Building on Ailancy's expertise and its position as a leader in banking and financial institutions, and strengthened by the Valmen group's 20 years of experience as a recognized insurance consulting player, more than 500 consultants will now be deployed to deliver business transformations, accelerate digital initiatives and enhance human capital across these industries.

As the financial and insurance sectors undergo sweeping change, including regulatory shifts, accelerated digitalization, the growing role of data and AI, business models require deep adaptation and the market is looking for innovative consulting partners.

With the consulting market consolidating rapidly over the past two years, this combination reflects the ambition to build a consolidator group in France and internationally. The transaction strengthens a consulting offering that safeguards the sovereignty of French banking and insurance players amid today's international competition.

'After 18 years devoted exclusively to the insurance market, this new step opens an ambitious and exciting chapter for the group. We share the same convictions: the most successful transformations are those grounded in top-tier industry expertise, strong client proximity and a long-term commitment to teams. By joining Ailancy, we strengthen our ability to support clients through their most structural transformations, anticipate market developments and seize the opportunities created by technological innovation. In doing so, we are creating a sovereign reference player capable of supporting financial and insurance institutions in their most strategic challenges, while offering our employees new avenues for development and innovation,' said Jean Davant, chairman of the Valmen group, and Stephane Choulette, chief executive of the Valmen group.

'Thanks to this combination, we are cementing our position as the leading consulting firm dedicated to the financial and insurance industry. To accelerate our growth, we are acting as a consolidator so we can continue to broaden our range of offerings and services. With clear ambition, this is also a collective project that brings along our 21 partners and all our employees. The complementarity between Ailancy and Valmen is strong, and the very similar DNA of the two groups points to productive trajectories for the teams,' commented, for their part, Marie-Therese Aycard, chair of Ailancy Group, and Romuald Hajeri, chief executive of Ailancy Group.