What Magellan Consulting does

Magellan Consulting is the Organization and Information Systems consulting arm of the Magellan Partners Group, founded in 2008 in France by Didier Zeitoun, Claude Aulagnon and Michel Hatiez. The firm delivers cross-functional advisory and transformation services — Digital Strategy and Innovation, Data and AI, Smart Cities and Territories, CIO Advisory, Change Management, Security, Corporate Finance and Zero Carbon IT — to enterprise clients across seven verticals: Banking, Insurance, Energy & Utilities, Public Sector/Cities, Industry/Transport/Services, Health and Social Welfare, and Luxury/Retail. Headquartered in Paris with 19 offices (15 in France plus Germany, UK, Belgium, Spain and Mauritius), the entity reported €62M of turnover in FY2023 with 415 in-house experts, positioned within a parent group of 2,700 consultants and €370M in sales across 12 specialist entities.

The firm's technology offering is anchored on a 'three pillars' model (business expertise, digital creativity, technology platforms) and the 'Augmented Transformation' concept, which combines Generative AI, Intelligent Business Platforms (Low Code/No Code), and sustainability-aware consulting. Delivery is enabled by deep partnerships with the major enterprise software vendors — Microsoft (via Exakis Nelite, the first independent Microsoft pure player in France), Salesforce (via Comforth Easyfront, the largest independent Salesforce 360 partner and a Summit Partner since 2015), AWS and Google Cloud (via Daveo), ServiceNow (via Yunit, the first independent ServiceNow pure player), SAP (via MMH and MBVSI), and Pega (via Oligos and NewBound). The M'Lab innovation lab dedicates 50 consultants full-time to experimentation, while proprietary productised offerings (CX Suite, Trusted Services, Mobility as a Service, VESTA Real Estate Platform, HR Portal) extend the consulting base into recurring software revenue.

Magellan's revenue model combines fee-based professional services (consulting, integration, implementation across multi-year transformation programs) with managed services delivered through sister entities and subscription-based software licensing for the group's product portfolio. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based, with no public price list. Go-to-market is primarily direct enterprise field sales supported by an inside-sales/contact-center motion, event-driven thought leadership (Vivatech, Dreamforce, Microsoft Envision, AWS re:Invent), and channel co-selling with the major platform vendors. The firm has been an active acquirer, completing at least 13 acquisitions since 2012 to extend its value chain from strategy through to managed services and productised IP.

Name

Magellan Consulting

Legal name

Magellan Consulting

Website

https://magellan-consulting.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Magellan Consulting is a France-based enterprise consulting firm (founded 2008, €62M revenue in 2023) that delivers digital transformation, Data/AI, CIO advisory, security and sector-specific advisory across Banking, Energy, Public Sector, Industry, Health and Luxury/Retail, operating as the consulting arm of the Magellan Partners Group alongside 11 specialist technology and integration entities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital & Technology Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business Process & Digital Transformation Consulting (BPAEAAAD)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Digital transformation consulting
• Enterprise IT advisory
• Data and AI consulting
• Technology integration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Coublevie

