What Howard Partners does

Howard Partners is a privately-held French management consultancy founded in 2020 and headquartered at 18 Avenue Charles de Gaulle in Neuilly-sur-Seine. It is structured as a Société par Actions Simplifiée (HOWARD Partners SAS) with a registered capital of €43,010 and operates as a boutique firm of 11–50 employees serving enterprise clients across French banking, insurance, asset management, luxury, fintech, consumer goods and education. The firm sells integrated business transformation advisory — combining strategy definition, roadmap development, and operational deployment through PMO-led project execution — to general management, business-line and operational leadership under long-term partnership dynamics.

The core offering consists of consulting and advisory services organized along two axes: sector expertise (banking, insurance, asset management, consumer goods, distribution) and functional expertise (strategy, finance, risk, PMO, digital & tech, data, CX & EX, call centers, operational efficiency, ESG/sustainable development). The firm has developed proprietary methodologies and tools, and operates the Howard Partners Institute as a sub-brand publishing white papers on five thematic pillars (Socio-Emotional Enterprise, Intelligent Enterprise, Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable Mobility, Relational Enterprise) with contributions from public figures such as Bertrand Piccard, Jacques Seguela and Frédéric Mazzella.

Howard Partners generates revenue through professional services engagements — consulting fees negotiated per engagement on the basis of scope and complexity, with no publicly disclosed pricing. It goes to market via direct, relationship-based sales to enterprise clients, supported by content marketing through its Institute and active social media presence. The partner bench is drawn from senior consultants with 15+ years of sector experience (notably in insurance and banking), and junior consultants are recruited exclusively from top-tier French institutions (HEC, ESSEC, ESCP, Sciences Po, ENSTA, ESSCA, EM Normandie). No external funding, M&A, partnerships or parent company are disclosed.

Name

Howard Partners

Legal name

HOWARD Partners, Société par Actions Simplifiée

Website

https://howard-partners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Howard Partners is a French boutique management consultancy founded in 2020 that delivers business transformation, strategy and PMO advisory to enterprise clients in banking, insurance, asset management and adjacent sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• Business transformation consulting
• Strategy advisory services
• Financial services consulting
• Operational excellence consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuilly-sur-seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting Services: Howard Partners provides consulting services to general management, business, and operational leadership for their transformation needs. The firm assists in defining vision, strategy, and roadmaps, as well as their operational implementation. The firm is engaged in project management with a focus on achieving predefined objectives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Howard Partners is a French management consultancy that provides integrated business transformation consulting services to enterprise clients. The firm assists general management, business, and operational leadership in defining vision, strategy, and roadmaps, then supports operational deployment and project management with a focus on achieving predefined objectives. Service coverage spans sector-specific expertise (banking, insurance, asset management, consumer goods, distribution) and functional expertise (strategy, sustainable development, finance, risk, PMO, digital & tech, data, CX & EX, call centers, operational efficiency).

Product overview

Howard Partners is a consulting firm offering a unified advisory platform for business transformation. The core offering consists of consulting and advisory services encompassing sector-specific expertise (banking, insurance, asset management, consumer goods, distribution) and functional expertise areas (strategy, sustainable development, finance, risk, PMO, digital & tech, data, CX & EX, call centers, operational efficiency). These service modules are delivered as an integrated consulting approach rather than separate products. The Howard Partners Institute serves as the firm's thought leadership division, producing white papers on key business transformation themes including Socio-Emotional Enterprise, Intelligent Enterprise, Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable Mobility, and Relational Enterprise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Howard Partners Institute: Thought leadership platform exploring five grand enjeux: Socio-Emotional Enterprise, Intelligent Enterprise, Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable Mobility, and Relational Enterprise. Publishes white papers and facilitates learning expeditions.

Products and services

• Consulting and Advisory Services Core consulting services encompassing business transformation, strategy definition, roadmap development, and operational execution for enterprise clients. Services cover sector-specific expertise (banking, insurance, asset management, consumer goods, distribution) and functional expertise (strategy, sustainable development, finance, risk, PMO, digital & tech, data, CX & EX, call centers, operational efficiency), delivered as an integrated consulting approach.
• Howard Partners Institute White Papers Thought leadership sub-brand of Howard Partners publishing white papers on five transformation themes (Socio-Emotional Enterprise, Intelligent Enterprise, Sustainable Enterprise, Sustainable Mobility, Relational Enterprise), featuring contributions from notable figures including Jacques Seguela, Frédéric Mazzella, Bertrand Piccard, Eric Salobir, and Thierry Chamouton.

Quantifiable outcome

• 40M€ budget delivered in agile mode with 70+ collaborators on Salesforce implementation program
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Eleven Strategy: Independent French consulting firm with focus on strategy, organization and transformation across financial services and other regulated industries — a similarly sized emerging competitor in the French boutique consulting segment.
• HeadMind Partners: French consulting firm specialised in cybersecurity, compliance and digital trust for financial services — adjacent to Howard Partners' risk and regulatory practice but with a narrower cybersecurity focus.

Direct peers

• mc2i Groupe: French management and IT consulting firm with a strong footprint in banking, insurance and public sector; offers comparable functional practices (PMO, data, digital, HR) and competes with Howard Partners on mid-sized French transformation mandates.
• Kea & Partners: French boutique consultancy focused on strategy and transformation for banks and insurers, with a partnership-driven model and cross-functional expertise — highly comparable to Howard Partners in size, positioning and client base.
• Wavestone: French-headquartered consulting firm with a dominant position in financial services and banking transformation in France — the closest direct competitor to Howard Partners' core French FS practice, with similar PMO, regulatory and operational efficiency offerings.
• Sia Partners: Paris-based management and operational consulting firm active in banking, insurance and asset management across Europe; competes head-to-head with Howard Partners for transformation, digital, risk and CX mandates in French financial services.
• Argans Strategy & Transformation: French boutique transformation consultancy serving banking, insurance and corporate clients — similar in scale and positioning to Howard Partners, with overlapping services in operational efficiency and PMO delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Invent: The digital transformation and strategy arm of Capgemini, with significant French banking and insurance mandates; overlaps with Howard Partners on digital, data and operational transformation, but at vastly larger scale and with broader delivery capacity.
• Roland Berger: Global strategy consulting firm founded in Paris with a strong European banking and insurance practice; competes with Howard Partners on French and European FS transformation work but at a much larger scale and brand reach.
• Talan: Paris-headquartered international consulting and technology firm serving French banks and insurers on digital transformation, data and innovation — larger and more diversified than Howard Partners but competing in adjacent areas of French FS consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/howard-partners
• Facebookfacebook.com/howardpartners
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/howard-partners
• Xx.com/howard_partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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