Our Industry Expertise
We specialize in management and organizational consulting for large industrial and service groups, with a particular focus on industries developing complex physical products (aerospace, space, defense, energy, etc.) and the public sector.
Aeronautics
Confronted with increasingly strict environmental requirements, European air transport companies are facing a significant rise in costs: more regulatory constraints, heavier taxes, higher costs for sustainable fuels, and ongoing structural inefficiencies in air traffic management.
These economic pressures, specific to Europe, threaten the sector's competitiveness in a highly unbalanced global market.
The challenges are multiple and interconnected. Companies must integrate decarbonization goals, particularly by using more sustainable fuels, while preparing for the end of free carbon quotas. At the same time, they must manage increasing delays, inefficient flight paths, varying tax policies across Europe, and complex regulations, effectively navigating a landscape of more demanding certifications (FAA, EASA).
In this context, maintaining affordable prices while ensuring economic viability is a major challenge. Facing this growing complexity, airline companies must deeply transform their operational models. This includes improving operational efficiency, investing in more fuel-efficient fleets, speeding up digital transformation, and securing alternative fuel supplies. A clear strategic vision, along with the ability to adapt quickly, will be key to addressing these changes and ensuring the sector's long-term success.
Space
The transformation of the aerospace sector is driven by the rise of private players, rapid technological advancements, and increasingly complex geopolitical challenges.
The growth of the New Space industry, where private companies play an increasingly significant role in space exploration and exploitation, is significantly reshaping the landscape. Europe, with its long-standing expertise, faces intensified global competition, particularly from the United States and China, which are continuously expanding their capabilities. At the same time, issues related to regulation, sustainability, and sovereignty are becoming critical to ensuring a stable future for the sector.
There are several challenges to address: developing competitive launch infrastructure, meeting the growing demand for space services while protecting the environment, and adapting to a constantly evolving legal framework. Attracting skilled talent in key areas such as propulsion, satellite constellations, and space regulation is also a major concern. The rise of New Space requires European companies to balance innovation, performance, and responsibility.
In this context, adapting to new technologies and legislative changes is essential to maintain the competitiveness of European businesses. They need to combine operational efficiency, innovation, and accountability to stakeholders, while preparing to meet long-term challenges to ensure a sustainable and sovereign space industry.
Defense
In a global market dominated by American and now Chinese ecosystems, the competitiveness of European defense companies relies on their ability to combine rapid innovation, industrial pan-Europeanism, supply chain resilience, and operational excellence.
Historically a driver of innovation, the defense sector now sees increasing bidirectional transfers between civilian technologies and military applications (artificial intelligence, drones, 5G/6G…). This integration with the tech world is accompanied by evolving working methods: partnerships with start-ups, hackathons, incubators, and "lab to field" processes. While these methods shorten R&D cycles, enrich the solution portfolio, and generate high-potential spin-offs, they also expose companies to risks of uncontrolled technology transfers and cyber threats.
The conflict in Ukraine and growing tensions with China have highlighted the critical dependence of European industries on strategic raw materials (rare earths, energy…) and key intermediate products (opto-electronic sensors, semiconductors…). To enhance their autonomy, industrials and states are diversifying supply sources, co-investing in intra-EU infrastructures, and relocating production lines. These measures, while anticipating potential disruptions, require significant reinvestments in new markets, skills, and industrial capacities.
Moreover, Europe suffers from fragmented national markets, disparate regulations, and overly heterogeneous budgets, making it difficult to achieve a critical mass comparable to that of the United States or China. Recent failures of Franco-German programs and the shift of countries towards foreign solutions (Portugal’s and Germany’s F-35s) underscore the urgency of developing European consortiums and targeted cooperation strategies.
Finally, in a context where new actors are emerging (China, India, Turkey, Iran...), companies must find a balance between commercial competitiveness and the protection of strategic know-how.
Energy
The energy sector is undergoing significant change, driven by a necessary but uneven and fluctuating global energy transition, geopolitical tensions that disrupt supply strategies, and markets characterized by increased competition and regulation.
Oil majors, national producers and operators, startups, and network managers must develop a long-term strategic vision while maintaining a strong capacity to adapt continuously.
Their main challenges include:
- Improving the profitability of their business models and enhancing operational performance, particularly in renewable energy
- Attracting talents and developing key skills related to the energy transition
- Adapting organizational structures to ongoing changes and fully leveraging new technologies
- Reassuring and engaging employees and stakeholders amidst these changes
Finance
Financial institutions face a dual challenge: strengthening their resilience against systemic risks while accelerating their digital transformation.
The increasing complexity of regulatory frameworks, both nationally and internationally, requires stronger governance, greater transparency, and strict compliance. Implementing standards such as Basel III, MiFID II, and requirements related to sustainable finance (ESG) demand deep organizational changes and careful integration of non-financial criteria into investment decisions.
Beyond regulatory pressures, these transformations should also aim to restore public trust in an industry affected by recent financial crises and scandals related to transparency and risk management.
The rise of fintechs, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and RPA is disrupting traditional business models. These innovations present significant opportunities to enhance customer experience, reduce operational costs, and develop new services. However, they also require substantial investments and rigorous management of technological and cyber risks.
For established players in the sector, this transformation is critical. Failing to adapt could lead to market fragmentation, with innovative, agile, and responsive entrants on one side, and traditional institutions hampered by their rigid structures and processes on the other.
Public Services
The Western world is currently experiencing an unprecedented crisis of trust in its institutions. In the United States, Argentina, or Europe, the rise of liberal, libertarian, and Eurosceptic movements reflects a deep questioning of the legitimacy of public services. In France, the once widely supported social model now faces recurring criticism and calls for radical overhaul.
Public services are perceived as rigid, costly, and insufficiently effective in a context where demands for transparency, responsiveness, and performance are constantly increasing. This mistrust fuels the rise of private actors and public-private partnerships, leading to the partial outsourcing of functions that were once the domain of the state. While this evolution can foster innovation and flexibility, it also poses risks of fragmentation and unequal access. How, then, can we preserve the public interest, ensure service continuity, and protect sensitive expertise?
At the same time, budgetary pressures are intensifying, forcing administrations to reduce costs while maintaining quality: streamlining processes, automating tasks (RPA), and deploying digital platforms. These strategies require significant support for agents in terms of skill development and change management.
Societal transformations—such as aging populations, territorial inequalities, and ecological urgency—compel public services to rethink their intervention methods. They must develop innovative, inclusive, and sustainable approaches based on co-design with citizens and the use of social impact indicators.
Finally, the rigidity of civil servant status and the bureaucratic nature of social dialogue often hinder organizational agility. To successfully navigate their transformation, public operators must experiment with hybrid models, strengthen social dialogue, and place the user at the heart of their approach.