Ikigaï Information

Ikigai is the practice of David Ohayon, Operating Partner & Senior Advisor for mid-caps under PE, family-owned groups and growth participations across Europe. Five Comex mandates delivered. Fifteen years inside the C-suite as CDO, CTO, CTPO and Chief Transformation Officer. Twenty-seven years in organisations that had to change · operating from inside, not consulting from outside. WHAT IKIGAI DOES → AI value creation grounded in operating reality. GenAI, predictive ML, AI agents and agentic workflows. Architecture documented as buy/build/partner trade-offs, not as buzzword adoption. → Tech & AI Due Diligence pre-deal · 2 to 4 weeks. Independent assessment of digital and AI maturity, risk mapping, value creation hypotheses. Sharper conviction before signing. → Operating Partner mandates during the hold · 6 to 18 months at Comex level, driving the digital and AI value creation plan, aligned with the fund thesis. → Pre-exit value sharpening · 3 to 6 months. Tighten the equity story, document the AI assets, prepare management for buyer scrutiny. WHO IS BEHIND IT David Ohayon · Global CDO at John Paul (acquired by Accor for $150M in 2018), Group CDO at Effy post-merger, MD & Chief Transformation Officer at Altavia (40+ countries, 70+ BUs, 80M€ programme), CTPO at Weekendesk, Operating Partner at Otium Capital. BCG alumni. INSEAD GEMBA. CentraleSupélec engineering. THE METHOD The Ikigai 4Q · four quadrants, one shared question for management and shareholders: where is the bottleneck, really? Strategy, Operations, Tech & AI, People. THE DISCIPLINE Strategy without execution is fiction. Execution without strategy is noise. Technology without purpose is waste. Available for Operating Partner mandates with PE funds, interim CDO/CTO/Chief Transformation Officer roles, and senior advisory.