WeNold - Unlocking Human Capital: Reputable, committed, and experienced executives over the age of 45 (CEOs, senior executives, operational executives, and key contributors) in France and internationally.
Reputable, committed, and experienced executives.

Authenticity – High Standards – Depth
Discernment – Alignment 

 

Overthe course of his 38-yearcareer in senior leadership roles in R&D, marketing, and innovation, Gilles Colas des Francs has built a career marked by his leadership in driving complex transformations within major industrial groups. 

In particular, between 2019 and 2024, he led the Michelin Group’s “Artificial Intelligence” transformation—a formative experience that profoundly shaped his vision of AI. 

Gilles develops a core conviction: artificial intelligence truly transforms an organization only when it enhances human dynamics, empowers people to take action, and is part of a meaningful collective endeavor. 

Gradually, this journey led Gilles to become a consultant, so he could put his expertise to work for companies and organizations undergoing complex transformations.
There, he supports multidisciplinary and multicultural teams, helping them work better together, rebuild strong collective dynamics, and restore meaning to their work. 

Through WeNold, Gilles harnesses Artificial Intelligence to support committed, accomplished, and experienced women and men whose essential driving forces—confidence, purpose, and enthusiasm—have been weakened. 
He brings his expertise in ethical and humanistic AI to enrich WeNold’s coaching practices. 

 Gilles places particular importance on the quality of the relationship, convinced that this is where true transformation begins. 

Its uniqueness:

Harness artificial intelligence to support human judgment—as a catalyst for new possibilities—to help solid career paths, which may sometimes be undermined by circumstances, find new direction through a purposeful, committed, and meaningful career plan. 

An entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience and several business startups and acquisitions to his credit, Bruno Albanese supports the launch and/or development of entrepreneurial projects as well as the adoption of intrapreneurial mindsets throughout the country.

A lawyer by training, Bruno first served as Director of Communications at Lamy Legal Publishing for six years before founding his first company, which specialized in organizing and managing content for major professional events (the Entrepreneurs’ Expo, the Shareholders’ Expo, and the National Congress of Certified Public Accountants).

He has also helped build entrepreneurial ecosystems in collaboration with the government (Ministry of Defense) and private-sector companies (ADEO Group, Campus Entrepreneur by Weldom, Decathlon).

Bruno has been leading Ressource Nouvelle for 15 years; the company's mission is to identify and develop entrepreneurial potential.

Listed in the BPI training catalog for the past two years, the teaching method he developed has been used to help more than 1,500 people successfully start or take over a business.

An expert in identifying intra- and inter-organizational dynamics, Bruno develops educational content and, each year, trains and mentors a large number of executives, managers, and project leaders.

Building on the methodology developed by Ressource Nouvelle, Bruno brings real added value to WeNold:

- Its unique expertise in helping experienced executives transform their assets (established professional network, recognized expertise, credibility and reputation, and decision-making maturity) into a viable entrepreneurial venture, and in training managers within their companies to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset.

- His ability to turn these assets into concrete and fulfilling projects.

- His firm belief: "Entrepreneurship has become a way of life, not just a professional status."

What sets him apart:
Bruno doesn't teach entrepreneurship; he brings out the entrepreneur that already exists within you.

And turns age into a competitive advantage for entrepreneurs.

Trust - Listen - Meaning

Getting into motion - Courage - Balance

 

Dedicated to freeing the potential of individuals and organizations since 1995, Nathalie Steinberg has accompanied more than 4,000 people and 300 organizations of all sizes, in French, English and Spanish, family groups and federations including ENGIE, AXA, CEMOI, BALGUERIE, AGROTRADE, CHATARD and the French Rugby Federation, in the most delicate and structuring phases of their lives.

Nathalie specializes in the development of management teams, the deployment of leadership skills and the adjustment of soft skills to the cultural context of companies. She also trains current and future managers in ethical and responsible management.

An expert in Appreciative Approach, Systemic, CNV, NLP, Hypnosis, Mental Field, 7 Laws of Living, PFPI©, T.O.B., relational and organizational systems coaching, Nathalie has also co-created a support system for organizations wishing to embark on the path of responsibility and sustainability: SWITTCH™.

