Christophe Lacour

A senior IT Program Director who performs well in multi-cultural environments with full proficiency in Swedish, English and French and partial in German. Moved from a strong technical and functional background within ERP and BI to Solution Architecture and Project/Program Management. Gained insight into Financials processes working for prominent actors of various sectors (Bank, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation and Humanitarian).

With over 30 years of expertise in complex finance transformation programs, navigate challenging political landscapes involving multiple stakeholders. Autonomous in decision-making within delegated mandates. Managed projects and programs of varying scales, consistently driving impactful change while delivering sustainable and measurable value.

Specialized in defining Finance transformation roadmap, managing them through implementation within complex IT landscape.

Architect + Cutover Manager at Stibo (2026 – Present)

For this leading provider of Master Data Management worldwide, played the role of Architect and Cutover Manager. The program aims at moving from one cloud instances to several instances to accommodate business needs and an evolving regulatory framework. System: Workday. Program setup. Played a central role in ensuring a scalable, efficient, and future-proof Workday landscape, working closely with both business and technical stakeholders. Scope includes Financials, PSA and HCM.

• Architect supporting the transition from a single-tenant setup to a multi-tenant environment, defining the different scenarios with their scoring.
• Working with the CIO office and Business Owners to evaluate following an agreed process.
• Once the scenario chosen, defined and executed the global cutover framework, including cutover scenarios, sequencing, data migration and reconciliation controls and rollback strategies.
• Led cross-stream cutover coordination ensuring synchronized readiness and go-live execution.
• Owned cutover risk management, including dependency mapping, critical-path control, go/no-go criteria.
• Managed a cutover rehearsal and Go Live execution.

System Architect at If… Insurances (2025 – Present)

For this leading insurance provider, responsible for designing the financial solutions architecture, ensuring transitioning towards a cloud-based Financial ERP system. Acting as a key stakeholder in the full implementation lifecycle, collaborating closely with production systems architects, process specialists, technical specialists, developers, and system integrators. System: Workday.

• Designed and architected the overall structure of the Financial ERP system to align with the organization's financial and operational needs, with specific requirements for insurance financial reporting.
• Ensured compliance with Swedish, Danish, and Finnish GAAPs, IFRS9, IFRS16, IFRS 17, and Solvency II.
• Designed and optimized scalable Workday solutions that captured the business requirements into system architecture.
• Designed the multi-tenant architecture where we had to split one tenant into multiple tenants following business and regulatory constraints.
• Ensured an efficient Workday landscape.
• Defined and executed the global cutover framework, to transition to a cloud-based environment in a large IT landscape with numerous insurance feeder systems integrated to the financial platform.
• Included cutover scenarios, sequencing, mock cutovers, data migration and reconciliation controls, rollback strategies, and hyper care transition.
• Owned integration changes to deport downstream the accounting logic embedded into insurance systems and move to the ERP larger part of the reporting done in an outdated Datawarehouse.
• Defined the Tenant management operating procedures to provision tenant, security and users.
• Created the runbooks to move the Setup, master and transactions data between tenants.
• Owned cutover risk management, including dependency mapping, critical-path control, go/no-go criteria, and continuous maintenance of the Digital Risk Assessment (DRA).
• Managed two Cutover rehearsals and Go Live execution.

Program Manager at Scenic Cruises (2022 – 2024)

Senior IT Program Leader on a Global Finance Transformation for this leading provider of luxury cruises worldwide, Program Manager, Project Manager, Solution Architect and Change Manager for the implementation of 50+ entities (Switzerland, Malta, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Croatia, Singapore, Australia, New-Zealand, USA, Canada). Complex multi-currency, multi-tax Business models with a wealth of intercompany transactions and Taxes specificities. Moving to IFRS + local GAAPs. Moving from an on premises to a Cloud Solution.

System: Oracle NetSuite.

• Established and led the Finance Transformation Program, ensuring strategic alignment, operational consistency, and delivery across multi-country operations.
• Acted as the central governance hub for standards, methodologies, and financial controls.
• Partnered with the Group CFO to define program objectives, KPIs, and roadmaps, breaking down initiatives into targeted projects (ERP: Revenue Recognition, AP/AR/GL, Cash Management, Purchasing; CRM: products, bookings, customers).
• Ensured alignment with business priorities.
• Served as the trusted advisor to the Group COO, CIO, and CFO, leading weekly operational calls and monthly steering committees.
• Managed relationships with internal IT, external partners, and cross-functional teams to drive accountability and transparency.
• Owned financial tracking and forecasting (CapEx/OpEx, vendor costs, internal allocations) across APAC, EMEA, US, and LATAM.
• Drove accuracy in financial and performance reporting, including intercompany rebilling and VAT customization for EU taxable items.
• Established risk management protocols to identify, mitigate, and escalate issues.
• Executed global ERP solution rollout across 4 regions including Record-to-Report (R2R) with Local GAAPs and IFRS.
• Implemented Procure-to-Pay (P2P) for direct and indirect purchasing.
• Implemented Order-to-Cash (O2C) following IFRS15 for revenue recognition.
• Streamlined financial operations for tours, vessel management, automating intercompany rebilling.
• Produced accurate, consolidated financial/tour performance reports.
• Creation of a Shared Service Center (SSC) with integrating maintenance protocols, backlog prioritization, and rigorous non-regression testing.
• Empowered the SSC to take ownership of mission-critical functions—such as financial operations, regulatory reporting, and system health monitoring—while maintaining zero disruption to service delivery.
• Implemented ongoing quality assurance mechanisms, including automated testing suites and performance dashboards, to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• The CoE and SSC became the backbone of the organization.

Cutover Manager at Air Liquide Health Care (2021)

For this leading Home Health Care Service and Device provider worldwide, Integration Lead for the definition of an Integration Core Model and its roll out to several markets worldwide. Most of processes involve the front system to the Patients, Physicians, Hospitals and Field Agents (Salesforce) and the back-office system for Billing, Warehouse Management, Ordering and Shipping (Dynamics 365). Hence the paramount importance of integration. Systems: Salesforce, MS Dynamics 365 FINOPS.

• Accountable for full cutover ownership across a multi-country implementation of Salesforce and Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, supporting core healthcare delivery, patient services, medical device logistics, and financial operations.
• The cutover operated under strict zero-downtime and zero-data-loss requirements, as any service interruption or data inconsistency would directly impact patient care, field services, billing, and regulatory compliance.
• Defined and executed the global cutover framework, including cutover scenarios, sequencing, mock cutovers, data migration and reconciliation controls, rollback strategies, and hyper care transition.
• Led cross-stream cutover coordination across CRM, Finance, Supply Chain, and Integration, ensuring synchronized readiness and go-live execution.
• Owned cutover risk management, including dependency mapping, critical-path control, go/no-go criteria, and continuous maintenance of risk assessment.

Financial, Controlling and Accounting expertise – Swiss Federal (2014 – 2014)

Master of Science in Physics – Ecole des Mines (1993 – 1993)

Engineering Degree in Building Engineering – Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (1992 – 1992)