Aravati France

What Aravati France does

Aravati France is a Paris-headquartered HR consulting and executive search firm founded in 2004 that specializes in digital transformation talent. The company delivers five core services: executive search and chasse de talents for C-suite and middle-management digital roles; Management de Transition for interim leadership during transformation or succession; Délégation RH (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) that embeds Aravati recruiters inside client organizations; Human Upskilling (Qualiopi-certified training and coaching); and Conseil en Organisation for digital-team structuring and salary benchmarking. The underlying technology is a proprietary candidate database of more than 200,000 experienced digital profiles, used as the primary sourcing asset across mandates.

Aravati operates as a sales-led, direct B2B professional services firm. Engagement models are quote-based, tailored to client scope, and span project-based executive search, retained mandates, embedded RPO, and longer-term interim management. The firm reports a 96% recruitment success rate, 150+ placements and 40+ transition missions per year, and serves roughly 200+ clients. Marquee customers span luxury (LVMH, Christian Dior, Givenchy, Chaumet, Céline, Berluti, Christian Louboutin), retail and e-commerce (Carrefour, Sephora, ManoMano, Meilleurtaux), hospitality (Accor, Club Med), media (Les Echos Le Parisien, Condé Nast), beauty (Yves Rocher, Puig), healthcare (MGEN) and technology-adjacent firms (Coyote, Qwant). Pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Aravati is a sub-brand within the Humanskills Group, a multi-brand HR and digital-services platform that encompasses 500+ experts across 6 specialized brands (Elevate Agency, La Relève, MrGuiz, TeamInside, TheGoodWill) and operates from offices in Paris, Madrid, Montréal, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, and Marseille. The founder and Présidente, Hymane Ben Aoun Fleury, also co-presides Teaminside Group. The company is privately held, with no disclosed external funding or institutional investors, and has no AI/ML platform or proprietary models disclosed in source materials.

Name

Aravati France

Legal name

ARAVATI FRANCE

Website

https://aravati.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Aravati France is a Paris-based HR consulting firm, founded in 2004, specializing in executive search and digital talent acquisition for large enterprises, ETIs, and scale-ups, particularly in luxury, retail, and media, as part of the Humanskills Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search and HR Consulting

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops) (BPACAKAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL), People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH)

Keywords

• Executive search
• Digital recruitment
• Management de transition
• HR delegation RPO
• Organizational consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Executive Search: Headhunting and executive recruitment services for top and middle management positions in digital roles
2. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): HR delegation services providing expert recruiters and HR consultants embedded in client organizations
3. Organizational Consulting: HR and digital organization consulting including staffing models, organizational design, and salary benchmarking
4. Management de Transition: Interim management services providing temporary executive leadership for transformation and succession needs
5. Upskilling and Training: Formation and coaching services for digital skills development, certified Qualiopi

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Aravati France is a specialized HR consulting and recruitment firm that sources, assesses, and places digital, tech, and executive talent for French enterprises undergoing transformation. Its offering spans executive search for C-suite roles, mid-management talent hunting, interim management (management de transition), outsourced recruitment (RPO/HR delegation), organizational and salary benchmarking consulting, and Qualiopi-certified upskilling and coaching. Clients include large enterprises, mid-cap ETIs, and scale-ups primarily in luxury, retail, e-commerce, media, and financial services.

Product overview

Aravati France operates as a specialized HR and recruitment consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of talent acquisition and development services. The core portfolio comprises Executive Search for C-suite recruitment, Talent Hunting (Chasse de Talents) for digital experts and middle management, Management de Transition for interim leadership needs, and Délégation RH (RPO) for outsourced recruitment processes. Supporting services include Upskilling: Formation & Coaching for workforce development, Conseil en Organisation for organizational consulting, and Transitions & Mobilités for career transition support. The company also provides valuable resources including a Fiches Métier database of detailed job descriptions for digital roles and annual Salary Studies (Etude des Salaires) for market benchmarking. Operating since 2004, Aravati positions itself as a specialist in digital transformation talent, connecting quality candidates with ambitious companies across France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Aravati by Humanskills: Main brand combining executive search and HR consulting services under the Humanskills group umbrella.