Sensitive to human relations, and having been coached and supervised for 30 years, her human experience fosters a constructive and efficient spirit for WeNold, enabling the desired developments and the release of potential.

In order to achieve her full potential, Nathalie spent four-fifths of her career as an executive in higher education, at an international consulting firm, and then as a freelancer.
She thus brings a deep understanding of the challenges of balancing personal and professional life and of the conditions needed to ensure that well-being at work becomes a source of fulfillment. 

Its uniqueness:

His hypersensitivity enables him to understand the nature of the dynamics at play and to identify the levers that need to be activated to enable the individual and/or the organization to take swift and appropriate action in line with the defined objectives.

Ethics - Professionalism - Social commitment Public service - Versatility

 

Lucy Veisblat, bi-national and bilingual in English and French, has spent her career in the private and public sectors, working as an employee and entrepreneur, managing teams and consulting.  

A graduate of Sciences Po Paris, Lucy first opted for the private sector, working for an international IT group.

Responsible for documentation and internationalization of applications, she has supervised multilingual and multinational teams and trained in management techniques.

Lucy went on to create her own technical writing services company, surrounded by a network of freelance consultants. 

Her teaching experience in a master's degree in technical communication introduced her to the world of universities, and in particular to student life and studies, a world in which she has since evolved as manager of teams ranging from 35 to 120 staff, from different professional categories and backgrounds, but all driven by the same sense of public service, for the benefit of students. 

Since 2022, Lucy has been working with universities as a consultant, helping them to implement their strategic orientations, reorganize or create new departments, train public sector employees in management, simplify procedures and draw up master plans.

Its uniqueness:

Lucy is convinced of the need to value the experience of seasoned staff and to support them within the WeNold team as they enter the second phase of their professional lives, fostering personal fulfillment and ensuring the transfer of knowledge to future generations. 

Humanism - Pragmatism - Psychology 

Creativity - Movement dynamics - Joy

 

Expert in Human Capital development, Jérôme Marczak has spent 15 years as an expert in communication and information to support performance, cohesion and synergies within companies.

Particularly in internal communications, HR projects and change management.

Business leader, consultant, revealer of human potential and mentor to entrepreneurs since 2009, Jérôme is a certified Executive Coach at HEC Paris, and has worked with major international groups, start-ups in their development phase, project leaders in their creation phase, company directors, national associations and executives undergoing professional development.

Trained and initiated in the disciplines of Behavioral Biology, Process Communication, NLP, narrative practices, the systemic approach, transformative and creative writing, Jérôme brings to WeNold his expertise in two high-stake areas for companies: transmission of human capital & professional repositioning of experienced executives.

• How can we create the best conditions for the transmission and sustainability of knowledge?
• How can we make intergenerational communication more effective and efficient?
• How can you align your career and life plans to reposition yourself as a source of success and fulfillment?

These are all questions that call on Jérôme's qualities: psychological finesse, respect for otherness, experience in coaching and knowledge of organizational systems.

Its uniqueness:

A combination of recognized expertise in editorial communication and talent development. As a content creator, author, and writing workshop facilitator, Jérôme Marczak has turned this expertise into a tool for mentoring, fostering creativity, and bringing social issues to the forefront.

Always at the service of human development.

Ethics - Courage - Professionalism 

Loyalty - Intuition - Efficiency

 

Trained as a mechanical engineer, Jean-François Foucard has spent his entire career with Dassault Systèmes, one of France's leading technology companies, where he progressed from specialist to manager.

His professional development led him to obtain a Master's degree in HR , and to work for almost 30 years within a trade union organization, both inside and outside Dassault Systèmes.

This enabled him to deal with all aspects of workplace relations and representation on both company and employee sides.

Over 20 years' experience of working at national level for various joint bodies has given him a thorough understanding of the issues, obstacles and opportunities involved in perfecting professional development, while taking into account the societal benefits of such an approach.

Jean-François spent almost 20 years negotiating training and employment issues at inter-professional level, and became convinced that the activity rate of experienced people was not only the keystone of our social system, but also of our society. A society that will only become sustainable if the management of employees within companies becomes a sustainable management of human resources.  

During this period, Jean-François acquired a keen understanding of the challenges of career paths and working conditions with a view to making them more fulfilling.

