Shareholding structure and governance

Sylvestre Blavet

CEO

Graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering from HEI Lille in 1994, Sylvestre Blavet set up two companies between 1994 and 2000, one specialising in wine-making equipment and the other in providing personnel for fish processing. In 2000, he joined Atos as an IT consultant and moved to Dassault Systèmes in 2002, where he took charge of in-house training in 2004.

In 2006, he teamed up with the Billette de Villemeur family in its holding company Groupe CBV Ingénierie and became the company’s chief executive. He turned around its fortunes by ceasing its telecommunications activities and developing its technical assistance services. Then in 2009/2010, he developed its umbrella company services by acquiring SAGE and Ad’missions.

Sylvestre Blavet has been the CEO at Freelance.com since 26 January 2019. He is also the chairman of Groupe CBV Ingénierie, which is the main shareholder in Freelance.com.

Yassir Khalid

Lead Director

The holder of a degree from HEC Paris and an executive MBA from Columbia University/London Business School, Yassir Khalid has fourteen years of experience in investment banking, including stints at Leonardo & Co and Crédit Suisse. His various missions have led to him specialising in the telecoms and digital sectors.

These days, Yassir advises and invests in growing companies (raising funds, development)

Mohamed Benboubker

Director

An engineer by training, Mohamed worked in marketing at Procter&Gamble before joining Unilever as financial controller.

In 2000, he set up the Moroccan subsidiary of Freelance.com which specialises in public IT systems, and since 2010 he has developed new recruitment and temporary employment activities with the company.

Olivier Martin

Director

Having studied management (Groupe ESC Reims-NEOMA) and applied mathematics, Olivier Martin embarked on his career in 1995 in the media world, first at Grap&Gides in Lille, and then at Carat in Paris, where he founded Carat Business in 2002. From 2007 onwards, he spent 5 years at the French online marketing company Webloyalty, working with e-commerce experts and internet users and developing customer loyalty tools for platforms.

In July 2012, he joined AD’Missions as their chief executive, and under his leadership the company’s turnover grew from €45M to €90M until it merged with Freelance.com. Olivier Martin is also the treasurer of PEPS, the trade union for umbrella companies.

Jérôme Teissier

Director

A graduate of Paris IX Dauphine University, Jérôme Teissier began his career in the accounts department of Groupe Hachette and then joined Banque de Marché et d’Arbitrages, where he was responsible for financial markets. Convinced that the profitability of companies depends on the management of contracts, he founded the company Legisway, in which Société Générale and Thalès became shareholders in 2000. This partnership gave birth to Contrat’tech, the first ERP software for managing contracts, disputes, signing authorities, intellectual property and stakeholdings. Contrat’tech rapidly became one of the benchmark contract management software packages.

In 2015, Jérôme Teissier acquired all the share capital in Legisway and offered staff the opportunity to acquire shares in the company.

Claude Tempé

Director

Claude Tempé is a graduate from the University of Paris Dauphine and holds an applied mathematics postgraduate diploma. He started in Ernst & Young consulting firm where he led significant projects to elaborate information systems for major companies. He launched his very own consulting firm in 2000, entitled CARTEM Conseil. He sold his company afterwards, to the ALTI Group in 2003 while 40 people were still working for him. He then became Deputy General Director of this company, revenue estimated at 120 M€ at that time and had 1200 employees. 

Claude Tempé came to Freelance.com Group in 2015 as the CEO until 2018. Today, he wears many different hats as he is the Vice President, the Senior Advisor and the Spokesperson of the Group.