Products and services

• Executive Search (Recrutement de dirigeants) Retained executive search for C-suite and senior digital transformation leaders, targeting French large enterprises, ETIs, and scale-ups across luxury, retail, e-commerce, media, and financial services.
• Chasse de Talents (Recrutement de cadres et experts digitaux) Targeted talent hunting service for recruiting middle managers and digital experts (product, data, growth, tech) using Aravati's proprietary database of 200,000+ digital candidates.
• Management de Transition Interim executive placement providing experienced transition managers to lead digital, HR, or general management roles during organizational change, succession gaps, or transformation programs.
• Délégation RH (Recruitment Process Outsourcing / RPO) Recruitment Process Outsourcing placing dedicated Aravati recruiters and HR consultants on-site at client organizations to run their hiring pipelines, with access to Aravati's proprietary candidate database and assessment tools.
• Conseil en Organisation RH et Digital Strategic HR and digital organizational consulting covering staffing models, organizational design, team sizing, and salary benchmarking for clients transforming their digital functions.
• Upskilling : Formation & Coaching Qualiopi-certified training and coaching programs for digital skill development, delivered through case-based learning and run on a dedicated Human Upskilling sub-brand under Aravati France.
• Transitions & Mobilités Outplacement and career mobility services supporting employees through professional transitions, including job changes and internal mobility programs for organizations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 96% success rate on recruitment missions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Humanskills (Parent Group)coreOthersAravati is part of the Humanskills group, which comprises 6 specialized brands with 500+ experts across 7 cities (Paris, Madrid, Montréal, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Marseille). The group includes Elevate Agency (Data Marketing), La Relève (junior recruitment), MrGuiz (product management), TeamInside (digital expert delegation), and TheGoodWill (digital media consulting).
• Elevate AgencyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Humanskills group - specializes in Data Marketing, Data & Tech, and CMI consulting services.
• La RelèveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Humanskills group - specializes in recruiting hard-to-find profiles with 0-5 years of experience.
• MrGuizminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Humanskills group - specialist in product management recruitment.
• TeamInsideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Humanskills group - digital expert delegation services.
• TheGoodWillminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of Humanskills group - digital media consulting services.
• LengowminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRecruitment partner for Lengow Day e-commerce conference. Passionate about e-commerce, Aravati serves as the official recruitment partner for this innovation and growth-focused event.
• Teaminside Group (Co-presidency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHymane Ben Aoun, founder of Aravati, co-presides Teaminside Group, connecting the specialized recruitment and consulting brands.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Heidrick & Struggles: Pure-play global executive search firm with a strong digital and technology officers practice. Directly comparable on the executive-search side of Aravati's offering, particularly for senior digital mandates.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm combining executive search, RPO, and talent advisory. Closest publicly traded comparable to Aravati's integrated search + RPO + consulting model, though at vastly greater scale.
• W Executive: French boutique executive search firm focused on digital, technology, and data leadership. Most directly comparable in scale, geography, and digital-talent specialization to Aravati France.
• Alexander Hughes: Paris-headquartered international executive search firm with strong French enterprise relationships. The most direct French boutique peer to Aravati in executive and digital leadership search.
• Egon Zehnder: Privately held global executive search firm with deep European and digital practice. Comparable to Aravati in boutique-style search at the C-suite and digital leadership level.
• Michael Page International: Global specialist recruitment firm (part of PageGroup) with a deep French practice across digital, technology, and middle-management roles — directly mirroring Aravati's 'Chasse de talents' service line.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm. Overlaps with Aravati on senior-level digital, technology and consumer/luxury leadership recruiting.

Broad incumbents

• Hays: Global specialist recruiter with significant France operations and a dedicated digital/tech practice. Broad incumbent comparable on account management depth and cross-sector digital recruitment.
• Robert Half: Large publicly traded staffing and professional search firm. Broad incumbent comparable to Aravati's middle-management digital recruiting and RPO-style engagements across France and Europe.
• Randstad: World's largest staffing group with a meaningful HR Solutions/RPO practice. Comparable to Aravati's Délégation RH offering at scale, though mass-market rather than digital-specialized.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/aravati
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC6zHmZ8UQ5I6yAelB1GyU-g
• Facebookfacebook.com/AravatiFrance
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/aravati-france
• Instagraminstagram.com/aravati_officiel?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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