(Boursier.com) — Accenture announces its intention to acquire Optimind, an independent company based in Paris that provides consulting services and solutions aimed at helping insurance companies, banks and large corporations to meet the major challenges related to competitiveness, transformation and regulatory developments. Financial details of the transaction are not disclosed…
Founded in 2000, Optimind has over 350 highly qualified professionals, including over 110 actuaries, working to serve clients in France and Luxembourg.
Optimind, winner of the 2022 EcoVadis gold medal for its corporate social responsibility policy, has built over the past two decades a solid service offer that covers all aspects of the value chain in terms of management of risks: from strategy to finance, from quantitative modeling to compliance, from mapping to the continuity plan.
Olivier Girard, President of Accenture France & Benelux, said: “This acquisition would complement Accenture’s existing finance and risk management capabilities. It would strengthen our ability to help our clients navigate a period of disruption and create value for their business, enabling us to provide a comprehensive offering across the entire value chain and help our clients accelerate and scale their financial transformation and compliance.”
Khalid Lahraoui, Head of Financial Services for Accenture France and Benelux, said: “The acquisition of Optimind would strengthen our ability to help our clients benefit from change, accelerate their transformation, create value and build new disruptive risk management models Acquisition would strengthen Accenture’s position as a leading strategy and advisory firm for clients in the financial services industry, deploying our innovative end-to-end solutions at new speed and on a European scale.
Christophe Eberlé, President and Founder of Optimind, adds: “Our employees would bring their expertise in terms of qualitative, quantitative and administrative risk management services and solutions. Integrating Accenture would allow us to broaden our global coverage and create new opportunities for our company and our employees.Together, we could support our clients more broadly at a time when they need our expertise more than ever to cope with the economic, financial and regulatory developments that are about to change the balance historical.”
The acquisition project is subject to prior consultation with employee representative bodies and prior approval from the authorities, as well as the conditions usually applicable…