{ "name": "Charles Girault", "url": "https://humandirectory.ai/charles-girault", "humanViewUrl": "https://humandirectory.ai/charles-girault", "summary": "Charles Girault is Commercial Director Midwest at Sibelco Group, with past experience at Team for the Planet, FrenchFounders, Covia, studied at HEC Paris.", "bio": "I am a commercial leader currently serving as the Commercial Director for the Midwest region at Sibelco Glass Recycling North America, where I oversee regional strategy, P&L, and supply chain growth. With a background spanning strategic marketing in industrial materials and entrepreneurial ventures, I specialize in driving business development, operational excellence, and market expansion. I am committed to sustainable innovation and am an active investor in initiatives dedicated to fighting global warming.", "socialLinks": [ { "name": "LinkedIn", "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesgirault" } ], "workExperience": [ { "title": "Commercial Director Midwest", "org": "Sibelco Group", "startDate": "2024-11", "endDate": null, "current": true, "description": "Strategic Materials, Inc. (SMI), a Sibelco Group company (acquired in 2024). \nNorth American leader in glass recycling; 40+ sites across North America\n\n- Responsible for the US Midwest Region P&L (9 sites) in partnership with Operations leadership\n- Define and execute regional commercial and growth strategy covering sourcing, pricing, sales allocations, and customer portfolio management\n- Lead, hire, and develop a team of regional sourcing managers, strengthening suppliers retention and growth initiatives across inbound glass streams (Material Recovery Facilities, container, plate, furnace drain glass)\n- Manage customer relationships and negotiate long-term outbound supply and offtake agreements with national glass container and fiberglass manufacturers\n- Direct weekly product allocation and margin optimization, balancing plant capacity, customer commitments, and netback performance\n- Oversee commercial strategy for Ripple Glass collection programs (public drop-off, residential and commercial curbside) across MO and GA\n- Implement commercial excellence initiatives including pricing governance, delivered-cost modeling, segmentation, competitive intelligence, territory mapping and coverage optimization\n- Develop new product offerings through both innovative processes and repurposing of plant equipment capabilities\n- Support executive leadership on company-wide reorganization and transformation initiatives\n- Selected for Sibelco Group Culture Steering Committee" }, { "title": "Investor", "org": "Team for the Planet", "startDate": "2022-10", "endDate": null, "current": true, "description": "Time For The Planet is a non-profit that aims to raise €1Bn to fund 100 companies to fight global warming. \n\nWe are the last generation that can prevent a global climate collapse from happening. Let's act together !\n\nEntrepreneurship at the service of climate emergency.\n\nWe are a non profit organization that creates and invests in companies fighting global warming. Join us !" }, { "title": "Member", "org": "FrenchFounders", "startDate": "2020-03", "endDate": null, "current": true, "description": "" }, { "title": "Strategic Marketing Manager - Performance & Specialty Materials", "org": "Covia", "startDate": "2020-09", "endDate": "2024-11", "current": false, "description": "North America leading supplier of mineral sands. \n\nMarkets: Building Products, Ceramics, Coatings, Glass (Container, Flat, Fiber), Foundry, Polymers, Sports & Rec, Engineered Stone, Silicates\n\n40+ mines and plants.\n\n- Collaborate with EVP, VP of Strategic Marketing and key company leaders to develop, maintain and implement the Industrial Strategic Plan with a focus on growth through application and product development, channels to market, geographic penetration and service offerings\n\n- Structure a competitive market intelligence database on Salesforce maintained by Sales, provide analysis and recommend actions to business unit leaders\n\n- Lead and manage Innovation Stage Gate and marketing voice of the customer processes in partnership with Commercial and Product Development & Innovation teams to identify gaps in Covia’s offering, prioritize new product development activities and launch new products in collaboration with Project Management Office. \nStage Gate components: Addressable Market, Voice of