Simon Portier

Simon Portier is a professional with 12+ years of experience in corporate growth, transformation, and performance management. They spent 10 years in M&A across multiple sectors, including investment banking and group M&A under private equity ownership, followed by two years as CEO of an HR SaaS scale-up. They are currently the CEO of Pipplet (an ETS Company). In this role, they replaced the historical founders to implement turnaround and integration strategy, shifted positioning toward the HR Enterprise segment, implemented a new subscription model, reinforced go-to-market through indirect channels, strengthened SaaS marketing, released a new AI product, and achieved 30% revenue growth, 50% bookings growth, and breakeven in year 1. They led corporate development and M&A initiatives across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa in roles at ETS, Cegid, and Comexposium, and studied mathematics in CPGE at Lycée Assomption in Rennes, France, before attending the Ecole supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse.