Management consulting firm in Lausanne

Ad Valoris is present in the canton of Vaud with an office in Lausanne, ideally located in the very centre, a few minutes’ walk from Lausanne main station. Alongside our historical Geneva head office, our Lausanne practice draws on more than 20 years of experience, around a hundred clients and over 300 assignments completed across French-speaking Switzerland. Our promise fits in four words, the art of concreteness: the value of our advice is measured by the results you obtain, not by the reports we produce.

Vaud is one of the most dynamic cantons in Switzerland. It brings together a leading academic and scientific hub around EPFL and UNIL, a land of choice for life sciences and the pharmaceutical industry, and Lausanne, the Olympic capital, home to the International Olympic Committee and to many international sports federations. As the canton’s economic, academic and administrative centre of gravity, the city concentrates a great diversity of organisations that our firm supports with the same standard: transform without exhausting, structure without weighing down, decide with method.

Our proximity is a tangible asset. We are convinced that the best solutions are built in direct contact with organisations, on the ground and alongside them, rather than from behind a screen. Ideally positioned at the centre of the canton, our office is present locally and available for face-to-face workshops, as close as possible to the concerns of Vaud organisations and of French-speaking Switzerland as a whole.

Behind its record attractiveness, the canton of Vaud is facing profound changes that call for high-level support in strategy, transformation and performance:

Efficiency and control of public finances. The Vaud public sector has committed to a plan to restore budget balance by 2030, with efficiency potential estimated at around 250 million francs in the running of the state alone. Ideal ground for public lean management, process reviews and performance management.

Digital transformation of the administration. With a digital strategy rolled out over five years and growing requirements around data sovereignty, public services are rethinking their processes around the user. Change management is the key success factor.

Talent shortage and shifts in work. The canton could be short of nearly 50,000 full-time positions within ten years, particularly in healthcare, social work, education, industry and construction. Attracting, retaining and reorganising work is becoming strategic.

Ageing and pressure on the care system. The canton will count some 220,000 seniors by 2040. Nursing homes, regional hospitals and medico-social institutions must transform their organisation, their governance and their management.

Climate transition and sustainable performance. The Vaud Climate Plan targets a halving of emissions by 2030. All organisations, public and private alike, must align their sustainability objectives with their operational performance.

Research valorisation and artificial intelligence. The Vaud challenge is to translate exceptional scientific potential into concrete applications within companies and industry, with artificial intelligence at the forefront. Strategic and human support remains the decisive link.

It is at the intersection of these challenges (efficiency, digital transformation, talent attractiveness, sustainable performance, research valorisation) that a consulting firm like Ad Valoris creates the most value for Vaud organisations.

Our consultants work with a broad range of Vaud organisations, public and private alike, and bring experience from some of the most demanding sectors:

• Public and semi-public sector: cantons, municipalities, administrative bodies and subsidised institutions committed to efficiency and transformation.
• Healthcare and medico-social: regional hospitals, nursing homes and care institutions facing organisational transformation and management challenges.
• Life sciences and the pharmaceutical industry: a field where our consultants have gained hands-on experience (pharma, biotech, medical devices), serving their quality, process and change management needs.
• Industry and manufacturing: from precision production to Industry 4.0, to structure the organisation, make processes reliable and steer performance.
• Innovative and technology SMEs: within the EPFL and UNIL ecosystem, supported in their growth strategy, their structuring and their adoption of AI.
• International sport and the Olympic movement: Lausanne, the Olympic capital, is home to the International Olympic Committee and to many international sports federations, whose governance, organisation and transformation challenges align closely with our core business.
• Energy, education and research: public services, academic institutions and players in the energy transition.

This list is not exhaustive. Our approach to consulting is cross-cutting: we support Vaud organisations of every size and every sector, adapting our methods to your reality rather than to a model.