the Customer Needs, Customer Segments, Desired Behaviors, Go To Market, Customer Value Proposition, Technology & Application Development, Market Activation Plan, Operational Capabilities, Risk Analysis & Mitigating Actions, Financial Analysis\n\n- Build business cases and recommendations for the business unit EVP and VP Strategic Marketing\n- Identify M&A targets, business development, product and market adjacencies for the Business Unit\n\n- Evaluate and advocate for opportunity to build a customer portal (time savings, customer survey, operations readiness assessment, costs)\n\n- Develop next best alternative analysis to drive Covia’s strategic pricing center of excellence in collaboration with Strategic Pricing owner and a team of pricing analysts. \n\nProject Management, Business Development and +6 skills" }, { "title": "Country Manager USA", "org": "Belaws", "startDate": "2020-02", "endDate": "2020-09", "current": false, "description": "Lead the platform's expansion in the United States. Expansion was suspended in Q3 2020 due to platform development tech challenges and financing limitations.\n\nBelaws connects entrepreneurs, SMBs and corporations with pre-vetted legal and corporate secretary resources to thrive in the markets where they operate. \n\nWith their Belaws corporate dashboard, clients can manage their legal and corporate secretary information entity by entity, country by country and take action when and where needed.\n\nBelaws was founded in 2017 in Thailand and quickly expanded to Singapore, Hong-Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, France in 2019.\n\nActivities: Business Development & Operations\n- Launched Belaws in California\n- Source, pre-vet and onboard expert lawyers and corporate secretary professionals\n- Source and onboard new clients, build relationships with Belaws clients interested in the US market\n- Set-up strategic partnerships with multiple centers of influence in the United States\n- Redesign the UX and UI of specific parts of the platform to match users’ expectations\n- Reviewed and revised the company's legal documentation\n\nBusiness Development, Digital Marketing and +3 skills" }, { "title": "Co-Founder/Partner", "org": "Hexagon Capital Real Estate Investment Services", "startDate": "2019-06", "endDate": "2020-09", "current": false, "description": "🇫🇷Hexagon Capital offre une gamme de services complète pour accompagner les investisseurs immobiliers dans des projets sur Los Angeles.\n🇺🇸Hexagon Capital offers a complete line of advisory services to assist real estate investors in Los Angeles.\nAll info: www.hexagoncapital.net\n\nBusiness Development, Digital Marketing and +1 skill" }, { "title": "Member", "org": "FRENCH CLUSTER", "startDate": "2019-02", "endDate": "2020-09", "current": false, "description": "French Cluster is a pool of experts created by several French professionals based out of Los Angeles. They have extensive knowledge of the American market and want to offer a unique and original alternative to help the French succeed in California.\n\nFrench Cluster est un pool d’experts français basés à Los Angeles possédant une parfaite connaissance du marché américain et souhaitant proposer une alternative unique et originale, afin d’aider les Français à réussir en Californie.\n\nBusiness Development" }, { "title": "Co-Founder", "org": "From Paris To LA", "startDate": "2018-02", "endDate": "2020-09", "current": false, "description": "Relocated to the US from France and co-founded a boutique tech-powered real estate consulting agency. \nFPTLA used the best search, marketing and data management tools to reach its clients goals in allocated timeframes. \nThe agency shut down mid-2020 due to COVID-19.\n\nSkills: Business Development, Digital Marketing, +2 skills" }, { "title": "Chief Operating Officer", "org": "From Paris To LA", "startDate": "2018-06", "endDate": "2020-06", "current": false, "description": "FPTLA is a real estate boutique consulting agency specialized in real estate investing helping owners, home-buyers and investors achieve their goals in Los Angeles with high quality bilingual and tech-powered customer service. We assist you with your investment, purchase, sale or special project.We are an independent agency based in Los Angeles, affiliated to Keller Williams Brentwood brokerage firm for the purpose of closing our clients real estate transactions.