So with WeNold, Jean-François has decided to put his experience, his passion for people, his intuition and his engineering standards to work to build customized solutions that enable experienced executives to pursue a chosen and sustainable career path.

What makes it unique:

His in-depth knowledge of the various systems available to companies and employees regarding career development—having negotiated them, and in some cases even helped design them—and his ability to guide companies and employees in adopting them.

Creativity - Boldness - Commitment

Ethics - Transmission

Resilience - Innovation

Blandine Mercier spent 15 years in the world of communications and advertising, notably as Managing Director of the Marcel agency (Publicis Group).
There, Blandine supported major brands and scale-ups in their digital strategy, transformation and international expansion.

This career path has led her to lead multidisciplinary teams and pilot ambitious, high-impact projects, nurturing 3 convictions: high standards, agility and transmission.

In 2024, with over 20 years' experience behind her, Blandine decided to create Hello Masters, a professional network and digital hub dedicated to experienced executives.
Her mission: to respond to a major challenge facing society - the demographic transition of talent - by enhancing the career paths of those who still have so much to contribute.

Hello Masters brings together the experts, resources and solutions needed to meet the specific challenges of the second half of one's career: career transition, entrepreneurship, transmission, health, retirement, governance and consulting.

As founder, Blandine surrounds herself with a committed team, leads advocacy campaigns, builds bridges between generations and organizations, and designs concrete solutions to empower experienced managers.

This new professional chapter has taught him the power of storytelling, the importance of active listening and the power of the collective.

Its uniqueness:

The story of a visionary entrepreneur who turns convictions into action.

Like WeNold, social impact and the transformation of business models fuel his energy and his taste for projects with high human value.

Endurance - Commitment - Integrity Empathy - Courage - Loyalty 

Sense of service - Perseverance

Bicultural, Franco-German, it was only natural that François Picquerey should turn his attention to international business.

François has had the pleasure of accompanying French companies of all sizes on all 5 continents for 20 years.

Working with people from different backgrounds and cultures was the first asset of his profession.

As a result, François has developed and acquired a keen ability to listen and adapt to find the right levers to arouse his customers' interest in targeted markets.

To build on the spirit of service he has always demonstrated, he decided to branch out into a new field to learn a new trade: In 2020, François opened his own insurance agency specializing in personal insurance.

Since then, an accomplished man in all respects, he has supported employees, the self-employed, company directors and their staff on subjects such as :

-Mutuelle santé ;

-Prévoyance (protection for the insured, his family and his company in the event of unforeseen events);

Retirement (preparing a tax-optimized supplement to retirement income) ;

-Savings (to prepare a project or optimize the transfer of an estate).

At WeNold, François explores all these topics through a “tailor-made” social and financial assessment that he conducts to gain a precise picture, at a given moment, of the client’s situation (are all their needs in the event of life’s uncertainties adequately covered, etc.).

Its uniqueness:

Practical solutions tailored to the needs of the individuals we support, within their budget, while ensuring that we provide them with regular check-ins to adjust the recommended solutions as needed.

Active listening - Open-mindedness

Empathy - Pragmatism - Enthusiasm

With over 25 years' experience in a wide variety of demanding environments (banking, consulting, events, luxury goods, business travel), Philippe Gauthier's career path has gradually focused onhuman support and human resources, following a number of development management positions (sales, marketing and HR).

Since 2017, Philippe has devoted his energy to bringing out the best in people and organizations, with the following strengths:

• multi-sectoral and multicultural experience that nurtures its understanding of business lines and corporate dynamics;
• proven experience in supporting executives, managers and employees in sensitive contexts (redundancy plans, retraining, mobility, cultural transformation);
• mastery of complex HR systems, combining project management, negotiation and coordination of multidisciplinary teams;
• a strong conviction: the sustainable performance of an organization depends above all on the quality of human relations, listening and trust.

It was therefore only natural that, in 2022, he became Associate Director of the Human Resources Group's Transition Management business - Grant Alexander, combining business expertise and human commitment to better support companies in their most strategic transformation phases.

Its uniqueness:

Ensure that the technical skills and interpersonal skills of the individual supported by WeNold are perfectly aligned with the company’s needs, so that they can be redeployed to a transitional assignment as the first step toward a permanent position.