the arrival of Cyril Gay Belan at the end of 2023 in the Financial Services & Institutions practice, Victor Magny and Reef Read promoted to Partner level in the Telecom, Media & Tech Practice
(February 23rd, 2024 – Paris, France) Gilles Vaqué, President and the Partners of PMP Strategy announced the expansion of the PMP Strategy partnership to twenty-one full partners to meet the increasing demands of their growing and dynamic practice across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and North America. “Each Partner brings their own unique expertise to round out the existing practice, in order to provide even greater service and value to our expert strategic consultancy.” said Gilles Vaqué. “Coupled with our expanded footprint of three new international offices in 2023 (North America, Luxembourg and U.A.E.), PMP Strategy is accelerating its growth on all fronts. Cyril, Victor, and Reef will help us to meet our ambitions and comfort our positioning as premium « business partners » to the C-suite”.
Cyril Gay Belan, an experienced strategy professional with extensive international experience recently joined PMP Strategy. He strengthens PMP Strategy’s development in Financial Services, Private Equity and Operational Excellence in France and all regions.
After starting his career in the Financial Services Industry working for Marsh & Mc Lennan in Asia and in Spain, and Groupama in France, Cyril worked in different leading strategy consulting firms: Oliver Wyman, Roland Berger, and Monitor Deloitte where he led the Financial Services and Efficiencies practice. He then joined KPMG in 2018 to set up their Global Strategy Group, the strategy consulting arm of KPMG in France.
Cyril graduated from Université Paris Dauphine and obtained an MBA from the Mc Donough School of Business (Georgetown University).
Victor Magny, who began his career at PMP Strategy in 2015, leads the Benelux office and is instrumental in developing the TMT sector across Benelux, DACH and all of Europe. He brings consistent rigorous, professional advice to executive officers of telecommunications providers on how to define and implement their strategy, and to investment funds about the acquisition of digital infrastructures.
Victor obtained a master’s in engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lyon where he focused on Strategy, Business Development and Entrepreneurship. After a first experience in M&A Banking, he joined PMP Strategy and has steadily risen through the ranks, on an exemplary path of upward mobility.
Reef Read joined the PMP Strategy team in 2016 and has been a vital force in their development across the UK market. A TMT industry veteran and specialist in digital infrastructure, media, and disruptive technologies, he will be driving these industries. Reef is a Franco-American-Australian, and a strong leader whose international experience is an asset as PMP Strategy broadens its global footprint in these sectors.
Reef was a Senior Strategy consultant and advisor to the media, new media, and entertainment industries at Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates before joining PMP Strategy.
Reef is a graduate of Bayes Business School and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in the U.K.
About PMP Strategy
PMP Strategy’s sectorial expertise extends to four focus areas: Telecoms, Media & Technology, Transportation & Mobility, Energy & Industry Decarbonization and Financial Services & Institutions. In addition to these sectors, we offer three transversal cross-border services: CFO advisory (including ESG management), Digital/E-commerce /Customer Experience consulting and Private Equity.
Over the past twenty years, we have established ourselves as trusted premium partners to CEOs and CFOs with over 4,000 successful projects driven by our international team of 150 specialized consultants and a wide network of expert advisors. PMP Strategy operates from three key hubs: Europe, North America, and the Middle East.
We build enduring relationships with our clients by working collaboratively to find tailor-made and innovative solutions to the challenges they face. In addition to our sectorial expertise, our commitment to diversity, people-centricity, and openness are the foundations of our success and remain integral to our entrepreneurial practice. It’s a winning combination that drives consistent growth each year.
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