Ares & Co Partners
Founded in 2009 by a team of Partners who have evolved within the largest Strategy consulting firms, Ares & Co is a reference firm in Strategy consulting for Financial Services in France
Olivier Dupin
Associate Partner
Olivier is an ESCP graduate and commenced his career in Strategy Consulting at Mars & Co over 25 years ago.
After carrying out trade portfolio arbitrage and restructuring and strategic repositioning in the Banking sector, he joined Gemini Bossard Consultants to help transform the banking business, before becoming Vice-Chairman of Capgemini Consulting. He then joined the Financial Services division of Roland Berger, before co-founding Ares & Co.
Olivier is specialised in Retail Banking, Corporate and SFS, primarily focusing on three areas: organic growth strategies and M&A operations; governance and organisation; and operational performance (commercial efficiency, cost competitiveness and SMEs).
Contact :
olivier.dupin@aresandco.com
Gilles Fabre
Associate Partner
Gilles is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines de Nancy and holds a post-graduate degree (DEA) in scientific management methods. He has over 25 years' experience in consulting. He started out at Andersen Consulting, which later became Accenture, where he rose to become a Partner specialising in the Insurance industry. He then joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) as Partner & Managing Director to strengthen the Insurance & Technology Advantage practices of the Paris office.
With extensive experience in the financial services market and in-depth expertise in digital transformations and the necessary adaptations to market disruptions (reinvention of customer journeys, distribution of the future, automation of operations, IT transformation, partnerships/alliances/acquisitions, upscaling of services, etc.), Gilles is in charge of developing innovation and strengthening Ares & Co’s expertise in the insurance and due diligence sector.
Contact :
gilles.fabre@aresandco.com
Thomas André
Associate Partner
With over 16 years' experience in Management and Strategy consulting for financial institutions, Thomas supports retail banks, private banks and asset management firms on strategic assignments in France and Europe. He has developed expertise in the areas of growth strategy, post-merger integration, transformation and management of finance and risk functions.
Thomas holds an MBA from HEC Paris and Insead (Executive Education) and joined Ares & Co in 2010 after commencing his career in banking in New York followed by an initial experience in consulting.
Thomas is very involved in developing talent within Ares & Co.
Contact :
thomas.andre@aresandco.com
Sébastien Trankiem
Associate Partner
Graduated from ESSEC and holding a Master’s degree in Strategy and Organization (Paris X – ESSEC – HEC), Sébastien spent eight years at Mars & Co and had a stint at Bossard Consultants before joining Groupe BPCE in 2006 as Head of Strategic Planning.
He then led major transformation projects within the Operations Division - including the pooling of resources among regional banks and the centralization of group treasury at Natixis.
He went on to hold senior roles in the payments sector, notably as CFO and Secretary General of the fintech S-money, and later as Head of Financial Steering for the Payments Division.
With over twenty-five years of experience in financial services, Sébastien advises executive teams in the banking sector, primarily across four areas:
- Retail Banking
- Payments and Transaction Services
- Consumer Credit
- Savings and Investment Products
Internally, Sébastien leads the firm’s AI deployment initiatives and is responsible for developing skills and offerings in Advanced Analytics.
Contact :
sebastien.trankiem@aresandco.com