Akoya

Akoya is a French consulting firm that works on strategy for the people side of large organisations. It advises big international groups on how to plan, manage and develop their workforce, and publishes regular research and articles on HR topics.

What Akoya offers

• Workforce transformation — strategic workforce planning to anticipate the jobs and skills needed years ahead.
• Employee experience — work on onboarding, offboarding and the wider employee journey.
• HR excellence — improving how HR functions operate, including talent acquisition and people analytics.
• M&A support — handling the people side of deals such as carve-outs.
• HR tech research — an annual review and map of HR technology startups, plus a yearly pitch contest for HR startups.

Who it works with

Akoya works with large global groups, with recent articles covering luxury goods firms and consumer health businesses.

Key facts

• Based in: France
• Publications: a weekly HR newsletter and an annual HR tech trend book