Founded in 2002 by Mehdi Houas, Eric Benamou and Philippe Cassoulat, Talan was created with a single ambition: to support organisations in their transformation so they could accelerate, grow and endure. Over more than two decades, we have expanded from our French roots to become an international consulting group present in 21 countries across 5 continents — Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania — with more than 6,000 experts working alongside clients every day. That growth has never been organic alone. Through strategic acquisitions of complementary leaders — Coexya, Dataroots, Micropole, Wide, NineFeetTall and Nova Consulting among them — we have built a group ecosystem capable of covering the entire transformation cycle, from strategy and design to data, technology and change management. Today, Talan serves organisations across financial services, energy, transport, health, manufacturing, insurance, retail, luxury and the public sector, counted among them Airbus, AXA, ENGIE, RATP, SNCF and Santander. We are not just a consulting firm. We are a collective united by one shared conviction: that innovation, when it is ethical, human-centred and responsibly deployed, creates lasting positive impact — for businesses and for society at large.

At Talan, we are more than the sum of our expertise. We are a multidisciplinary collective — data scientists, AI specialists, management consultants, architects, integrators, researchers, change managers, designers — drawn together by a culture of curiosity and a shared belief in human intelligence as the most powerful force for positive transformation. We reject uniform thinking and method duplication. Our strength comes from the diversity of our profiles, the richness of our experiences and the plurality of our perspectives. It is precisely this diversity — across disciplines, cultures and ways of thinking — that fuels our collective intelligence and makes our advice sharper, our solutions more relevant and our results more durable. We engage proactively with complexity, guided by a multidisciplinary approach, pragmatic ethics and an optimistic view of what technology can do for people. We call this the Talan reflex: simplifying and demystifying transformation through agile, insightful engagement enriched by deep experience and leading-edge technology.

We support organisations across the full arc of their transformation — from defining strategy to delivering measurable results on the ground. Our capabilities span three interconnected dimensions. In Consulting, we help clients reinvent their strategy, reshape their business models, transform their governance, elevate the employee and customer experience, navigate regulatory complexity and embark on their low-carbon transition. Our strategy consulting arm, TenSquare, brings dedicated acceleration expertise to the most ambitious mandates. In Data and AI, we harness the full power of data — from governance and architecture to democratisation and green data — fusing human expertise with artificial intelligence to create solutions that sharpen decision-making and unlock lasting performance. In Technology, we deploy generative AI, smart automation and RPA, cybersecurity, cloud ecosystems, CRM platforms and enterprise solutions with Microsoft, SAP, Oracle and Salesforce to translate strategy into scalable technical reality. Across all of this, the Talan Method ensures continuity: enlightening decisions through data, scaling projects through our excellence centres, innovating through applied research, and mobilising ingenious, committed experts at every stage of the journey.

Our purpose is clear and it runs through everything we do: to make innovation genuinely positive — for our clients, for the people inside their organisations and for society at large. We believe that technology and innovation, when used ethically and responsibly, can deliver sustainable solutions and generate real impact in the world. That is what we mean when we speak of Positive Innovation: not a slogan, but an orientation — one that guides how we design solutions, how we deploy technologies and how we measure success. We engage with complexity through a multidisciplinary lens, driven by committed talents and grounded in pragmatic, ethical action. We reject the duplication of methods and the comfort of uniform thinking, focusing instead on relevance, efficiency and humanism. Our aim is to become the international consulting group in innovation and technology transformation that maximises the potential of disruptive technologies — while ensuring that this potential always serves humanity's progress and reconciles business performance with societal responsibility.

Our culture is the foundation of everything the Talan collective builds together. It is anchored in five values that are not aspirational posters on a wall — they are the lived standards by which we operate every day. Commitment drives us to ensure excellence in delivery and to stand firmly by our clients, going beyond satisfaction to pool our talents and surpass ourselves in pursuit of mutual success. Team spirit, the original Talan spirit, is rooted in unwavering solidarity and a constant desire to undertake together — it is what lets us take on the greatest challenges, innovate and grow without leaving anyone behind. Respect governs all our actions and interactions: across an international group shaped by diverse cultures, active listening, inclusion and an ethical, human-centred approach are what make a truly harmonious environment possible. Optimism is our deep faith in technology's ability to transform the present and build a better future — focused on education, inclusion, health and civic engagement, it is the lens through which we turn challenges into opportunities. And sharing, as the engine of our collective intelligence, means pooling knowledge, skills and experiences in ways that strengthen our ability to innovate, overcome complexity and build a rich, inclusive and motivating culture for everyone who is part of this group.