\n\nResponsibilities:\n- Deal Generation: Sourcing, Analysis & Underwriting through financial modeling house flipping, new developments & special commercial projects (eg Glamping, Brands house).\n- Financing: Sourcing new equity capital from private investors for acquisitions & development projects.\n- Relationships Management & Growth: build & manage relationships with investors, owners, buyers, agents and partners in the US and France (9,000+ contacts database).\n- Customer Support: answering prospects & clients queries\n- Investment Projects Management: follow-up and communication coordination between all stakeholders (investors, owners, general contractors, architects/designers etc.) and on-site works oversight.\n- Contacts & Data/Opportunities Management: set up a custom CRM paired to a database of off-market real estate opportunities with sharing features to better assist our clients (built on AirTable)\n- Deal structuring: coordinating with lawyers for structuring financing and joint-venture deals and registration of investment vehicles\n- Real estate transactions coordination: coordination with agents, brokers, escrow & title insurance companies.\n- Marketing: designed and built company's website (www.fromparistola.net), prepared emailing campaigns, organized events, designed and prepared marketing supports, wrote articles\n- Ops & Admin: set up accounting, drafted NDAs and other company legal documentation\n\nFrom Paris To LA Real Estate Services\n\nFrom Paris To LA is a French-American real estate team part of Keller Williams Brentwood offering residential, commercial, investment and realtor services in Los Angeles and France.\n\nSkills: Digital Marketing, Team Management, +1 skill" }, { "title": "Independent Consultant", "org": "Consultant / Self-Employed", "startDate": "2018-01", "endDate": "2020-09", "current": false, "description": "Services:\n- Defining & implementing lead generation and growth hacking strategies\n- Identifying partnership opportunities\n- Setting up online marketing processes\n- Setting up project management processes\n- Designing product & service customer experiences\n- Managing product & service development plans\n\nBusiness Development, Marketing Strategy and +1 skill" }, { "title": "Co-Fondateur & CEO", "org": "Lampion", "startDate": "2016-01", "endDate": "2018-01", "current": false, "description": "Business Development - UX/UI Design - Product Management\n\nLampion was a first French lifestyle subscriptions marketplace\n\nLampion was started to help consumers feel at ease and embrace the growing subscription economy. \nUsers can discover and get custom recommendations of subscription products and services matching their needs and lifestyles. It's a great source of inspiration to try exciting things and offer cool gifts. \nLampion strived to enhance users daily life in addition to saving their time.\n\nLampion joined HEC's Incubator in June 2016 and Station F in July 2017.\n\nCore responsibilities : \n- Set up, developed & managed business relationships with 60+ Lampion partners\n- Designed Lampion's user experience and interface (UX and UI Design - mockups + screens using Sketch)\n- Wrote product specs and requirements\n- Managed with agile methods the product development team (2 engineers)\n- Defined & executed digital marketing strategies (emailing, social media, influencers) to attract new users\n- Presented & pitched Lampion at several tech events (Viva Technology Paris 2016 & 2017, PitchMyStartup)\n- Managed legal and finance\n- Consulted with BAs and VCs\n\nBusiness Development, Digital Marketing and +3 skills" }, { "title": "Elève Avocat/Associate - Banking and Project Finance", "org": "Allen & Overy", "startDate": "2014-01", "endDate": "2014-06", "current": false, "description": "Banking:\n\n- Securitization-Covered Bonds practice (export loans guaranteed by ECAs): \n*Due diligence reports \n*Liaising with clients \n*Instructing and liaising with local counsels\n\n- General Banking-Finance and Restructuring: \n*Drafting of legal documentation (corporate authorizations, securities - bank accounts pledge, receivables pledge, pledge over inventory with/without dispossession, delegation agreement)\n*Drafting of validity and capacity legal opinions \n*Liaising and negotiating with opposing counsels \n*Management of CPs, assistance during closings, dataroom\n*Contracts review and translation work\n\n- Asset finance: refinancing of a fleet of container ships \n*Drafting of securities\n*Management of CPs, assistance during closing\n\nProject Finance:\n\n- Winning bids to provide legal assistance to international institutions and sponsors on Energy deals in Mauritania (Gas/Power) and Nigeria (Solar)\n\n- Drafting of legal documentation governed by OHADA law (inc. share pledge, bank accounts pledge, receivable pledge)\n\n- Answering clients questions re enforcement and early repayment of loan agreements, management of CPs, liaising with local and opposing counsels\n\n- Drafting of a client presentation on Bankability in Energy Projects" }, { "title": "Legal Consultant", "org": "APFL PARTNERS", "startDate": "2013-07", "endDate": "2013-12", "current": false, "description": "Joined a small team to help start up the local office of the firm. \nResponsibilities included: \n- Business Development for the firm\n- Companies registration\n- Drafting legal documentation for an important subcontractor in the telecommunications industry\n- Carrying out various enquiries with Myanmar administration officials\n- Drafting a legal handbook \"Doing Business in Myanmar\" covering various aspects of Myanmar Law\n\nBusiness Development and Team Management" }, { "title": "Legal Intern - Finance & Aviation Finance", "org": "Mayer Brown", "startDate": "2012-01", "endDate": "2012-06", "current": false, "description": "Aviation Finance with Matthieu de Varax and Alban Dorin.\n- Drafting of Financing documentation:\n*Sale and Purchase contract, Leasing contract, Retention-of-title Sale contract (VCRP) \n*Pledge of receivables (Nantissement de créances), Autonomous first-call guarantee (GAPD), Stand-by letter of credit, cash collateral agreement, bank account pledge, tripartite agreement etc.\n- Drafting of netting agreements, payment agreements, commission letters\n- Creation and management of closing check-lists, collection of CPs et CSs, assistance during closings\n- Registration formalities for property and security rights over Aircraft on the French Aircraft Registry maintained by the DGAC\n- Researches on Aviation Law and the EU ETS regulations applied to aircraft operators\n- Researches and editing of presentation documents on the French Aircraft Registry and some other main international aircraft registries" }, { "title": "Summer Legal Intern", "org": "Allen & Overy", "startDate": "2011-08", "endDate": null, "current": false, "description": "Corporate Pensions Department, Londres, Royaume-Uni\n\nAugust 22nd - September 2nd 2011" }, { "title": "Summer Legal Intern", "org": "APFL PARTNERS", "startDate": "2010-09", "endDate": null, "current": false, "description": "- Drafting of Memoranda on French law and Vietnamese law issues in English. Translations in English\n- Report on a conference on international arbitration in Vietnam and proof-reading of an international arbitration case\n- Drafting of clients correspondence\n- Researches (inc. mining regulations in Vietnam)" }, { "title": "Summer Legal Intern", "org": "BMS AVOCATS", "startDate": "2009-09", "endDate": null, "current": false, "description": "- Memoranda on French law issues\n- Drafting of clients legal advice\n- Legal briefs preparation and deposit to the Clerk’s Office of various courts around Paris\n- Court hearings attendance\n- Proof-reading of contracts and legal researches" }, { "title": "Summer Assistant", "org": "Crédit Industriel et Commercial", "startDate": "2009-08", "endDate": "2009-08", "current": false, "description": "BLC Gestion, société de gestion boursière détenue par la Banque Transatlantique, Groupe CM-CIC\n\nSummer Assistant at the market management advisors desk and in the legal department. \n- Filing \n- Recordation of banking and market management operations \n- Researches on specific markets\n- Proof-reading of loan contracts and banking securities" }, { "title": "Summer Intern - Sales & Marketing & Purchasing Department", "org": "ENGIE", "startDate": "2008-07", "endDate": "2008-07", "current": false, "description": "Cofely UK\nLondon Area, United Kingdom" } ], "education": [ { "title": "Master's/MBA Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES", "org": "HEC Paris", "startDate": "2015", "endDate": "2017", "current": false, "description": "Ranked as Europe's leading Business School by the Financial Times five years in a row. \n\nSubjects : Strategy and Design Thinking, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Product Development\n\n• This degree is focused on entrepreneurship and success in new and existing businesses. \nI took part in teams of three members in real business cases to help entrepreneurs :\n- Define from scratch the business plan of a B2B shareholders reporting software to prepare a presentation for investors.