Support for sustainable, profitable growth.
Strategy consulting and merchant banking expertise combined with international grassroots experience
Identifying your market and its trends, your company’s business model, the strategic scenarios for successful growth, and how to roll these scenarios out from an operational point of view
Diagnosing external growth opportunities, supporting planned acquisitions and post-merger integrations, optimising disposals
Assisting you in your search for sustainable public financing, presenting your company from a dual strategic and financial perspective in order to be more relevant for investors and financial analysts
Knowing how to analyse a company’s financial performance, understand value creation and destruction mechanisms, anticipate growth financing requirements and identify the various financing players
Alice Roux began her career in merchant banking in Paris and London before moving to a Paris-based strategy consulting firm. She held several posts at engineering group Ginger, as well as at French luxury goods group Kering (formerly PPR), between 2001 and 2013, in various locations. These roles helped her discover a vast array of strategic and financial operations such as IPOs, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions and strategy management.
Believing strongly in the importance of hands-on experience, Alice then decided to concentrate on highly-operational roles in multi-cultural environments, in both France and the US. These included the post-merger integration of a recently-acquired subsidiary (18 countries in 6 months) and developing €35 million worth of business over 25 countries.
Back in France, she could see that the heads of small and medium-sized businesses still tended to feel out of their depth when presented with interesting strategic and financial opportunities, which could sometimes be hard to get to grips with or implement. In 2013, she launched her consulting firm, Comco Consulting, with the aim of putting her considerable experience to work for these businesses and helping them achieve their growth and change objectives.
Alice is a graduate of French business school HEC (Masters in Finance) and holds various professional qualifications (AMF certification, real estate).
Founder
Since 2013, we have performed over 120 assignments for 60 clients in the key business sectors of:
“I have worked with Alice on numerous occasions, on a wide range of topics (external growth, strategic plans, post-acquisition integration, etc.) and on behalf of clients of various sizes. Thanks to her, every single assignment was an outstanding success! Alice is pragmatic, extremely intuitive, and has excellent analytical prowess. And to top it all off she is always smiling and in good humour! Once you’ve worked with Alice you won’t want to work with anyone else! Thank you again Alice! ”
Head of Strategy Consulting SME & Private Equity
“I was lucky enough to follow a training course with Alice: she is an excellent teacher who bounces back with energy and enthusiasm from her past experiences in large groups as well as from current economic events to help you understand the major issues.”
Head of Communications, Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne at Groupe BPCE
“Alice Roux really understood our core business and set us on the road to new developments that we never imagined possible. With her infectious energy and excellent communication skills, she has given us renewed momentum. Alice is experienced, committed and determined – I heartily recommend her.”
Managing Director
“Alice’s strategic review for Isograd was extremely relevant. Implementing her recommendations was a key factor in our success.”
CEO & Founder
Food retailers face a double threat from food and energy inflation, forcing them to either raise prices and risk losing customers or adjust their model for a potentially long-term inflationary environment.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity face significant challenges in 2023 due to economic and political uncertainties, rising financing costs, and stricter regulations.
The focus will shift towards smaller deals, corporate restructuring, and US dominance in the next three years.
SMEs seeking growth through acquisitions face challenges, with 50-70% falling short of expectations. Successful integrations require careful planning, communication, and respect for employee well-being.
Food retailers face a double threat from food and energy inflation, forcing them to either raise prices and risk losing customers or adjust their model for a potentially long-term inflationary environment.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity face significant challenges in 2023 due to economic and political uncertainties, rising financing costs, and stricter regulations.
The focus will shift towards smaller deals, corporate restructuring, and US dominance in the next three years.