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Baham · Executive Technology Advisory
YR Led by Yannick Richer · Founding Partner

Decisive technology
counsel for the decisive
moments.

Baham is the practice executive committees retain when capital is about to commit and the technology decision must be right. We deliver IS audits, full system framings, and standing board-level advisory seats — across the GCC, Asia and Africa.

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Independent · Vendor-Neutral · NDA-Default Live · Accepting briefings EMEA · APAC · MENA · SSA
Selected references · Engagements led by the founding partner
Disneyland Paris AXA Partners Leroy Merlin Adeo Chanel EDF Bricoman France Compétences Enedis Engie Total Sanofi Thales Vinci
15+
Years on enterprise transformation
20+
Tier-1 clients served
100+
Countries covered on rollouts
4
Sectors of deep expertise
Riyadh / Doha / Abu Dhabi / Dubai / Singapore / Jakarta / Manila / Lagos / Abidjan / Casablanca / Nairobi / Bangkok / Kuala Lumpur / Cairo / Riyadh / Doha / Abu Dhabi / Dubai / Singapore / Jakarta / Manila / Lagos / Abidjan / Casablanca /
/ 01Approach

Strategic clarity, without the consulting overhead.

Most boards do not need another deck. They need someone who has lived the transformation, can read the org politics by Wednesday, and is willing to sign off on the roadmap by Friday. That is the role Baham takes — small by design, senior by default.

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One operator, not a pyramid

You get the founding partner in the room. No layered teams, no rebadged juniors. The person diagnosing your IS is the one delivering the answer.

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Board-grade discretion

Mandates are framed at COMEX level — capex arbitrage, vendor exits, geopolitical IS posture. Engagements are NDA-default, single point of contact, no farm-out.

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Designed for high-context regions

Working norms across the GCC, Asia and Africa differ profoundly from EU corporate playbooks. Baham adapts to local protocol, ministry cadence and family-office governance from day one.

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Outcome priced, not day priced

Each engagement has a defined deliverable and price band. You buy a result — an audit, a framing, a monthly seat — not an open-ended billable.

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Vendor-neutral by design

No reseller commissions, no system-integrator partnerships. Recommendations land on what fits your context, not what pays a kickback.

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Calibrated to capital cycles

Energy capex windows, retail seasonality, public-sector budget cycles, industrial CAPEX gates — engagements are scoped to land before the decision moment, not after.

/ 02Engagements

Three formats. Predictable outcomes.

Each engagement is a self-contained deliverable. Run them sequentially — diagnostic, framing, ongoing seat — or pick the one your context needs. Pricing reflects scope, geography and access requirements.

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Audit & Roadmap
Transformation 4 to 8 weeks · on-site phase included

An end-to-end diagnostic of your information system — applications, infrastructure, data, organisation, vendor map — concluding with a sequenced 24 to 36 month transformation roadmap, costed and arbitrated.

  • IS maturity assessment across 9 axes (apps, data, security, FinOps, ops, talent, vendors, GRC, sovereignty)
  • Capex / opex envelope and phasing scenarios
  • Critical-path risks and irreversible decisions flagged
  • COMEX-ready slide deck and one-page board memo
  • Vendor short-list with negotiated leverage points
Engagement Range
€30K — €100K
flat fee · scope-bound
Delivered for Disneyland Paris · France Compétences
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Full IS Framing
& Architecture 10 to 16 weeks · multi-site capable

For organisations entering a major build, replatforming or post-merger integration. Baham delivers the full target operating model and the technical reference architecture, plus the procurement playbook to execute it.

  • Target operating model — IT, data, cyber, sovereignty posture
  • Reference architecture, integration patterns, cloud / hybrid stance
  • RFP packs, vendor scoring grids, contract benchmarks
  • Programme governance and PMO blueprint, ready to staff
  • Quantified business case and capex file for board approval
Engagement Range
€50K — €150K
flat fee · phased payment
Delivered for Leroy Merlin · Adeo · AXA Partners
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Monthly COMEX
Advisory Seat 6 to 18 month retainer · board attendance

An ongoing executive seat alongside the CEO, CFO and board. Baham acts as your standing technology counsel — reviewing decisions, challenging vendors, mentoring the incumbent CIO when appropriate, and representing IT at COMEX meetings.

  • Two COMEX or board meetings per month, in person or remote
  • Confidential weekly executive call, on demand
  • Decision review on any contract above an agreed threshold
  • CIO / CTO mentoring or interim management as required
  • Quarterly red-team review of the transformation programme
Monthly Retainer
€5K — €15K
per month · 6 month minimum
Delivered for EDF · Chanel · Bricoman
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/ 03Sectors

Where Baham is most useful.

Four verticals where the combination of capex weight, regulatory pressure and IS criticality justifies executive-level intervention. Outside of these, we refer to a trusted peer.

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Energy &
Oil & Gas

NOC and IOC environments, upstream and downstream. SCADA-to-cloud architectures, asset performance management, sovereignty-grade data residency.

/ EDF · Engie · Total · Enedis
R

Retail &
Distribution

Omnichannel platforms, merchandising and supply replatforming, loyalty and customer data, store-tech rollouts across multi-country footprints.

