Antal France

Laurent SOLOME is an Industrial Engineering Engineer (EIGSI class of 98) and for 15 years held operational management positions in companies such as SNC-LAVALIN, ENGIE, FAURECIA, etc. He has notably been Tier 1 Plant Manager, Managing Director and Director of European Development, which gives him extensive experience in the field and in-depth knowledge of the automotive and rail businesses. His varied background enables him to have a strong technical and managerial culture.

Executive Research 

In Banking, Insurance & Finance

With more than 20 years as Senior Executive in international business, including almost 10 years as C.O.O in skincare industry, Pierre-Yves has a successful proven track record in leadership, strategy, business development, marketing & sales, coaching, change management, hiring in different regions, familiar with multicultural and cross functional environment. He has also successfully launched B2C and BtoB websites in the cosmetics industry.

Jane DENG, executive recruiter, native from China, with MBA specialized in marketing and master’s degree in polymer science, has 10 years working experiences in chemical – Composite FRP industry. Have worked as R&D engineer, product manager and business development manager in multinational company. She focuses on sectors such as R&D, project and product management for industry. Having worked in both Shanghai and Paris, Jane provides the clients with more international vision. She has wide connection with talents from US, China and other Asia countries.

Managing Partner - Senior Executive Recruiter  |  Biochemicals & Composite specialist

Arnaud SPORTOUCH, executive recruiter, native French, has more than 25 years' experience in multinational chemical industry ASLAND PERFORMANCE MATERIAL, as a global business/Product director. He has an Engineer degree in plastic/thermoset process as well as an executive business MBA program in Marketing & Strategy at Kellogg (School of Management) of Northwestern University. He has extensive experiences in leadership, strategy, business development, marketing & sales in different regions. Furthermore, working with professionals globally he is very familiar with a multicultural working environment. He could help the enterprises to recruit in regions with different cultures.

Stéphane has degrees in Business Control, Audit and Finance, graduated from the University of Lyon. He has made his career in several sectors: freight transport, plastic industry, chemical industry, environmental industry, and last but longest in technical services to the real estate sector.
He held positions such as Business Controller, Credit Manager or CFO, and he was then CEO for 17 years of several entities.
His technical, managerial and varied background gives him a great expertise to understand the needs of his clients and to identify the most relevant candidates.

Managing Partner - Senior Executive Recruiter  |  Real Estate & Construction

Jean-Marc VANDEKERKHOVE Managing Partner Discover the talents of the energy and ecological transition: +33 607 842 648  |  [email protected]

Jean-Marc VANDEKERKHOVE, PhD, has dedicated 35 years of his professional life to environmental protection. Within a large international group, in France and abroad (Spain, Japan, Saudi Arabia), Jean-Marc has developed activities in new businesses and by innovating in organisations, with a constant concern for sustainable growth. Since 2012, Jean-Marc revealed his taste for entrepreneurship with the creation of a consulting company specialised in strategy and business transfer and is still active, then co-founding two start-ups dedicated to the development of disruptive technologies related to sustainable development. In 2020, Jean-Marc joined the ANTAL network to develop the "environmental services and renewable energy" activities.

Frédéric is an Engineer of the Polytechnic Engineering School of Montpellier (specialized in infrastructures and water sciences) with a strong “25 years” experience of management in different engineering companies (BRL Ingénierie, TPF Group) specialized in Building, Infrastructures, Water and Environnement. He started his career as Project Manager and he successively held positions as Business Development Manager, Commercial Director, General Manger and CEO. He has profound experiences in leadership, strategy, business development, marketing & sales in different regions worldwide (Africa, Europe, China), familiar with multicultural working environment.  Including ability to deal with a wide range of people of different background and culture, in a caring and professional manner.

Marie-Hélène is a Senior Recruiter specialised in IT.
From IT managers and experts across sectors to Sales and Marketing, Finance or General Managers in the IT industry.
She started her career with HP where she stayed over 10 years and then joined several large international software companies such as IBM, Progress Software and Opentext. She also worked with small start-ups.
Marie-Hélène held various responsibility roles at national and international level, from Key Account Manager to VP Sales and Marketing and Country Director.
She has developed a strong knowledge and vision of the market, as well as an extensive network.
Over the years, she has built loyal and pragmatic candidate/clients relationships, with a deep sense of trust and integrity.
Marie-Hélène graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce d'Amiens-Picardie after a preparation HEC and is bilingual French/English. 

Laurent Suspène, Managing Partner of Antal International in Bordeaux office.

I have a PhD in Polymer Chemistry and more than 25 years working internationally at executive level in the Chemical industry. I have a vast experience in Management, R&D, Production, Sales & Marketing, Business Development as well as M&A and restructuration. 

I have lived and worked in multinational as well as privately owned companies in different countries and regions of the world: France, USA, Spain, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Shanghai and I am quite familiar with practices and cultural differences.

I have a deep understanding of the different roles one can find in a chemical company because at one point of time or another, I either occupied it myself or I have directly managed people in that position. Over the years, I have had to recruit myself many people for a lot of different positions and with the support of the Antal International Network I am totally confident with the fact that I can help companies improve their fortune by hiring the right individuals they need to be successful.