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices22 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Management & IS Consulting Fees (Professional Services): Core revenue stream from Magellan Consulting's consulting practice — fees for advisory and project delivery across Digital Strategy & Innovation, Data & AI, Smart Cities, CIO Advisory, Change Management, Security, and Corporate Finance. Delivered through a mix of fixed-price projects, time-and-materials assignments, and long-term transformation engagements. Magellan Consulting reported €62 million in turnover in 2023 with 415 in-house experts.
2. IT Integration & Managed Services (Group Entities): Recurring/managed services revenue from sister entities within the Magellan Partners Group: Exakis Nelite (Microsoft), Comforth Easyfront (Salesforce), Daveo (AWS/GCP), Yunit (ServiceNow), NewBound (PROS/Selligent/Pega), MMH (SAP consulting & integration), MBVSI (secure SAP hosting & managed services), Magellan Sécurité (security operations), axYus (public sector), Adone Conseil (Luxury/Retail management consulting), Oligos (Pega), and VPWhite (ESG consulting). The Group totals 12 specialist entities.
3. Software Product Licensing (CX Suite, Trusted Services, Mobility, Real Estate, HR Portal): Product revenue from the Magellan Partners Group's proprietary product portfolio sold/licensed to clients: CX Suite (CX Voice, CX Messaging, CX Pulse, CX Assist, CX Data, CX Service Center, CX Agent), Trusted Services (Trusted Social Care, Workspace, Transaction, Security, Traceability), Mobility as a Service (Business Pay, Transport Retailing, Transport Operations), VESTA Real Estate Platform, and the HR Portal.
4. Solution Implementation & Platform Resale (Enterprise Platforms): Implementation and integration fees derived from the Magellan Partners Group's role as a 'pure player' partner/integrator for major enterprise platforms (Microsoft, Salesforce, AWS, SAP, ServiceNow, Selligent, PROS, Google Cloud, Pega). Revenue is generated from consulting, integration, customisation and ongoing support of these platforms for clients.
5. Group-Level Sales (Cross-Selling Across 12 Entities): Magellan Partners Group generated €370 million in sales with 2,700 consultants across 19 agencies (15 in France), reflecting the combined scale of consulting, integration, managed services, and product revenues across all specialist entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Magellan Consulting is a French management, organization and information systems consulting firm that helps enterprises undergo digital transformation. It delivers cross-functional advisory and implementation services spanning digital strategy, data and AI, smart cities, CIO advisory, change management, cybersecurity, corporate finance, and zero carbon IT, delivered across vertical sectors such as banking, insurance, energy and utilities, public sector, industry, and health. The firm operates as the consulting arm of the broader Magellan Partners Group, leveraging 12 specialist sister entities to deliver end-to-end transformation programs anchored on the 'Augmented Consultant' model.

Product overview

Magellan Consulting is the Organization and Information Systems consulting arm of the Magellan Partners Group, delivering advisory, transformation and implementation services rather than a single packaged software product. Its offering is a portfolio-plus-modules architecture: the core is cross-functional consulting expertise (Digital Strategy and Innovation, Data and AI, Smart Cities and Territories, CIO Advisory, Change Management, Security, Corporate Finance, Zero Carbon IT), augmented by sector-specific practices (Banking, Energy and Utilities, Public Sector/Cities, Insurance, Industry/Transport/Services, Health and Social Welfare). On top of this services base, the broader Magellan Partners Group (to which Magellan Consulting belongs) markets productized offerings including the CX Suite (CX Voice, CX Messaging, CX Pulse, CX Assist, CX Data, CX Service Center, CX Agent), Trusted Services (Trusted Social Care, Trusted Workspace, Trusted Transaction, Trusted Security, Trusted Traceability), Mobility as a Service (Business Pay, Transport Retailing, Transport Operations), Real Estate Management (VESTA Platform), and the HR Portal. The combined portfolio supports Magellan Consulting's positioning around "Augmented Transformation," combining generative AI, Intelligent Business Platforms, and data-driven consulting to deliver end-to-end digital transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Digital Strategy and Innovation Advisory offering to develop and enhance digital opportunities for employees and organizations, spanning digital strategy formulation, innovation programs, and new business model design. Targeted at enterprise clients undergoing digital transformation.
• Data and AI Consulting offering focused on leveraging the power and opportunities of Data and AI in an inclusive and ethical way, covering Data Strategy, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Data Analytics and Data Factory. Targeted at enterprise clients modernising their data and AI capabilities.
• Smart Cities and Territories Sectoral consulting offering helping public actors, cities and territorial authorities design tomorrow's uses, digitize service offerings and harness data and AI. Targeted at state agencies, cities, local authorities, and defence ecosystem partners.
• CIO Advisory Consulting offering to accelerate the transformation of the IT function and exploit the potential of technologies to drive business growth, including IT Strategy, Target Operating Model, IT Architecture, and CIO Performance. Targeted at CIOs and IT leadership of enterprise clients.
• Change Management Consulting offering putting the HR function at the heart of the company's strategic challenges, including HR and HRIS Consulting, Operational Transformation, HR as a Service, and Human Capital. Targeted at enterprise HR leaders and transformation sponsors.
• Security 360° protection strategy service offering for teams, sites and infrastructures, spanning Cybersecurity Audits, Governance/Risk/Compliance, Identity & Trust, and Security Operations Center (SOC). Targeted at CISOs and security leaders of enterprise clients.
• Corporate Finance Consulting offering to optimize organizational models and improve performance management, covering EPM (Enterprise Performance Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), and P2P (Procure to Pay). Targeted at CFOs and finance leaders of enterprise clients.
• Zero Carbon IT Consulting offering to integrate emerging infrastructure market trends (sustainable IT, low carbon datacenter) into clients' business, including Cloud Strategy & Design, Move to Cloud, Operate, and Sovereignty. Targeted at IT and sustainability leaders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Optimisation of transport and storage costs for a major European automotive group's spare parts distribution network, with €2M in identified cost savings.
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Named customers8 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