/ Adeo · Leroy Merlin · Bricoman
M

Industry &
Manufacturing

Industry 4.0, MES and ERP convergence, OT / IT segmentation, plant-level digital twins, cybersecurity for critical operations.

/ Vinci · Thales · Sanofi · Novartis
P

Public
Sector

Ministries, regulators, sovereign-wealth-backed entities. Digital identity, citizen platforms, sovereign cloud strategy, public-procurement architecture.

/ France Compétences · INSERM · COFRAC
/ 04Regions

Where Baham operates.

Working norms differ profoundly between regions. Each engagement is delivered with the appropriate cadence, protocol and on-site presence — no Zoom-only mandates for board-grade work.

/ Gulf & Levant

Arabian Peninsula

Riyadh Doha Dubai Abu Dhabi Manama Kuwait

Engagements with sovereign-wealth holdings, NOCs, ministries and family-office groups. On-site rhythm aligned with the Sunday-to-Thursday week and Vision-driven mandates.

/ Sovereign · NOC · Family Office
/ South & Southeast Asia

Asia Pacific

Singapore Jakarta Manila Bangkok Kuala Lumpur Ho Chi Minh

Conglomerates, regional retail leaders and industrial groups. Strong fit where European-grade governance is desired alongside local operating fluency.

/ Conglomerate · Retail · Industry
/ North, West & East Africa

Africa

Casablanca Cairo Lagos Abidjan Nairobi Dakar

Pan-African banking and telco-adjacent groups, commodity-driven public bodies, regional retailers expanding into multi-country platforms. Francophone and Anglophone delivery.

/ Pan-African · Regional · Public
/ 05Method

How an engagement unfolds.

Same architecture across all three formats — only the depth and the duration change. Predictable, board-readable, and scoped to land before the next capital cycle.

/ Step 01

Discovery call

A confidential 45-minute conversation with the executive sponsor. We surface the real question behind the brief — the political constraint, the capex window, the silent risk.

/ Step 02

Letter of engagement

Within five working days: scope, deliverables, fee, payment phasing, NDA. No multi-month proposal cycles. We either move forward or we do not.

/ Step 03

Field & framing

On-site interviews, document review, vendor calls, peer benchmarks. Weekly executive readouts so nothing arrives as a surprise on the final deck.

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Decision & handover

A board-grade deliverable, an arbitrated decision, and a clean handover to your internal team — with optional ongoing seat through the COMEX retainer.

The job of an interim CIO is not to write the longest report. It is to be the person the board calls when capital is about to commit — and to be right.
— Yannick Richer · Founding Partner, Baham
/ 06Founder

The partner behind the practice.

Baham is intentionally a small-by-design practice. Engagements are led personally by the founding partner — the person you brief is the person who delivers the work.

YR
Founding Partner
Yannick Richer
— Baham

An enterprise transformation architect with a long arc across IS strategy, programme leadership and board-level advisory — fifteen-plus years built across global groups before founding Baham in 2019.

Operates at the intersection of business, technology and organisation, helping executive teams turn complex strategic ambitions into executable transformation. Past mandates span enterprise architecture, target operating models, post-merger IS integration across twenty-plus countries, and AI-driven transformation.

Has lectured on enterprise architecture and digital strategy at ENSTA Paris and Paris-Dauphine, and previously held senior roles at EY, CGI Business Consulting and Capgemini.

Previous senior roles & lecturing

EY · Manager, IT Strategy CGI Business Consulting Capgemini · Innovation Lab Lead ENSTA Paris · Lecturer Paris-Dauphine · Lecturer
/ 07FAQ

Common questions from sponsors.

Will the founding partner travel on-site for the engagement?

Yes. Audit and framing engagements include a structured on-site phase. The COMEX retainer assumes regular presence at board cadence, with travel built into the retainer or billed at cost depending on the contract. Baham does not run board-grade engagements remote-only.

Can the three engagements be combined?

They are designed to chain. A typical sequence is: an audit and roadmap to size the problem, then a full IS framing to architect the solution, then a COMEX retainer through execution. Clients can also enter at any single point.

How does Baham handle confidentiality and sovereignty constraints?

Mandatory mutual NDA before any document exchange. Files stay on client infrastructure when required. For sovereign and regulated entities, residency, citizenship and security-clearance constraints are confirmed at scoping and built into the engagement model.

Does Baham take vendor commissions or referral fees?

No. The practice is fully vendor-neutral. No reseller margins, no system-integrator partnerships, no white-labelling. Clients pay the engagement fee and nothing else flows to us.

What is the typical lead time to start?

Audit engagements: two to four weeks from signed letter of engagement. Framing engagements: three to six weeks. COMEX retainer seats are limited in number per year; availability is confirmed at the discovery call.

Currency and invoicing?

Invoicing in EUR, USD or AED depending on jurisdiction and client preference. Payment phasing is defined per engagement — typically thirty percent at kick-off, balance against milestones.

How is Baham structured?

Baham is an independent advisory practice founded and led by Yannick Richer. The structure is intentionally small — engagements are delivered by the founding partner, with carefully selected senior collaborators brought in only when scope or geography demands it.

/ 08Contact

Open a confidential conversation.

Tell us a little about the brief. The founding partner responds personally within two working days. Discovery calls are always confidential, no obligation, and held under mutual NDA when needed.