About us
CDS Groupe offers a wide range of hotel booking tool solutions
and services within business travel.
CHAIRMAN
FRANÇOIS MACHENAUD
Being an employee for thirty years at Unilever, François worked in marketing & sales where he had the opportunity to promote many types of products (food, ice cream, home maintenance, personal care etc…).
François has a real vision of management and business strategy. For twenty years, he held the position of Managing Director in France and abroad. Throughout his experience and relations
over the continents, he opened up to other methodologies and enriched himself with the specificities of other markets, which gave him international stature and expertise.
Since 2008, with his experience in organizational management, he has provided advice and investment in small and medium-sized companies.
GENERAL MANAGER
ZIAD MINKARA
A graduate of the Higher Institute of Management in the multinational cycle, Ziad is the co-founder of CDS Groupe.
A convinced entrepreneur, Ziad positions his company at the heart of the concerns of travel buyers and travel managers.
With a wealth of international experience, he brings to the team a vision of the world and global issues within a French structure.
A man of conviction and passion, Ziad is strongly personally committed to the Francophonie and multiculturalism.
OUR VALUES
Each of the employees of CDS Groupe carries the fundamental values which are the real keys to the relationship of trust between CDS Groupe, its customers and its partners.
White papers, position papers and thematic events support this approach in order to ensure the transmission of the true pillars and values of CDS Groupe.
For its customers as for its products, CDS Groupe adopts the agile method which allows it to be immediately productive, responsive and operational.
CDS Groupe places itself in a strong ethical approach both in the management of its teams and in the trust based relationships with customers and partners.
Always at the forefront of innovations and trends shaping the market, CDS Groupe’s R&D department ensures immediate operational functionality for all its customers and partners.
CDS Groupe offers a price comparator in real time on all the content of its partners and hotel suppliers. Customers are thus assured of immediate visibility of rates compared to leisure consumption habits.
Since its creation, CDS Groupe has gained the trust of historical partners. The resulting sales cycles and long term collaborations reinforce this loyalty.
By promising to provide solutions to the cross-problems of its customers, CDS Groupe provides a cross-functional solution that meets everyone’s needs to support the mobility of employees in their business trips.
Thanks to its significant technological investment and compliance with standards, CDS Groupe is able to integrate the majority of systems and software in order to comply with the expectations of the client and its ecosystem.
CDS Groupe is 100% compatible with the new European GDPR & PCI DSS standards
OUR TEAM
FRANÇOIS
MACHENAUD
President
ZIAD
MINKARA
Director General
ALAIN
DE LABACA
Associate Director
MAEVA
ETHEVE
Executive Assistant
REBECCA
XERRI
Head of Digital Transformation
LARA
BRAHIMCHA
Marketing & Communication Assistant
VINCENT
ZALDIVAR
Head of Development
JOELLE
CHARPENTIER
Customer and Account Management Director
SAMIR
LALAMI
Key Account Manager
AURELIE
LE NOZACH
Key Account Manager
MELODIE
MARIE
Strategic Key Account Manager
CHARLINE
RIDET
Account Manager
MELANIE
FARAU
Account Manager
AUDREY
SERROR
VP Hotel Growth Strategy
MAXIME
JAMBON
Sales Manager, Mid-Market Acquisition
MAUD
TOURNAN
Sales Grand Ouest
HUGO
VICHERAT
VP OBT Partnerships Strategy
LAURENT
JUGE
Business Manager
FREDERICO
DE CARLO
Head of Italian Market
NICOLAS
BESSE
VP Procurement and supply chain
ALEXIA
BOGLIONE
Supplier Relations Manager
FABIO
SANNIA
Hotel Tech Buyer
TATIANA
BRAHAMCHA
Contracting Manager
MALIKA
ALAAFI
Contracting Manager
SYLVAIN
CUZUEL
Head of Finance Department
ELODIE
MICHEL
Accounting Department
CRISTINA
DELEU
Accounting Assistant
JEAN-BAPTISTE
MAIRAVILLE
Quality Control Director
AURORE
BERNARD
Quality Control
YUSSARA
BRITO DELGADO
Head of Customer Service
MIRANA
RAKOTONDRABE
Customer Service Senior Manager
ZAHIRA
DEEDARUN
Customer Service Manager
LI
MAIGRET
Customer Service Manager
PRISCA
YAPO
Customer Service Manager
WALID
REDISSI
Customer Service Manager
LENA
BANSE
Customer Service Manager
NIVINE
IBRAHIM
Customer Service Manager
OLIVIER
PARTENSKY
Head of R&D Department
AHMED
MAHMDI
Implementation Project Manager
CLOTAIRE
VANDECASTEELE
Lead Developer
YASSINE
TRABELSI
Development Engineer
MAMADOU
DIALHO
Development Engineer
KARIM
CHELLI
Development Engineer
OUR TEAM
FRANÇOIS
MACHENAUD
President
ZIAD
MINKARA
Director General
ALAIN
DE LABACA
Associate Director
MAEVA
ETHEVE
Executive Assistant
REBECCA
XERRI
Head of Digital Transformation
LARA
BRAHIMCHA
Marketing & Communication Assistant
VINCENT
ZALDIVAR
Head of Development
JOELLE
CHARPENTIER
Customer and Account Management Director
SAMIR
LALAMI
Key Account Manager
AURELIE
LE NOZACH
Key Account Manager
MELODIE
MARIE
Strategic Key Account Manager
CHARLINE
RIDET
Account Manager
MELANIE
FARAU
Account Manager
AUDREY
SERROR
VP Hotel Growth Strategy
MAXIME
JAMBON
Sales Manager, Mid-Market Acquisition
MAUD
TOURNAN
Sales Grand Ouest
HUGO
VICHERAT
VP OBT Partnerships Strategy
LAURENT
JUGE
Business Manager
FREDERICO
DE CARLO
Head of Italian Market
NICOLAS
BESSE
VP Procurement and supply chain
ALEXIA
BOGLIONE
Supplier Relations Manager
FABIO
SANNIA
Hotel Tech Buyer
TATIANA
BRAHAMCHA
Contracting Manager
MALIKA
ALAAFI
Contracting Manager
SYLVAIN
CUZUEL
Head of Finance Department
ELODIE
MICHEL
Accounting Department
CRISTINA
DELEU
Accounting Assistant
JEAN-BAPTISTE
MAIRAVILLE
Quality Control Director
AURORE
BERNARD
Quality Control
YUSSARA
BRITO DELGADO
Head of Customer Service
MIRANA
RAKOTONDRABE
Customer Service Senior Manager
ZAHIRA
DEEDARUN
Customer Service Manager
LI
MAIGRET
Customer Service Manager
PRISCA
YAPO
Customer Service Manager
WALID
REDISSI
Customer Service Manager
LENA
BANSE
Customer Service Manager
NIVINE
IBRAHIM
Customer Service Manager
OLIVIER
PARTENSKY
Head of R&D Department
AHMED
MAHMDI
Implementation Project Manager
CLOTAIRE
VANDECASTEELE
Lead Developer
YASSINE
TRABELSI
Development Engineer
MAMADOU
DIALHO
Development Engineer
KARIM
CHELLI
Development Engineer
