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Introduction
Mantu is an international company providing guidance and services to businesses and entrepreneurs. Mantu was founded in 2007 under the name Amaris Consulting.

Through its brands Mantu offers a wide range of consulting services across a variety of markets, including technology, innovation, digital marketing & experience, talent solutions, and leadership advocacy services.

Employing 7,000+ people from over 100 nationalities, Mantu has offices in more than 60 countries across five continents.

Mantu has achieved 73% average annual growth (including 96% organic) since its creation. Mantu announces to reach 1 billion euros in turnover over the next 5 years

1.1 Formation and early years
Mantu, then named Amaris Consulting, was founded in 2007 by Olivier Brourhant and Olivier Tisseyre in Geneva. The company offered organizational consulting in the banking sector.

In 2008, the company expanded into France and Spain. Jean-François Thunet founded the company’s first French subsidiary in Lyon

1.2 2000s: International development
Now present in 12 European countries, the company’s internationalization continued in 2011 with offices opened in Asia and the Middle East. Amaris Consulting’s revenues reached 36.8 million euros in 2011.

In 2012, Amaris Consulting had 40 offices worldwide, including 8 in France. The company bought Thales Information Systems Austria. This acquisition allowed the company to expand into 27 countries and enter the cloud computing market. Qloudwise, Amaris Consulting’s cloud services platform, was launched in Austria in March 2012.

2013 saw Amaris Consulting grow to 1,000 employees, having hired 350 engineers and consultants by the end of 2012 The company acquired the Italian subsidiary of Thales SAP.

Commenting on the acquisition in 2014, Federico Corsi and Alberto Giordano, Managing Directors of Amaris Consulting, said “A host of reputable international companies from the manufacturing and automotive sectors as well as finance, bank chemicals, industries, utilities and transportation have relied on the expertise of the Thales SAP subsidiary. This subsidiary is a high added-value to our portfolio of activities worldwide and to our global SAP division, bringing complementary expertise and client relationships to Amaris”.

In 2014, the group continued its internationalization and established itself on 5 continents with the opening of offices in the United States, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Vietnam. 2016 saw Amaris Consulting become the first company aside from Uber in less than 10 years to have offices in more than 50 countries around the world.

In 2017, Amaris Consulting had 3,000 employees, 700 clients and was present in 50 countries By 2017, company growth had reached 80% each year since its inception ,achieving 42% growth in the first half of the year In the second half of 2017, Amaris Consulting acquired the Hong Kong and Shanghai subsidiaries of the KLB Group. The company opened a ERP and BI service center in Strasbourg, France, in April 2017, making it the third such center for Amaris Consulting in the city.

In 2018, Amaris Consulting opened another office location and a lab in Nice, France, followed by another in Bordeaux, resulting in a total of 10 French locations The company reached 4,000 employees. The company’s first Tunisian office was established in May 2018 in the capital of Tunis

1.3 Emergence of Mantu
In 2019 Amaris Group changed its name to become Mantu ,meaning ‘advisor’ in Sanskrit.

The change of name embodies the company’s accelerating ability to reinvent business models with 360 ° support for its clients. The company’s new tagline, ‘Tomorrow is Human’, speaks to the belief that business is a human adventure with talent at the heart of business

As of 2019, Mantu was present in 60 countries with 6,500 employees, 1,000 clients

2. Finances
2011 turnover was estimated to be 36.8 million euros

2012 turnover was estimated to be 55 million euros

2017 turnover was 180 million euros 2019 turnover was 450 million euros 2020 turnover was 565 million euros . 100% of Mantu's capital is owned by its board of directors and teams. 30% of the capital is open to its people.

3. Services and operations
Employing 7,000+ people from over 100 nationalities, Mantu has offices in more than 60 countries across five continents.

Through its six practices, Leadership Advocacy & Shaping Advisory, Talent Solutions, Technology, Disruption & Growth, Innovation, and Digital Marketing & Experience, Mantu offers a wide range of consulting services.

List of Mantu's brands:

Ace & Perry

Amaris Consulting

HRMS

Inner Action

Little Big Connection

Novelab

Pixel Alliance

Portalia

R3SPECT

Seven Circles

SST

Wemean

4. Culture and identity
Mantu's purpose is the creation of opportunities for a large community of talent, as well as the transmission to clients of the bold spirit and entrepreneurial culture of the company.

Every two years, Speak Up ,a satisfaction survey is conducted among all employees. Of its most recent employee satisfaction survey, Etienne Cadre, Mantu HR Director, said: ''“The last one revealed a strong expectation towards the recruiter, so that they are more involved in the explanation of the specificities and the internal culture during the hiring process. This type of feedback allows us to improve our integration practices, and therefore helps to retain our talent" ''

The company has a strong international focus, with 60% of employees working in two or more countries during their tenure

5. Awards and recognition
Amaris Consulting was chosen to represent Luxembourg at the European Business Awards 2013/14.

In 2016, Amaris Consulting CEO Olivier Brourhant was named Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 by EY.

In 2017, Amaris Consulting CEO Olivier Brourhant was selected to join the jury of the Bilan ’50 Swiss Startups to Invest In’ in the engineering category. He reprised this role for 2018, 2019 and 2020 ‘selections.

In 2017, Amaris Consulting was awarded the ‘Grand Prix des Entreprises en Croissance’ (Grand Prize of Companies in Growth) in the ‘services’ category by the French Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finances.

Mantu holds quality certifications in ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.

Demonstrating its commitment to sustainable practices, Mantu is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact.

6. Sustainability activities
In 2015, Mantu, then Amaris Consulting, launched the Amaris Foundation. . It aims to support innovation to foster independence across the world and in various fields of action, such as education, health, and employment. The Foundation is a collaborative organization, enabling Mantu’s teams to propose associations and their respective projects. Members can submit a project through the volunteering platform “one small step” and vote for their favorite cause to receive funding.

The group invests in ekWateur, a supplier of green electricity and gas. In 2019, Mantu Chairman and CEO Olivier Brourhant was appointed as an independent administrator for ekWateur.