Our people

With a Master’s degree in Social & Human Sciences from the University of Paris V, Urszula began her career in recruiting at a firm specialized in the pharmaceutical industry.
In 2010, she joined Hudson Global Resources, where she focused on headhunting for upper and middle management positions in the fields of retail, distribution and industry.

She joined Valtus in 2018.
Urszula is in charge of Sales Directors, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officers.

A graduate of ESC Lille, Florence began her career in B to B HR benefits, working in business development and marketing. She joined Valtus in 2003, creating the Talent Team in 2006.

Florence is in charge of CEOs and Managing Directors.

Graduated from EDHEC Business School and certified by IFA-Sciences Po Paris, Isabelle Couturet has built her career within renowned groups in the luxury, watchmaking, and cosmetics industries before taking on the role of President Europe at the Japanese group Seiko. She also created and developed her own cosmetics brand, giving her a 360° perspective on transformation and innovation challenges.

Isabelle has led major restructuring projects, including production relocation and supply chain optimization, digitalization of offerings and organizations, as well as the integration of new ERP systems and AI tools. Her experience also spans international development, commercial optimization, and brand repositioning.

Isabelle joined Valtus in 2025.

Frédérique holds a Master’s degree in Business Law from Paris V. With 20 years of experience in recruitment, she began her career at a major temporary employment company, where she spent 10 years developing the recruitment business by combining sales and recruitment roles. She then continued her career at an executive search firm specializing in the IT sector, focusing on the recruitment of expert managers and senior executives. She later turned to Executive Interim Management within a recruitment consulting group.

Frédérique joined the Valtus Talent Team in 2025, where she leverages her expertise to strengthen the General Management, Sales Management & Quality practices.

Graduated with a Master’s degree in Human and Social Sciences from Paris V, Hermine began her career in Executive Search. With 25 years of experience in the search and selection of senior executives for all types of companies, regardless of shareholding and business sector. She joined the Valtus Managers Team in 2024 and is in charge of the CFO function.

Didier Cohen has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of new technologies and expertise in the telecoms, software, and cybersecurity sectors.

A graduate of the École Polytechnique and Télécom Paris, Didier Cohen has held various management positions in major international groups including Nokia and Oberthur Technologies (now Idémia), as well as strategy and business unit management positions in French technology companies. He also founded and managed a consulting firm specializing in strategy and organization for the technology and industrial sectors.

Didier joined Valtus in 2024.

Murielle holds a Degree in International Business from Caen University. She began her career as a Marketing and Communications Director within international groups and start-ups in the Insurance, High-Technology and Luxury sectors. In 2005, she moved into Executive Search and specialized in direct approach and evaluation of top managers for French and International client companies in many sectors. She joined Valtus in 2016.

Murielle is in charge of Chief Operations Officers (COO), R&D Directors and Marketing Directors.

Graduated with a Master’s degree in History from La Sorbonne, Céline began her career in the communication sector. With 25 years of experience in recruitment, she worked extensively as a consultant in Executive Search firms, supporting clients in the Industry, Operations, and Technical Services sectors. In 2017, she joined an HR Tech scale-up as a Talent Acquisition Manager. At the end of 2024, Céline joined the Managers Division at Valtus, where she is responsible for the Information Systems Management function.

Holding a Law Degree from Université Paris II Assas, Béatrice started as an in-house lawyer within an insurance group. After a year as an MP Assistant, she joined a cabinet specialized in executive search. She has more than 25 years’ experience in middle and top management Executive Search across all business sectors. She joined Valtus in 2014.

Béatrice is in charge of HR Directors, Legal Directors, and Communications Directors.

Isabelle Obrecht began her career in Human Resources by holding operational and strategic positions at Mondelez, l’Oréal, Accenture and Roche pharmaceutical laboratories.

At L’Oréal, she took the opportunity to enrich her HR career with experience in sales as Key Account Manager, developing the L’Oréal Paris brand with perfume chains.

For 6 years, she strengthened her expertise in change management as HR Director in charge of the retail activities of the Richemont Group’s watch and jewelry subsidiaries in France, by leading the luxury business transformation project.

Over the past 4 years, she has successfully carried out several transitional HRD assignments for SMEs under LBO (BPI, Parella, Talentia and then Nuxe) in various contexts: turnaround strategies, restructuring or strong growth.