29 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship / core enterprise platform partner, core enterprise platform partner, specialist enterprise platform partner, significant acquisition / strategic build, strategic acquisition, founding partnership (founders of magellan partners group), tactical pr partner, tactical tooling partner for recruitment, core group entity (sister company), strategic acquisition (pega specialisation), historical acquisition (now part of comforth easyfront), historical acquisition (now part of exakis nelite) and historical acquisition (foundational to exakis nelite).

• Microsoftflagship / core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' technology partners referenced by Magellan. Delivery to Microsoft clients is handled by Exakis Nelite, the Group's dedicated Microsoft consulting and integration entity (described as the first independent Microsoft pure player in France after Exakis acquired Nelite in 2019). Magellan's service offerings include Microsoft Security, Modern Endpoint, Microsoft 365 / Copilot Change Management, Office 365 Architecture, and Microsoft Dynamics (CRM). Magellan's career site lists multiple Microsoft certifications as a key upskilling path for employees.
• Salesforceflagship / core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationSalesforce is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' technology partners referenced by Magellan. Delivery is via Comforth Easyfront, the Group's dedicated Salesforce consulting and integration entity — described as the largest independent Salesforce pure player in France and certified Summit Partner since 2015. Magellan's case studies show end-to-end Salesforce implementations (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Field Service Lightning, Community Cloud, Marketing Cloud, etc.). Comforth Karoo's acquisition of Easyfront in 2023 reinforced the 360-degree Salesforce footprint across Health, Pharma, Tech and Retail verticals.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)flagship / core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationAWS is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' technology partners referenced by Magellan. Delivery is via Daveo (acquired by the Group in 2022), the specialist in product management and public cloud consulting on AWS and GCP. Daveo developed an integrated cloud offering covering design, development and implementation of applications and solutions in the AWS and GCP clouds. Magellan's job board lists Cloud Engineer roles requiring both AWS and GCP experience.
• SAPflagship / core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationSAP is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' technology partners referenced by Magellan. Delivery is via MMH (acquired 2022) for SAP consulting and integration, and MBVSI (also acquired 2022) for secure SAP hosting and managed services. Magellan Partners positions itself on innovative, automated turnkey services for migration from SAP ECC to S/4HANA. SAP offerings include EPM, ERP, and P2P (Procure-to-Pay).
• ServiceNowflagship / core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationServiceNow is one of the 'Magnificent Seven' technology partners referenced by Magellan. Delivery is via Yunit — formed in 2021 when the Group acquired Keralia Consulting (renamed Yunit) with the ambition to become the first ServiceNow pure player in France. Magellan's career site highlights ServiceNow skills as a key certification path (e.g., testimonials from ServiceNow-trained consultants).
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)core enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationGoogle Cloud is one of the Magellan Group's enterprise platform partners. Delivery is via Daveo (acquired 2022), which developed an integrated offering for design, development and implementation of applications and solutions in the AWS and GCP clouds. Magellan's job board lists Cloud Engineer roles requiring both AWS and GCP experience.
• Pegacore enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationPega is referenced as one of Magellan's enterprise platforms. Delivery is via Oligos (acquired 2024) — a consulting and implementation firm for Pega solutions, covering Intelligent Automation, Customer Engagement, Customer Service, Sales Automation, and Customer/Product Lifecycle. The Group created a 360° Pega offering from business consulting through to third-party application maintenance (TMA) for all sectors. Pega also falls within the NewBound entity (alongside PROS and Selligent).
• Selligentspecialist enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationSelligent is one of Magellan's enterprise platform partners (alongside PROS and Pega). Delivery is via NewBound, the Group's entity specialising in consulting and integration of PROS, Selligent and Pega solutions.
• PROSspecialist enterprise platform partnerTechnology or IntegrationPROS is one of Magellan's enterprise platform partners. Delivery is via NewBound, the Group's entity specialising in consulting and integration of PROS, Selligent and Pega solutions.
• KMSIsignificant acquisition / strategic buildStrategic or Co-development PartnerKMSI was acquired to create a Group entity dedicated to HR and HRIS (SIRH) consulting. The acquisition enabled Magellan to deliver an innovative service offering for all HR stakeholders — from upstream strategic consulting (organisation, processes, human capital, AMOA, HRIS transition, HR Data, Payroll) to integration and production of digital solutions.
• Adone Conseilstrategic acquisitionStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdone Conseil is a European specialist in management consulting for the Luxury and Retail sectors, acquired by Magellan Partners in 2023. The acquisition created a unique range of organisational and technology consulting services covering the entire digital value chain for Luxury and Retail players in France and Europe.
• VPWhitestrategic acquisitionStrategic or Co-development PartnerVPWhite was acquired in 2025 as a specialist in ESG consulting and digitalization of extra-financial processes. The acquisition created a comprehensive service offering to support companies in their ESG strategy — from roadmap definition to operational deployment, integration of specialised platforms, and regulatory compliance.
• Didier Zeitoun, Claude Aulagnon, Michel Hatiez (Founders)founding partnership (founders of magellan partners group)OthersMagellan Partners was founded in 2008 by three entrepreneurs — Didier Zeitoun (Chairman and Co-Founder; 30 years of experience in Consulting and IT Services, ex-Accenture/Altis/Odyssée/Groupe Atos Origin), Claude Aulagnon, and Michel Hatiez (CEO; 31 years of experience, ex-Accenture/Altis/Odyssée/Atos Consulting; Agro/ESSEC; specialist in Health & Social Protection and Public Sector).
