Lieven Lambecht

HR Business partner to John Elkins for all the international regions: • HR end responsibility for all international businesses for First Data (EMEA, APAC, LAC) in a fully matrixed organization • Responsible for all Talent interventions (recruitment, assessment, development, promotion, succession, rotation and exit) • Promoting the matrixed management structure across the globe • Strategic human capital programs to increase Ebitda yoy

Global responsibility for Talent Management: Rebuilding the Center of Excellence by creating, designing and renewing the complete suite of Talent Management tools, processes and learning & development practices. focused on the following 6 subjects: 1. Learning & Development 2. Leadership Development 3. Performance Management 4. Succession planning and rotation 5. Talent Reviews 6. Employee Engagement

HR Business partner to David Yates: • HR end responsibility for all international businesses for First Data (EMEA, APAC, LAC) • Integration (processes, programs and culture) of multiple national payments businesses into First Data to achieve 10% improvement year on year on all business KPI’s. • Responsible for all Talent interventions (recruitment, assessment, development, promotion, succession, rotation and exit) • Global Change Management programs (i.e. global pay structure)

Full responsibility of all HR functions in EMEA: • Rebuilt and recruited the complete senior EMEA management team comprising the best industry professionals drawn from a cross-section of European nationalities. • Managed multiple M&A activities in the UK, Germany, Holland, Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Greece, Russia, Lithuania and Latvia from an HR work stream standpoint, integrating over 10 companies with a total of 4,000 employees in 4 years. • Established European HR team of 85 professionals in over 10

Implemented Talent Management strategy and processes as account partner for Western Union International headquartered in Paris, while reporting into the central corporate First Data OD function. Organized and facilitated Talent Forums across the globe, working with senior management to operationalize the human capital strategy. I introduced Talent assessment systems and methodology, designed individual development plans, etc… • Developed HR generalist toolkit and development curriculum based functional (ha

Full responsibility of all HR functions in EMEA. • Responsible for the start-up of Western Union in EMEA, building over 30 offices in EMEA, recruiting 500 people in 3 years, building a team from scratch of 20 hr professionals, located in Brussels, Vienna, Paris and Moscow. • Hired and built the core management team and strongly influenced the business strategy in Europe. • Decentralized the Middle Eastern business run from Paris into Dubai and the African business run from Paris into Casablanca, Morocco