COLLECTIVE
Experienced Operating Partners.
One mandate: operational execution, alongside you.
Four former operating executives deliver value creation in your portfolio companies, alongside the CEO.
led as cluster CEO · Nissan
EBITDA · Alliance Automotive integration
ARR · 8 M&A integrations, Once For All
gross margin · Financial Services, IBM UK
Results achieved by the partners in roles prior to The Operating Collective.
Financial engineering is no longer enough.
« A fund's true asset is its operational capacity. »
Dominique Senequier, chair of Ardian · La Jaune et la Rouge, Sept. 2026 ↗
Average IRR for deals with an operating partner at entry and exit, versus without (118 deals). An observed gap, not a promise.
France Invest × Alvarez & Marsal, 2nd Club Operating Partners survey, Dec. 2024 ↗
Four areas of expertise, one partner as your point of contact.
One point of contact carries your file and mobilises the right expertise at the right time.
Results already delivered, not just promised.
The breadth of our knowledge and expertise combined with the depth of our operational experience, at your service.
Certified Operating Partner
Pierre is a senior executive combining 15 years of P&L leadership at Nissan, including Vehicle Programme Director and CEO of a 5-country cluster, with 6 years of digital transformation at Accenture and Publicis Sapient, with a focus on AI and agentic solutions. A rare dual competency: first-rate industrial operating experience and concrete command of digital and AI transformation.
Valérie was a Senior Partner at IBM Consulting after a career at Apple, with a focus on strategy and growth for major Financial Services accounts.
Certified Operating Partner
Twenty-five years in B2B SaaS and cloud, between corporate discipline at Microsoft and Google and scale-up agility under PE/LBO ownership. ARR multiplied by ten at LumApps, International GM at Virtru, then past €140M at Once For All through eight M&A integrations: three PE-backed scale-ups, through to the exit to a private equity fund. Today, he runs agentic AI as a margin lever, not a cost centre: AI copilots in production, Mistral fine-tuning and cloud sovereignty, AI FinOps on assignment with his Private Equity clients.
Certified Operating Partner
Fabrice held COO then CFO roles at VetPartners, Alliance Automotive and Citroën, with one constant: turning financial performance into measurable results.
A team already in place. A single point of contact. Figures drawn from the partners' public track records, in roles prior to The Operating Collective.
Where we have already operated.
References available on request, within the confidentiality of our mandates.
Four ways to work with us.
Portfolio operating committee
Regular review of your portfolio companies by the four partners.
Targeted engagement
Operational diagnostic, cash plan, tech and product audit, exit preparation.
Interim executive
Interim CFO, COO or CPO, backed by the collective.
Independent director
A board seat at a portfolio company, with access to the collective.
Which portfolio company deserves your attention?
« Experienced Operating Partners.
One mandate: operational execution, alongside you. »