• Babylone (Press Relations Agency)tactical pr partnerGTM or Marketing PartnerBabylone is Magellan's external press relations agency. The dedicated press contact email ([email protected]) is listed on the contact page for journalists, indicating an ongoing PR/communications engagement.
• SmartRecruiters (Applicant Tracking System)tactical tooling partner for recruitmentTechnology or IntegrationMagellan uses SmartRecruiters as its applicant tracking system to publish job offers and accept applications, as evidenced by the link to jobs.smartrecruiters.com/oneclick-ui/company/Magellan on the careers/contact pages.
• Exakis Nelitecore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExakis Nelite is the Magellan Partners Group entity dedicated to Microsoft consulting and integration — recognised as the first independent Microsoft pure player in France after Exakis acquired Nelite in 2019. Formed via the 2012 acquisition of Exakis (a leading player in the Microsoft consulting and integration market).
• Comforth Easyfrontcore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerComforth Easyfront is the Magellan Partners Group entity dedicated to Salesforce consulting and integration — recognised as the largest independent Salesforce pure player in France. Formed in 2015 as Comforth, expanded via the 2020 acquisition of Karoo (becoming Comforth Karoo), then via the 2023 acquisition of Easyfront (becoming Comforth Easyfront, the largest Salesforce 360 partner in France).
• Yunit (formerly Keralia Consulting)core group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerYunit is the Magellan Partners Group entity dedicated to ServiceNow consulting and integration, formed after the 2021 acquisition of Keralia Consulting — renamed Yunit with the ambition to become the first independent ServiceNow pure player in France.
• Daveocore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDaveo is the Magellan Partners Group entity specialising in product management and public cloud consulting on AWS and GCP, acquired in 2022. Daveo has developed an integrated cloud offering covering design, development and implementation of applications and solutions in AWS and GCP.
• Magellan Sécuritécore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMagellan Sécurité is the Group entity created in 2019 to deliver a 360° protection strategy for teams, sites and infrastructures of companies — offering operational security solutions to address today's and tomorrow's threats.
• axYuscore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartneraxYus is the Group entity acquired in 2021 — a leading player in digital transformation and designer of custom applications for the French public sector. Magellan's Public Sector practice leverages axYus for digital transformation consulting and bespoke solution design for public actors.
• NewBoundcore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNewBound is the Magellan Partners Group entity specialising in consulting and integration of PROS, Selligent and Pega solutions.
• MMHcore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMMH is the Magellan Partners Group entity specialising in SAP consulting and integration (acquired 2022 alongside MBVSI). The acquisition positions Magellan on innovative, automated turnkey services for migration from SAP ECC to the new S/4HANA version.
• MBVSIcore group entity (sister company)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMBVSI is the Magellan Partners Group entity specialising in secure hosting and managed services for SAP (acquired 2022 alongside MMH). Together, MMH and MBVSI position the Group on the full SAP value chain.
• Oligosstrategic acquisition (pega specialisation)Implementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOligos is a Pega consulting and implementation firm acquired in 2024. Magellan created a 360° Pega offering spanning business consulting through to third-party application maintenance (TMA) for all sectors, covering Pega's Intelligent Automation, Customer Engagement, Customer Service, Sales Automation, and Customer/Product Lifecycle solutions.
• Karoo (acquired by Comforth in 2020)historical acquisition (now part of comforth easyfront)Strategic or Co-development PartnerKaroo was acquired by Comforth in 2020 to form Comforth Karoo, becoming the first independent Salesforce pure player in France. Karoo was later combined with Easyfront in 2023 to create Comforth Easyfront.
• Easyfront (acquired by Comforth Karoo in 2023)strategic acquisitionStrategic or Co-development PartnerEasyfront is a Salesforce expert specialising in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, tech and retail sectors, acquired in 2023 by Comforth Karoo (which became Comforth Easyfront) — reinforcing its position as the largest Salesforce 360 partner in France.
• Nelite (acquired by Exakis in 2019)historical acquisition (now part of exakis nelite)Strategic or Co-development PartnerNelite was acquired by Exakis in 2019, transforming the combined entity into Exakis Nelite — the first independent Microsoft pure player in France.
• Exakis (acquired in 2012)historical acquisition (foundational to exakis nelite)Strategic or Co-development PartnerExakis — a leading player in the Microsoft consulting and integration market — was acquired by Magellan Partners in 2012, marking the Group's first major acquisition beyond consulting. Exakis later merged with Nelite to form Exakis Nelite.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Accenture: Global management consulting and technology services leader covering strategy, digital, cloud, security and industry X.0 across all of Magellan's verticals (Banking, Insurance, Energy, Public Sector, Health, Industry). Accenture is the ultimate benchmark Magellan is positioning against, and where Magellan's founders (Zeitoun, Hatiez) previously worked.
• Capgemini: Global IT services and consulting firm with deep French roots and strong practices across digital transformation, cloud, data/AI and industry platforms. Direct competitor for Magellan's enterprise transformation and platform-integration work; Capgemini Consulting is also a common alumni employer of Magellan's partners.
• Sopra Steria: European IT services group headquartered in France with significant consulting and system integration capabilities across public sector, banking, insurance and industry. Competes with Magellan on large public-sector and SAP/ServiceNow transformation programs and on managed services.
• Atos: Global digital transformation and managed services group with strong French public-sector and banking heritage and historical employer of Magellan's founders. Competes with Magellan in large public-sector transformation, SAP and managed services engagements, although Atos's recent strategic refocus differentiates them on scale.

