Partner, Ixens

A graduate from Ecole Polytechnique, Stephan Guinchard also holds an MBA from the London Business School. He was a strategy consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) until May 2014. He is the founder and CEO of Heraxis, a consulting company that contributes to the emergence, development and sustainability of hidden champions in France. In September 2014, Stefan Guinchard joined the Ixens firm as a partner.
His book Les Champions cachés du XXIe siècle. Stratégies à succès (Economica‚ 2012), co-authored with German professor Hermann Simon, has won several awards. He is co-host, with Michel Berry, of the seminar “Aventures Industrielles” de l’École de Paris du management (Industrial Adventures, Paris School of Management).

Articles from this author

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  Business / 2015-03-26

  Technologically innovative, financially conservative: the secrets of hidden champions

  Stephan Guinchard / Partner, Ixens

  Hidden champions are market leaders that are often not well known by the general public. These small and medium size businesses focus on niche markets that they dominate at a national, regional or even global scale, with a market share oft…