Choosing Talan means choosing a partner who brings the full transformation cycle under one roof — strategy, data, technology, change management and research — without losing sight of what matters: concrete, measurable results that last. Our multidisciplinary teams bring diverse expertise to every engagement, so you never face a complex challenge with a narrow solution. We bring continuous innovation powered by a dedicated Research Center — the first private French company to receive the European Commission's Human Resource Excellence in Research label — ensuring that the thinking we bring to your transformation is always at the frontier. Our human-centric approach means that technology always serves people, not the other way around: we are as focused on your employees and customers as we are on your systems. And our Talan Method — spanning enlightened decision-making, data-driven change, scalable delivery through excellence centres and a continuum of service across every stage of your project — means that what we design, we can also build, scale and sustain. A client satisfaction rate exceeding 98% is the proof point we are most proud of.

Sustainability is not a separate agenda at Talan — it is woven into our corporate DNA through a 360° approach to social and environmental responsibility that we have been strengthening since 2021. As a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, we uphold commitments across human rights, international labour standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption. Our environmental trajectory is concrete and time-bound: a 42% absolute reduction in emissions across Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2030 (against a 2022 baseline), aligned with the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C goal. We measure our impact annually across 40 agencies using GHG Protocol methodology, and we are targeting an intermediate reduction of 20% in intensity per employee by 2025. Internally, we run Climate and Digital Workshops, thematic webinars and awareness programmes on responsible digital practices to ensure 85% of our people are educated on climate change and digital sobriety. Our Sustainable Business pillar also ties 30% of Executive Committee members' variable compensation to shared CSR objectives, reinforcing accountability from the top. We hold ISO 14001 certification for our consulting services across Tunisia, the United Kingdom, France, the United States and Canada, ISO 27001 for information security, and have been recognised with the EcoVadis Gold Medal — a reflection of our commitment to conducting business with integrity across our entire value chain.

At Talan, we believe that a consulting group with the reach and resources we have carries a responsibility that extends well beyond client delivery. That responsibility shows up in our CSR commitments, in our research investments — nearly 8 million euros and over 13,000 hours in 2023 alone — and in the civic engagement initiatives we put directly in the hands of our people. Our citizen engagement platform gives every Talan employee a channel for meaningful action. Programmes like ReforestAction, our Hope application for calculating carbon footprints at client sites, and our wider environmental awareness work translate our values into tangible community impact. Our Research Center, staffed by a permanent team of 25 to 35 researchers including PhDs on original career paths, actively advances applied knowledge in AI, data science and digital transformation — contributing to the broader innovation ecosystem well beyond our own client base. We also invest in the communities we operate in through our People Business pillar: targeting 80% annual training coverage across our workforce, maintaining a Great Place to Work satisfaction rate above 80%, and building the kind of enriching work environment where every individual can grow and contribute. Innovation should serve humanity's progress — and we intend to keep proving it.

At Talan, we do not treat diversity as a compliance box to tick. We believe it is a genuine driver of lasting performance — that it fuels innovation, raises the quality of our work and makes professional life better for everyone inside the organisation. Building a more balanced workforce takes concrete action, structured support and a culture of equality that is championed at every level of the Group. That commitment is what our international programme Women@Talan, launched in 2023, is built on. It brings together awareness-building, skills development — including a 100-day leadership challenge, mentoring and alumni co-development workshops — and targeted initiatives to remove barriers to advancement and increase women's representation at every level. Today, 35% of Talan Group employees are women and 26% of leadership positions are held by women, above the industry average in a sector where only 24% of jobs in France are held by women. We have also formalised Disability Inclusion commitments across every country where we operate, recognising that different legislative and cultural frameworks require tailored approaches. Professional equity is tracked through published gender equality indexes — with Talan SAS scoring 89/100, Talan Corporate 91/100 and Talan Consulting 79/100 in 2024 — and our target of 40% women in leadership by 2025 keeps us accountable. Because diverse teams bring unique perspectives that enrich our solutions, inclusion is not just the right thing to do — it is the Talan way of doing better work.