France

Guillaume Allais is the Chief Executive Officer of Alixio Group, a leading French consulting firm specializing in human resources, organizational transformation, and social strategy. A graduate of EM Lyon Business School, he began his career as a senior consultant at Accenture (1994–1998) before becoming a senior manager at Arthur Andersen (1999–2002). He joined Alixio in 2006, where he progressively took on greater responsibilities, becoming a member of the Executive Committee and head of several business units. He was appointed CEO of Alixio in December 2019. Under his leadership, the group has grown to more than 750 experts, around 90 offices, and over 600 clients. His strategic vision focuses strongly on the human dimension of transformation, emphasizing social dialogue, workforce upskilling, and hands-on operational support during corporate change.

X-PM

X-PM provides transition management solutions to large, mid-size and investment fund companies, carrying out crisis management services, transformation and restructuring projects in critical situations.

X-PM’s Partners and Transition Managers are senior management professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in various business sectors. With the availability of a global talent pool and resources within the X-PM network, our executives are carefully selected to meet the needs of our clients based on their business sector and function specific expertise, as well as their experience in handling the challenges they may face in a specific assignment.

Since its incorporation in France in 2001, X-PM’s unique value proposition of transition management service offering has helped us to maintain our reputation as one of the pioneering forces in transition management.

X-PM completes 120 assignments per year on average, in Europe, Asia, the Americas, as well as the Middle East and Africa. Our clients’ loyalty in recurring engagements with us is a strong testament to the high-quality, valuable services we provide.