At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Paris based CFO’ operating in the Enterprise space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Pascal Daloz
CFO of Dassault Systemes
Pascal Daloz is Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Market Development at Dassault Systèmes. He has over ten years of experience in strategy and previously worked for investment banking and consulting firms, including four years at Credit Suisse First Boston Technology Group, where he served as a senior technology analyst, and five years at Arthur D. Little, where he was a senior consultant and member of Arthur D. Little’s Technology Innovation Management team. He joined Dassault Systèmes in 2001 to develop the company’s presence in PLM markets as Research & Development Director in charge of business development, and was nominated Vice President of Strategy and Business Development in 2003.
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About Dassault Systemes, Dassault Systemes: Dassault Systemes provides project lifecycle management solutions that enable businesses to create and share experiences in 3D.
Marie Best
CFO of Mirakl
Marie joined Mirakl’s team as VP Finance. Prior to Mirakl, Marie worked for Fnac Darty, which leverages the marketplace business model and is one of Europe’s most innovative retailers. At Fnac Darty, Marie held several roles including CFO for Switzerland and Director of Financial Reporting for France. Earlier in her career, Marie spent 10 years at Deloitte focused on financial audits, financial operations, acquisitions and IPOs.
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About Mirakl: Mirakl is an enterprise marketplace solution helping brands and retailers to launch and grow an enterprise marketplace at scale.
Pierre-Yves Roizot
CFO of Mooncard
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About Mooncard: Mooncard is a corporate payment card that automates the management of expense claims and business expenses.
Olivier Laroche
Chief Financial Officer of Tinubu Square
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About Tinubu Square: Tinubu Square develops trade credit management solutions for corporate customers, receivables, financing institutions, and credit insurers.

Philippe Mechanick
CFO of Scality
Philippe Mechanick has over 30 years of experience in finance,mostly working within the high technology industry.He is the chief financial officer of [Scality](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/scality#/entity), a venture-backed software company that solves problems associated with large-scale storage management and infrastructure. Mechanick’s career has included positions at Ernst & Young, Unisys, and Goal Systems International, where he held the role of international finance director. He also served Sapiens International Corporation, Nat Systems, PolySpace Technologies, Nemoptic, and Volubill, holding positions as chief financial officer. Previously, he held senior finance roles at UB Networks. Mechanick obtained his bachelor’s degree from Rouen Business School.
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About Scality: Scality is a venture-backed software company that solves problems associated with large-scale storage management and infrastructure.

Philippe Gangneux
Chief Financial Officer of Sidetrade
Philippe Gangneux is a graduate of the ISG business school in France and also holds a Master’s degree in mergers and acquisitions. Over the past 20 years, he has held a variety of financial management positions within several international, high-growth information technology companies. As Group CFO, he is responsible for global finance and administration operations and has set up and implemented a financial strategy to support Sidetrade growth and development. Philippe is therefore involved in steering the company’s vision and managing its day-to-day operations – both of which are key factors for the Group’s development and success.
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About Sidetrade: Sidetrade’s AI-powered Order-to-Cash Platform helps companies improve revenue, grow profitability and optimize working capital

Ethan Beardsley
CMO and CFO of Opencell Software
Ethan Beardsley– COO & Co-Founder Ethan has over 25 years of experience in finance, business development and marketing in large companies and startups in the IT and media sector. Prior to starting several digital media startups, he spent ten years at Disney in senior finance and business development roles, most recently as VP Business Development for Southern Europe. An American national, he holds a BA in English Literature from Wesleyan University and is a graduate in Finance & Economics from Sciences Po in Paris.
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About Opencell Software: Opencell is an agile monetization platform that lets you manage your customer lifecycle from start to finish on a single platform.
Aurélie Brun
CFO of Saagie
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About Saagie: Saagie provides a ready to go DataOps Orchestrator.