2% shareholder, board member, CFO & EVP Corporate Services - World leader in IT and electronic systems for live TV production; listed group. Participated in the development of a company with 70 employees and sales of EUR 30 million in 2001 to a group with 500 employees and sales of EUR 128 million in 2013, EBITDA margin of 44%. Stock price from 2.7 EUR to 55.0 EUR at my leave. Set-up of 10+ foreign affiliates. 100+ roadshows in EU and USA. 2009 CFO of the year.
Nov01-Apr13 : dcinex S.A., now part of Eclair (Liège) – Digital Cinema European leader – 41% EVS affiliate (EVS affiliate) 2013 sales €94m and EBITDA margin of 30% - www.dcinex.com, now https://cinemanext.com Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, representing EVS
2 % shareholder, Creation, development and consolidation of a pioneer player in the digitization of 10.000 cinemas in Europe. Challenge was to replace the 35 mm rolls by a digital platform. Invention of the VPF third party financing model. Securing 400m EUR debt facility and VPF agreements with Hollywood majors.
- Apr97-Nov01 : RTL GROUP – European leader in TV and Radio Luxembourg Holding, Hilversum, Bruxelles Finance Controller for International TV & Radio Operations - Project Manager Participation in Bel RTL / Radio Contact merger; IP Advertising acquisition www.rtl.com
- Sep93–Apr97: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS - AUDIT - Luxembourg (L) Advanced Audit Senior Audit of banks, life insurance companies, investment funds, industrial companies, Luxembourg main Hospital. www.pwc.com
PROFILE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sep88-Jun93: Master's Degree in Commercial Engineering (Magna cum laude), Ulg-HEC Liège (B) Jan91-Jun91: Erasmus RijksUniversiteit Maastricht (NL), Bedrijfseconomie Languages: French: native, English: fluent, Dutch: fluent, German: everyday and negotiations
Family, friends, real estate development, walk, nature, guitar, video and creative editing, 30 sheeps https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacques-galloy-b480471/