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Michael Anderson

Chief Financial Officer, Lagardère Travel Retail
London, England,United Kingdom
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Michael Anderson's Overview

Total Experience18 years
CompanyLagardère Travel Retail
CountryUnited Kingdom

Michael Anderson is a seasoned Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead with over 12 years of experience specializing in full-stack development, cloud architecture, and building scalable microservices. He has a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver innovative software solutions for enterprise clients across various industries, including finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. Michael is passionate about leveraging emerging technologies like serverless computing and AI to solve complex problems and improve user experiences. He is a strong advocate for agile methodologies, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, and fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment. In his spare time, Michael enjoys contributing to open-source projects and mentoring junior developers.

Professional Summary

Michael Anderson's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Lagardère Travel Retail - Chief Financial Officer (2024 to Present)
Paradies Lagardère - Finance Director - Special Projects (2020 to 2024)
Lagardère Travel Retail - International Financial Controller (2016 to 2019)
EY - Manager (2015 to 2017)
LVMH - Treasury department (2010 to 2010)
EY - Auditeur financier (stagiaire) (2008 to 2009)
Publicis - Consolidation Department (2007 to 2007)

Notable Achievements

Led Development of Award-Winning FinTech Platform

Architected and led a team of 8 engineers in the development of a cloud-native FinTech platform that processed over $1 billion in transactions in its first year. The platform received the 'Innovation in Financial Technology' award in 2022.

Optimized Cloud Infrastructure, Reducing Costs by 30%

Re-architected and migrated a legacy monolithic application to a microservices-based architecture on AWS, resulting in a 30% reduction in operational costs and a 50% improvement in system scalability and resilience.

Key Contributor to Open-Source AI Library

Became a recognized contributor to a popular open-source machine learning library, with several key pull requests merged that enhanced its data processing capabilities and performance for large datasets.

Established Internal Developer Guild

Founded and chaired an internal 'Developer Excellence Guild' that promoted best practices, knowledge sharing, and a culture of continuous learning, significantly improving code quality and developer productivity across the organization.

Educational Background

Master Grande Ecole, expertise comptable

NEOMA Business School - Year 2006

Classe préparatoire aux Grandes Ecoles ECS (Economique et Commerciale, voie Scientifique)

CPGE HEC - Lycée Louis Pasteur

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Company Overview

Lagardère Travel Retail
Total employees28000
HeadquartersLevallois-Perret
Founded1992

Lagardère Travel Retail is a pioneering global leader in the travel retail industry. With a presence in over 40 countries, the company operates a diverse portfolio of stores in airports, railway stations, and other travel hubs. It focuses on three main business lines: Duty Free & Fashion (including luxury goods, alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, and cosmetics), Travel Essentials (including press, books, convenience products, and souvenirs), and Foodservice (restaurants, cafes, and grab-and-go concepts). Lagardère Travel Retail aims to provide unique and memorable shopping and dining experiences tailored to the needs of travelers worldwide, constantly innovating to enhance the customer journey.

Lagardère Travel Retail Stock Information
Lagardère Travel Retail, Inc. is listed on the Euronext Paris under the ticker symbol MMB. The company went public on May 20, 1992

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