Isabelle has been enthusiastically accompanying decision-makers of SMEs, ETIs and subsidiaries of international groups in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical, luxury brands, retail and consulting sectors for over 20 years. She joins Valtus in 2022.

Emmanuel has more than 25 years of experience as a business leader, mainly in the health and software sectors, in growth, fundraising, internationalization, and turnaround contexts. In particular, he developed the company Elan Software, a publisher of solutions for the Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics and Biotechnology industries in Europe; he then settled in the United States for several years to create and develop the American subsidiary by setting up commercial organizations for direct and indirect sales.

Emmanuel then ensured business growth in Europe and the Middle East of SkyRecon, publisher of cybersecurity solutions for private banks, the arms industry, and other sensitive sectors. From 2009, he continued his career in the health field and took over the management of Isipharm, the technological subsidiary of the Astera group, the first cooperative of pharmacists in Europe, then of Smart Rx, the Cegedim group Pharmacy BU. Between 2013 and 2015, he held the position of Vice-President of Feima, a federation representing the major players in health solutions which participates and contributes to exchanges for the evolution of the care system.

Entrepreneur, administrator of the FrenchTech Rouen Normandy, Emmanuel took part in the development of several startups such as Dolipharm or WhyMe and co-founded and chaired Calicea, a tissue regeneration cosmetic laboratory dedicated to the anti-aging market.

He joined Valtus in 2022.

After completing engineering studies at ISAE-SUPAERO, Claudie started her career in the aerospace industry at Airbus D&S, before working for IT consulting companies such as Apside, and engineering consulting companies including Altran.

For 20 years, she focused on P&L management, key account management and international business development in the aviation, aerospace, defense, rail and energy industries, bringing clients her experience in implementing innovative operational solutions to boost performance. Later, as Managing Director, she reorganized and diversified an oil and gas company after its takeover by Akka Technologies. Claudie joined Valtus in 2018.

Of Russian origin, Tamara began her career at Deloitte in Russia.

In 2000, she shifted her focus to Executive Search and for more than twenty years she has worked for Anglo-Saxon firms. She has conducted assignments at the senior level using the direct approach for international companies in various sectors.

She joined the Talent team at Valtus in 2022.

Tamara is in charge of the financial and COO / Sevices functions.

Graduated from a degree in Training Engineering, she began her career in headhunting in the construction sector.
She joined Morgan Philips Hudson where she progressed to a training manager position.

She joined Valtus in 2019.
Tatiana is in charge of the manager data quality.

A graduate of IGS Business School Paris, Shirley Michel served as an Administrative Manager in the luxury hospitality industry before joining Valtus in 2014 as a HR Assistant.

With a degree in Digital HR Management, Sarah started her career as a consultant in an international recruitment firm. Then, she joined several IT companies where she trained and specialized in Cloud and Data.

She has more than 10 years of experience in direct search recruitment of executives and managers.

She joined the Valtus Talent team in 2023.

Sarah is in charge of the Information Systems Management (ISM) function.

A graduate of the EDHEC business school in France, Frédéric began his career at Michelin where he was Regional Director for a number of international subsidiaries. He then joined Sodexho heading up international development of Motivational Solutions, and ran the Africa region.

He joined Valtus in 2009.

Graduated from Sciences Po Paris, Yann-Etienne Le Gall has over 30 years of experience in Human Resources.

He began his international career at Schlumberger, where he held various positions within the Human Resources department, before joining Forvia, formerly Faurecia, as Vice President in charge of HR development. He then became HR Director of Groupe Rocher, where he took part in transforming the group into the first mission-driven company before being appointed Deputy Managing Director.

He joined Valtus in 2023.

A graduate of the HEC business school in France, and Chartered Accountant, Thierry began his career at Arthur Andersen, where he specialized in mergers & acquisitions and corporate restructuring. After creating and selling his own company, he held various senior management positions including at Atos Origin.

He later developed an independent practice in restructuring and turnaround.

He joined Valtus in 2009.

Olivier has more than 25 years of management experience, including 15 years as CEO. He has over 20 years of international experience within large international groups, in the cybersecurity, telecommunications, Smart Grid and energy sectors.

He led transformation, business development and partnership programs before joining Valtus in 2023.