About

Where strategy meets
real-world experience

20+ years of senior HR leadership across FMCG, luxury goods, agribusiness and consulting across four continents, 35+ markets, complex international organisations.

Christophe Bulard
Background

Senior HR leadership at the intersection of strategy, people and performance

International HR Leader with extensive experience partnering with CEOs, Executive Committees and Boards to drive business growth, organisational transformation and people governance in complex, regulated and multicultural environments.

Proven track record in designing and executing people strategies supporting revenue growth, market expansion, M&A, IPO readiness and large-scale transformation across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.

Strategic and hands-on leader, combining strong business acumen with pragmatic execution to build high-performance cultures and sustainable organisations.

FMCG · Luxury Goods · Agribusiness · Consulting 20+ years Europe · Asia · MEA · Americas 35+ markets
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Christophe Bulard
Senior HR & Leadership Advisor · Lausanne, Switzerland
christophebulard@gmail.com +41 79 909 14 95 linkedin.com/in/christophebulard
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Expertise

Deep domain expertise
across three dimensions

Strategy & Governance
  • People strategy design & alignment
  • HR operating model transformation
  • Organisational design & restructuring
  • C-suite talent & succession planning
  • Board-level people advisory
  • Post-merger HR integration
Talent & Leadership Development
  • Executive & leadership pipeline
  • Assessment centres & talent calibration
  • Leadership team effectiveness
  • Coaching & mentoring programmes
  • International mobility & career architecture
  • Compensation & benefits strategy
Transformation & Change
  • Organisational restructuring
  • Culture change & engagement
  • HR digital transformation
  • Change management architecture
  • Social dialogue & labour relations
  • Transformation governance & KPIs
How I Work

What makes the advisory
relationship different

01
You get me not a team

I work with a small number of clients simultaneously. Every session, every document, every difficult conversation is handled personally. No handoffs. No associates. No methodology sold by someone who last operated 20 years ago.

02
Diagnosis before advice

Every engagement starts with structured listening. Not a pitch. Not a framework I've already decided applies. A genuine effort to understand your specific situation before I offer any view on what should happen.

03
Business acumen at the heart of every engagement

The best HR advisory is grounded in a deep understanding of how businesses actually work. Having operated at the intersection of people and performance for 20+ years, I bring both the organisational expertise and the commercial instinct needed to make the advice land at executive and Board level.

04
Unconflicted and discreet

I do not work with your competitors. I have no financial relationship with any technology vendor, search firm or training provider. You get genuinely independent advice and everything stays between us.

05
Board-ready outputs

Every deliverable is written at the level of the decisions being made. A report that lands in front of a Board without editing. A strategy that a CFO reads and immediately understands why it matters.

06
Calibrated candour

I will tell you what needs to be said, not what you want to hear. 20 years of operating inside the executive conversation not selling to it means I know how to say hard things in ways that land.