Catherine Converset

After graduating from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ECSP), Ms. Converset successfully
held several positions within the PECHINEY group in Italy and France, becoming worldwide export
manager of aluminum rolled products for Pechiney Rhenalu and then director of packaging
development for the Pechiney Group. After ten years at Pechiney, she then spent five years
managing a plastic packaging activity in Italy.
Ms. Converset joined Productivity in 1994. Following extensive Lean and Six Sigma training in the USA, she became a partner of Productivity in France, then in Europe and the USA. She is now President of Productivity Innovation Europe and Executive Partner of Productivity Inc.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Lean training and support for Executive and Management teams, with vision, objective and roadmap definition.
• Policy Deployment (Hoshin Kanri).
• Lean management system implementation strategy.
  
• Lean Management and Lean leadership training and coaching
• Lean in Services: Financial industries (banks, insurances, lease solutions), Corporate support
• services (HR, Finance, Customer Service…), R&D, Marketing and Sales.
• Lean in pharmaceutical and biotech environments (manufacturing, CMC&E, and R&D).
  

Ms. Converset has developed a deep understanding and practical experience in the execution of Lean
transformation in all business environments to drive to tangible, measurable and proven results. She is experienced in guiding Executive Committees in defining their operational and strategic objectives
and in building management and organizational systems. She has acquired extensive experience
implementing Lean in pharmaceutical, R&D and service environments. She is fluent in French, English and Italian, and teaches Lean Management in Service Industry at the Center for Operational Excellence at The Ohio State University.