Aimé Lachapelle is Managing Partner of Emerton Data. He has over 15 years of experience in initiating and leading large Data & Artificial Intelligence projects in multiple environments: from the start-up (MFG Labs) to the large corporation (AXA), and to digital consulting.

Before co-founding Emerton Data, Aimé was Principal & Director of Data Science at Capgemini Invent, where he advised large organizations regarding the design and the implementation of data transformation strategies. He conducted end-to-end projects involving data and technology, focusing on value delivering.

Aimé has a deep expertise digital & data strategy, data factory set-up, data-driven pricing, supply chain, quantitative marketing, advanced analytics and data science.

He has in-depth sector knowledge in insurance & bank, agri-food industry, energy, aero industry, and consumer goods.

Aimé holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Université Paris-Dauphine, followed by a 1-year post-doctorate at Princeton University. He published several scientific articles in first class peer-reviewed journals. Aimé’s research has always been very close to real world applications. Since he is in the business, he is convinced that there is an under-used potential to build fruitful collaborations between the business and academia. He launched three such initiatives in data science, two of them are currently leading to innovative start-up businesses.