Arthur D. Little appoints new partners in Paris and Milan offices. 21 October 2026 Consultancy.eu Arthur D. Little, the world's oldest management consultancy, has appointed three new partners in Europe. In Paris, Gael Lebreton has been named a partner in the Travel, Transportation & Hospitality practice, and Makram Chehayeb has been appointed a partner in the Telecommunication, Information, Media and Electronics practice. The prior joined externally from McKinsey & Company, while the latter has been promoted from within the firm's own ranks. Lebreton brings deep expertise in strategy, revenue management, pricing and distribution, commercial transformation, and the application of advanced analytics and AI to business decision-making. During his career he has held senior roles at McKinsey and EY, and within the airline industry at Air France-KLM, as well as founding and growing a technology startup, Newpricer. His focus is on the aviation and travel sectors. He also has worked across a broad range of sectors, including hospitality, rail, entertainment and chemicals. Chehayeb has 12 years of experience across consulting, investment banking and private equity, specializing in advising telecoms clients on strategy development around cloud, artificial intelligence, network strategies and solutions. He has been with Arthur D. Little since 2022, playing a central role in developing the telecoms offering in France as well as actively contributing to the firm's thought leadership publications and client management initiatives. Before joining the consulting firm, Chehayeb worked for Analysys Mason, Aetha Consulting and Credit Suisse. In Italy, Arthur D. Little has welcomed Nicola Morzenti to its partnership and a member of the Automotive and Manufactured Goods practice. Based in Milan, he will advise large and mid-market companies and investors across the industrial goods sector, with a specific focus on automotive, automation, packaging and construction. Morzenti brings over 20 years of experience and specializes in mergers & acquisitions, strategy, performance improvement and restructuring programs. He joins from Roland Berger, where he was a partner leading its Italian automotive and private equity practices. As part of his role, he led the growth of the company's Italian investor support team. He previously worked for Bain & Company and held a senior role in corporate industrial businesses. "Through their business, consulting and client relationship capabilities, Gael, Makram and Nicola will deepen our support for our clients, leading our worldwide teams to help drive their success," said Arthur D. Little in a statement. Founded in 1886 in the United States, Arthur D. Little is widely recognised as the world's oldest strategy and management consulting firm. Today, the company has around 2,400 people across 50+ offices in around 40 countries.

Bridgepoint-backed Analysys Mason picks up Swedish AI consultancy Modulai. Founded in 2018, Modulai has about 35 engineers who build machine learning and agentic AI systems for start-ups, scale-ups, private equity portfolio companies and Fortune 1000 organizations. 1 minute ago

Analysys Mason has acquired Modulai, a Sweden-based AI and machine learning consultancy. The deal adds specialist technical capabilities in AI, ML and agentic solutions to Analysys Mason's offering across technology-intensive industries. Founded in 2018, Modulai has approximately 35 engineers with expertise in ML and agentic solutions development, including generative AI, computer vision and natural language processing. The acquisition will enable both companies to accelerate growth through complementary capabilities and Analysys Mason's international reach. The deal follows strong performance at Analysys Mason, which reported 19% organic growth in its previous financial year under new CEO Mark Billige, who joined in November 2025. The transaction is supported by Analysys Mason's investment partner Bridgepoint, which backed the company in 2022.