Operations · Transformation · Technology

Make complex operations work better.

We help teams turn operational challenges into clear priorities, coordinated delivery and better ways of working.

From redesigning processes to delivering complex programs, Apexis Partners connects business needs, technology and execution.

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When we can help

When growth puts pressure on operations

Manual work accumulates, handoffs become fragile and teams struggle to keep pace. We identify the bottlenecks and help build an operating model that can support greater volume.

When several teams need to move together

Important initiatives cross organizational boundaries. We bring structure to the work: clear responsibilities, shared milestones, visible dependencies and decisions that keep delivery moving.

When leadership needs a clearer picture

Reporting should help people act. We build performance measures and management routines that connect the overall picture to the operational detail behind it.

Our capabilities

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Operating model and process improvement

Map how work moves across teams, identify unnecessary steps and design clearer workflows, responsibilities and controls.

02

Program delivery and governance

Coordinate complex initiatives across business and technology teams. Establish the reporting, decision forums and follow-through needed to turn plans into execution.

03

Performance management

Define useful indicators, build dashboards and track progress. Give leaders a reliable view of current performance, emerging risks and where intervention is needed.

04

Business and technology alignment

Translate operating needs into functional requirements, data models and system specifications. Help business and technology teams agree on what needs to be built and why.

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Automation and AI prototyping

Identify practical opportunities to reduce manual work. Use prototypes to test whether an approach solves the problem before committing to a larger implementation.

Tested where execution is demanding

Our experience comes from capital markets, where complex workflows, strict controls and tight deadlines make execution demanding. These engagements show how we approach operational problems.

Selected work led by Othmane Abouchadi before founding Apexis Partners.

BNP Paribas · Structured Equities

Giving leadership control during an operational crisis

Built the reporting and management structure needed to monitor a critical backlog of unvalidated trades, from executive overview to detailed operational analysis.

Worked with senior management to identify parallel initiatives, coordinated their execution and maintained visibility over backlog projections and progress.

Crédit Agricole CIB · Securitisation

Translating fragmented workflows into a platform design

Led the functional redesign of a global securitisation platform, mapping workflows across Front Office, Risk and Operations.

Translated business needs into system requirements and contributed to the target data model, working between operational teams and IT.

Exane · Regulatory Reporting

Coordinating delivery against a regulatory deadline

Led the implementation of an SFTR reporting framework spanning more than 150 data fields and associated reconciliation rules.

Coordinated business teams, technology and external vendors through go-live and the transition to ongoing operations.

From the ground up, built to last

01

Understand the problem.

Start with the people doing the work, the available data and the decisions that need to be made.

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Choose the priorities.

Agree on the outcome, identify the most useful interventions and make trade-offs explicit.

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Coordinate delivery.

Keep teams aligned, track dependencies and resolve issues as the work progresses.

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Make the change last.

Establish ownership, practical documentation and performance measures that remain useful after the project ends.

Operational knowledge, program leadership

Apexis Partners is an independent consulting practice founded by Othmane Abouchadi.

Othmane brings more than 12 years of experience across operations, business management and transformation programs in Paris and New York, including roles and engagements at Société Générale, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole CIB and Exane.

His work combines operational knowledge with program leadership: understanding what happens on the ground, giving management a clear view and bringing teams together to deliver change.

Alongside his consulting background, he builds software and automation projects using AI tools, developing practical experience in moving from an operating need to a working prototype.

EducationEM Lyon Business School
LanguagesFrench · English · Arabic

What needs to work better?

Whether you are addressing an operational bottleneck, coordinating a transformation program or exploring automation, let’s discuss the problem and what a useful first step would look like.

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