About Tinubu®  Square

Jérôme is the CEO and Founder of Tinubu® Square which he launched with Olivier Placca in 2000.

His capability to embrace both new technologies and the insurance world resulted in the successful digital transformation of many credit insurance and surety bond companies which outperformed the market and took share from competition.

As the Group Deputy CEO, Olivier played a major role in expanding Tinubu® Square’s international footprint.

His information systems and digital transformation expertise lead to the development and constant optimization of the Tinubu® Square SaaS platform.

Before cofounding the company in 2000, Olivier had built a strong experience in the design and management of risk assessment, IT systems and risk information databases for financial institutions including NatWest, Credito Italiano, Société Générale, and for credit insurers such as Euler Group.

Cécile manages the human resources, provides financial oversight for the organization and oversees the entire range of financial management from daily to high-level operations as well as legal matters.

Before joining Tinubu® Square in 2012, Cécile has spent most of her career in the edition industry including Vivendi Universal Publishing, Hachette Livres, Perrin Editions and has built a track record of delivering high-value projects involving acquisitions, mergers and transfers. Cécile holds a master’s degree in Business from Neoma Business School, and an Executive MBA from INSEAD.

Sophie is Tinubu® Square’s Group Sales Director since April 2019.

She explores fresh approaches to partnerships and is spearheading the company’s expansion into international markets beyond Europe.

Sophie has built most of her career (17 years) at Microsoft, holding leading sales and management positions including Sales Director of the ERP&CRM Business in France and Head of Financial sector in the Microsoft Services Division. She developed a strong experience on managing extended sales teams within a global working culture, and growing a broad range of software products.

Stéphane is running Tinubu® Square’s operations since 2017. He has accompanied the development of the group for the last 15 years and managed all large trade credit digitalization projects.

With 10 years past experience (Euler Hermes, Teletech) in risk analysis, audit, corporate finance and project management incl. M&A, Stephane has developed proficient skills in organization and team management which were key to support our strong development these last years.

Stéphane holds an Executive MBA from Dauphine & ESG UQAM Universities (Paris & Montreal) and bachelor’s degrees in Finance and International Relationships from Dauphine and Sciences Po Paris.

Dan joined the Group in February 2020 as Deputy CEO of Tinubu® Square Americas following the acquisition of eSURETY which Dan founded in 1998 and which became an industry standard. 

He also became Deputy CEO of Tinubu Square Brokers and Agents (B&A) after SuretyWave was acquired in December 2020.

Dan is a serial entrepreneur and innovator with a deep knowledge of America’s markets. He took his first leap as co-founder of the Industrial division of FARO Technologies resulting in the company going public 4 years after the launch.