Direct peers

• Wavestone: French-headquartered pure-play consulting firm focused on digital and sustainable transformation, with similar sectoral coverage (Banking, Insurance, Energy, Public Sector, Health, Industry) and a comparable bench of ~4,000+ consultants. Closest direct French peer to Magellan Consulting in terms of positioning, size band and GTM motion.
• Devoteam: France-origin technology consulting firm specialising in cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), data/AI, cybersecurity and platform engineering. Highly comparable to Magellan's Daveo, Yunit and Magellan Sécurité entities, with similar mid-market enterprise focus and vendor-partnership model.
• Talan: France-based international consulting and technology services firm with strong data, AI, cloud and innovation capabilities, serving similar enterprise and public-sector clients. Comparable mid-tier French consulting peer with overlapping sectoral expertise and platform engineering focus.

Emerging players

• Slalom: US-headquartered consulting firm focused on cloud, data, AI and industry transformation with a strong regional/locally-delivered model. Comparable to Magellan in its consultancy-of-the-future positioning, Generative AI go-to-market, and emphasis on combining strategy with platform delivery for mid-to-large enterprise clients.
• Keyrus: France-origin data and digital transformation consultancy with deep expertise in data strategy, AI, analytics and platform engineering. Comparable mid-tier French peer overlapping with Magellan's Data & AI and Intelligent Business Platforms offerings, often co-bidding on enterprise data programs.

Others

• Everest Group / Infosys Consulting: Large Indian heritage IT services firms with significant European consulting arms (Infosys Consulting). Compete with Magellan on large cross-platform transformation, SAP/Oracle EPM work and on nearshoring/offshoring economics for Magellan's Corporate Finance and platform integration practices.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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