\n- Restructure an airport handling company's operations on the verge of bankruptcy and eventually sell it\n\n• On-the-field seminars : Leadership at the French Navy School, Sales Management at Darty Retail Shop. \nDuring a learning expedition in Silicon Valley to get inspired by some of the best startups in the world, I also had the opportunity to pitch a project in San Francisco in front of international VCs\n\n• As part of this degree, i also completed a Digital Entrepreneurship program taking place at 42 Code School.… more" }, { "title": "Digital Entrepreneurship - StartUp Launchpad, Startup Bootstrapping, Growth hacking, UX/UI Design, Code", "org": "42 Paris", "startDate": "2016", "endDate": "2016", "current": false, "description": "This program was created by HEC Business School in partnership with 42 Code School, a leading coding school created by French entrepreneur Xavier Niel.\n\nIt is a 9-week acceleration program (January-March 2016) taking place at 42 Code School to bootstrap and launch digital projects.\nI managed and worked on a new project with a team of developers, designers and engineers. I received week-by-week business, design, technical and VC coaching.\n \nThis program was a tremendous opportunity to dive into the tech world, learn from expert coaches, and practice startups methods to build great products.… more" }, { "title": "Certificat d'Aptitude à la Profession d'Avocat (CAPA), Law", "org": "EFB", "startDate": "2013", "endDate": "2014", "current": false, "description": "Paris Bar Law School - Promotion Robert Badinter 2014'\n- 6-month legal practice course at the Paris Bar Law School (January-June 2013)\n- 6-month traineeship in Yangon, Myanmar (June-December 2013)\n- 6-month traineeship in Paris (January-June 2014)\n- Final Bar examinations (July-September 2014)\n- Graduation (17 October 2014)\n\nCertified able to practice law as an Avocat in France. Admitted to register to the Paris Bar.… more" }, { "title": "Certificat d'admission au Centre Régional de Formation à la Profession d'Avocat, Law", "org": "University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne", "startDate": "2011", "endDate": "2012", "current": false, "description": "- Preparation of the Paris Bar Law School entry examinations (September 2011-June 2012)\n- Paris Bar Law School entry examinations (September-November 2012)\n\nAdmitted to the Paris Bar Law School (4 December 2012)… more" }, { "title": "Master's International Trade Law", "org": "University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne", "startDate": "2011", "endDate": "2012", "current": false, "description": "- International Investment Law\n- Financial Export-trade Law (banking securities, documentary credit, project finance)\n- International Arbitration\n- International Contract Law (Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods)\n- WTO and Foreign Trade Law\n- Conflicts of Law and Jurisdiction\n\nAcademic Director : Mr Hervé Ascensio… more" }, { "title": "Diploma in Legal Studies", "org": "University of Oxford", "startDate": "2010", "endDate": "2011", "current": false, "description": "Brasenose College\nContract, Tort & Company Law\n\nAcademic Director of the course :\nMr John CARTWRIGHT (Christ Church College)… more" }, { "title": "Maîtrise Degree in Comparative Law / English Law", "org": "Paris-Pantheon-Assas University", "startDate": "2010", "endDate": "2011", "current": false, "description": "Academic Director of the course :\nMr Joël CAVALLINI" }, { "title": "Licence de Droit (Bachelor of Laws L.L.B), French law", "org": "Paris-Pantheon-Assas University", "startDate": "2007", "endDate": "2010", "current": false, "description": "Grade: Cum laude\n\nActivities and societies: Volley-Ball" }, { "title": "University Diploma in Anglosaxon Civilization and Common Law, English law", "org": "Paris-Pantheon-Assas University", "startDate": "2007", "endDate": "2009", "current": false, "description": "*Constitutional and Administrative Law (Prof. Rodney Austin & Philip Rawlings - UCL)\n*Contract Law (Prof. John Cartwright - Oxford)\n*Tort Law (Prof. Helen Scott - Oxford)\n*Property Law (Prof. Ben McFarlane - Oxford)… more" }, { "title": "Baccalauréat Série Economique et Sociale (A Levels)", "org": "Lycée Chaptal", "startDate": "2006", "endDate": "2007", "current": false, "description": "Grade: Mention Bien (Magna cum laude)" } ], "investments": [], "offerings": [], "faq": [ { "question": "Who is Charles Girault?", "answer": "I am a commercial leader currently serving as the Commercial Director for the Midwest region at Sibelco Glass Recycling North America, where I oversee regional strategy, P&L, and supply chain growth. With a background spanning strategic marketing in industrial materials and entrepreneurial ventures, I specialize in driving business development, operational excellence, and market expansion. I am committed to sustainable innovation and am an active investor in initiatives dedicated to fighting glo" }, { "question": "What is Charles Girault's professional background?", "answer": "Charles Girault's experience includes: Commercial Director Midwest at Sibelco Group (Nov 2024 – Present); Investor at Team for the Planet (Oct 2022 – Present); Member at FrenchFounders (Mar 2020 – Present); Strategic Marketing Manager - Performance & Specialty Materials at Covia (Sep 2020 – Nov 2024); Country Manager USA at Belaws (Feb 2020 – Sep 2020); Co-Founder/Partner at Hexagon Capital Real Estate Investment Services (Jun 2019 – Sep 2020); Member at FRENCH CLUSTER (Feb 2019 – Sep 2020); Co-Founder at From Paris To LA (Feb 2018 – Sep 2020); Chief Operating Officer at From Paris To LA (Jun 2018 – Jun 2020); Independent Consultant at Consultant / Self-Employed (Jan 2018 – Sep 2020); Co-Fondateur & CEO at Lampion (Jan 2016 – Jan 2018); Elève Avocat/Associate - Banking and Project Finance at Allen & Overy (Jan 2014 – Jun 2014); Legal Consultant at APFL PARTNERS (Jul 2013 – Dec 2013); Legal Intern - Finance & Aviation Finance at Mayer Brown (Jan 2012 – Jun 2012); Summer Legal Intern at Allen & Overy (Aug 2011); Summer Legal Intern at APFL PARTNERS (Sep 2010); Summer Legal Intern at BMS AVOCATS (Sep 2009); Summer Assistant at Crédit Industriel et Commercial (Aug 2009 – Aug 2009); Summer Intern - Sales & Marketing & Purchasing Department at ENGIE (Jul 2008 – Jul 2008)." }, { "question": "Where did Charles Girault study?", "answer": "Master's/MBA Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES at HEC Paris (2015 – 2017); Digital Entrepreneurship - StartUp Launchpad, Startup Bootstrapping, Growth hacking, UX/UI Design, Code at 42 Paris (2016 – 2016); Certificat d'Aptitude à la Profession d'Avocat (CAPA), Law at EFB (2013 – 2014); Certificat d'admission au Centre Régional de Formation à la Profession d'Avocat, Law at University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (2011 – 2012); Master's International Trade Law at University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne (2011 – 2012); Diploma in Legal Studies at University of Oxford (2010 – 2011); Maîtrise Degree in Comparative Law / English Law at Paris-Pantheon-Assas University (2010 – 2011); Licence de Droit (Bachelor of Laws L.L.B), French law at Paris-Pantheon-Assas University (2007 – 2010); University Diploma in Anglosaxon Civilization and Common Law, English law at Paris-Pantheon-Assas University (2007 – 2009); Baccalauréat Série Economique et Sociale (A Levels) at Lycée Chaptal (2006 – 2007)." }, { "question": "How can I find Charles Girault online?", "answer": "Charles Girault can be found at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesgirault." }, { "question": "Who does Charles Girault know?", "answer": "Charles Girault is connected with: Adrien Guilmineau." } ], "viewCount": 33, "schemaOrg": [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ProfilePage", "dateCreated": "2026-04-13T23:02:05.822Z", "dateModified": "2026-04-15T12:59:29.814Z", "mainEntity": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Girault", "url": "https://humandirectory.ai/charles-girault", "description": "Charles Girault is Commercial Director Midwest at Sibelco Group, with past experience at Team for the Planet, FrenchFounders, Covia, studied at HEC Paris.", "jobTitle": "Commercial Director Midwest", "worksFor": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Sibelco Group" }, "hasOccupation": [ { "@type": "Role", "roleName": "Commercial Director Midwest", "startDate": "2024-11", "description": "Strategic Materials, Inc. 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