Benoît Sigwald · ARX Consulting — Executive AI Advisory & Leadership

I help companies adopt AI safely —
and turn it into measurable results.

Executive AI advisory and Fractional CAIO leadership for SMEs, mid-caps, and executives without a CIO. In 30 years I've helped teams adopt new technology — from trading floors to Oracle's global Innovation Lab. Today I do it with AI: your people use it every day, your data stays safe, and the impact shows up in your numbers.

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Benoît Sigwald · Mougins, France
30 yrsleading tech & change
−60%analysis time at Crédit Agricole
240largest team led (Oracle)
Sovereigndata hosted in France on my own infrastructure, no US cloud
Our Vision · ARX Consulting
“AI must not be a lab experiment or a collection of complex tools. It is a strategic lever for sovereignty and business ROI. My mission is to bring executives the rigor of global tech corporations with the agility of a dedicated senior partner.”
Benoît Sigwald Founder & Director, ARX Consulting · Ex-Oracle Innovation Lab
01 — Your situation

Does any of this sound familiar?

These are the three reasons companies call me. And every quarter you wait is hours lost that your competitors have already won back.

Your teams lose hours on repetitive work

Reports, summaries, analyses redone every week. Everyone knows AI could help — nobody knows where to start, so nothing changes.

You don't dare put your data into AI

Client files, contracts, financials. One careless copy-paste into a public tool and it's a GDPR problem. So you block everything — and fall behind.

You can't tell whether AI pays off

Licences bought, training delivered, and still no number to show. You need evidence before investing further.

02 — Proof

Results, not promises

Three results I delivered, and the private platform I built to back them up.

−60% analysis time on a recurring executive cycle
−30% time-to-market on a delivery process
240 people led across EMEA, Americas and Asia
Benoît took our teams from curiosity to daily use of AI, with clear rules on what we can do with our data. Our recurring analysis cycle was cut by 60%.
Risk Management · Crédit Agricole
Our delivery cycles were too long. Benoît worked with our teams on their real files, no unnecessary theory: 30% less time-to-market, and methods the team kept using.
Operations · CMA CGM
He can explain complex technology to a room that knows nothing about it, and make them want to try. He did it across three continents.
Former Director · Oracle EMEA

Sovereign & Private AI Cloud Infrastructure in France

Your assistants and confidential business data run on a private infrastructure hosted in France that I operate with 24/7 uptime monitoring, daily automated backups, and tested disaster-recovery protocols. You get a turnkey solution with zero server overhead or vendor lock-in.

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03 — Engagement Packages

Three core advisory modes for your business

Tailored to your AI maturity level, from initial diagnostic audits to part-time executive leadership.

01 · Audit & Roadmap

AI & Data Diagnostic

What you get: Time-savings mapping, GDPR & AI Act risk matrix, and a prioritized roadmap with quantified ROI.
Objective: Know exactly where to start without risking company data.

02 · Signature Package

Fractional Head of AI (Part-Time CAIO)

What you get: A dedicated senior Chief AI Officer for your business 2 days/month to steer strategy, coach champions, and advise leadership.
Objective: Drive AI transformation without paying full-time executive salary (€200k+).

03 · Private Cloud

Sovereign Managed AI Assistants

What you get: Custom AI assistants hosted in France, monitored 24/7, with complete access tracking over confidential files.
Objective: Automate critical workflows with total privacy.
Example: private access & visitor tracking for sales files →

Explore our complete packages & custom pricing details →
04 — Why me

Why hire me rather than someone else

Four reasons, and one that really matters: you talk to the person who does the work.

You talk to the person who does the work

No salesperson, no junior sent in after signature. The person advising you is the one who builds, trains, and stays reachable afterwards.

Your teams keep control

I don't make you dependent: your internal champions take over, with methods they keep using without me.

Your data stays yours

Hosted in France on infrastructure I run myself. What you entrust stays with you, backed up and recoverable.

You measure what it returns

One business number agreed before we start, tracked to the end. You will know whether the investment paid off — and by how much.

05 — How I work

Six steps, no mystery

The same method every time — that's what makes it repeatable.

  1. Listen first I spend the first days watching how your teams really work — where time is lost, what is repetitive, what people fear about AI.
  2. Find the champions A few people are already getting real value from AI. I find them and make them the visible example others want to follow.
  3. Set simple safety rules Which data may go into which tool — in plain words everyone remembers. Not a 50-page policy nobody opens.
  4. Pick quick wins Two or three low-risk, highly visible use cases, so the whole company sees a benefit within weeks.
  5. Train hands-on No slides. Everyone practises on their own real work — beginners gain confidence, advanced users become power users.
  6. Measure what matters Not attendance sheets: adoption, and one business number agreed up front.
Why hands-on is the whole secret. You cannot teach someone to swim with a slideshow. Confidence only comes from doing it on your own real work. I hold myself to the same rule: I build and run my own AI systems every day — I never recommend anything I haven't done myself.
06 — Why I do this

Why this matters to me

I've spent thirty years watching people be handed technology they never asked for, and quietly decide it wasn't for them. Trading floors, banks, telcos, industry — same story every time.

AI is the first technology where I can change that outcome. Not by writing a strategy deck, but by sitting next to someone until the thing works on their own file, on their own screen. That's why I still build everything myself: the cloud this site runs on, the assistants, the tools. If I can't do it with my own hands, I won't ask you to.

What I'm after is the moment someone says: "I couldn't work without it now." That's the job.

07 — FAQ

The questions people ask me first

Straight answers, no sales talk.

Will my confidential data end up in a public AI tool?

No — that is exactly what I prevent. We agree which class of data may go into which tool, I set up the approved-tools list, and where needed I host the assistant on infrastructure in France that I operate myself. Your files never leave the perimeter we defined.
Free guide (FR): 10 rules to adopt AI without exposing your data →

How long before we see something?

Two weeks for a diagnosis with a prioritised roadmap. First visible win for the teams within four to six weeks. A full adoption programme runs three to four months.

What if it doesn't work in our case?

Then I tell you during the diagnosis, before you commit to a programme. I would rather lose a mission than sell you an AI project that has no business case.

Do we need an IT department to work with you?

No. Half my clients have no CIO. I work directly with the business teams, and I handle the technical side myself — build, hosting, security, backups.

Are you going to replace our people with AI?

No. I make the people you already have faster on the work they already do. Every programme I run keeps a human in the loop on anything customer- or decision-facing.

How much does it cost?

A diagnosis is a fixed fee. Programmes are quoted after it, so the price matches the scope you actually chose. Hosted assistants are a monthly subscription — no servers to buy.
View our full pricing and package details →

08 — Next step

Let's talk.

Thirty minutes to look together at what slows your teams down. You leave with two or three concrete leads and a ballpark figure — whether we work together or not. No sales pitch: if I don't think I can create real value for you, I'll say so honestly.

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Technology has never failed on its own.
It's the people we forgot to bring along.