Fréderique Lotin, Managing Director

Fréderique is a Managing Director at MERU. He has over 15 years of experience in professional services and financial institutions specializing in performance improvement and transaction services across construction, logistics, and financial institutions.

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Size of Company
Industry
Role and Impact
$1B
Construction

Led a team that improved organizational “wiring” for greenfield potash project. Identified and successfully implemented ideas worth ~30% of the remaining schedule days, incl. tackling major recurring construction tasks through critical path reduction sessions.

$5B
Advanced Manufacturing (automotive)

Initiated strategic sourcing process for direct material cost savings in the ~$200M Fuel/Air/Battery category by collecting and analyzing data to form “spend cube” and assessing potential of product simplification and re-sourcing.

$1B
Energy

Identified and implemented 5 improvement ideas at an LNG container loading business through data analysis, field observations, workshops and a real-life “loading efficiency test” (What Good Looks Like showcase).

$2.5B
Logistics

Led a team that analyzed strategic options for an inactive US marine terminal in the client’s portfolio. Recommended ~30 alternatives for land use and zoomed in on the 8 most promising options based on different preferred holding periods and capital requirements.

$20B
Pharmaceuticals

Mapped market dynamics of drugs distribution in sub-Saharan Africa to evaluate business plan of a European drugs wholesaler, incl. desk research, analysis and expert interviews.

Fréderique Lotin
Managing Director
San Francisco