A community built on expertise
Our team, board, advisors, and co-design partners form one of the most experienced consulting-AI communities in Europe.
8
Top executives on Board & Advisory Board
15+
Co-design partners
~100
Consultants who tested the app before release
Meet the Cigno Leadership Team
Philippe Reynier
Co-Founder & CEO
Philippe Reynier
Co-Founder & CEO
Battle-proven CEO with deep end-to-end consulting expertise. Created & led global fintech practice for leading executive search company & talent consulting firm. Built digital products for a leading Swiss bank. Led engagements at one of the top consulting firms in the world.
Nicolas Lagreze
Co-Founder & COO
Nicolas Lagreze
Co-Founder & COO
Repeat tech entrepreneur. Co-founded a leading venture studio (CHF 11M fundraised, 6 ventures built). Co-founded a 200K-client neobank (€10M+ raised). Successfully exited a SaaS company with EU/Asia footprint. Fast-track background in management consulting.
Vahan Avetisyan
Co-Founder & CTO
Vahan Avetisyan
Co-Founder & CTO
AI/ML visionary with 20+ years of experience building scalable data platforms. Built one of the leading AI-powered compliance platforms in Switzerland. Specialized in architecting LLM-based solutions and autonomous agents. PhD in Software Engineering.
Satenik Gevorgyan
Lead Developer
Satenik Gevorgyan
Lead Developer
Leads the engineering team, setting technical direction and ensuring the platform scales reliably. Owns architecture decisions and drives delivery across frontend, backend and AI workstreams.
Artak Pilosyan
Head of Software Engineering
Artak Pilosyan
Head of Software Engineering
Full-stack engineer shipping features end-to-end across the Cigno platform. Focuses on robust, maintainable code and on turning product requirements into production-ready functionality.
Nare Gishyan
Head of Backend Development
Nare Gishyan
Head of Backend Development
Designs and builds the backend services powering Cigno — APIs, data pipelines and the infrastructure behind our LLM-based agents. Focused on performance, security and reliability at scale.
Rafayel Poghosyan
Head of Frontend Development
Rafayel Poghosyan
Head of Frontend Development
Builds the interfaces consultants use every day. Translates design into fast, accessible and polished UI, with a strong attention to detail and user experience.
Lino Finini
Board Member
Lino Finini
Board Member
20 years leading operations at Swissquote. Took a Swiss startup and turned it into a large-scale, high-performance tech organization known for its execution discipline. Brings to Cigno a sharp focus on how we measure, prioritize and maintain pace as the platform scales.
Niresh Rajah
Board Member
Niresh Rajah
Board Member
10 years delivering consulting engagements in financial services — product strategies, TOM reviews, due diligences, vendor selections, cost optimizations. In the room before the first line of code, grounding Cigno in how consulting firms actually operate.
Michael Chaille
Founding Advisory Partner
Michael Chaille
Founding Advisory Partner
Part of the Cigno founding team, contributing across product, operations and go-to-market to turn the vision into a usable product for consultants.
Ivan Bascle
Senior Advisor
Ivan Bascle
Senior Advisor
27 years at BCG. Leads the Consumer Practice in Switzerland and the Geneva office. Elected to BCG’s PPC and SOSC governance committees. Previously Global Head of Fine Fabrics at Reckitt Benckiser and Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble. Master in Economics from HEC Paris & Universität zu Köln.
Jeff Tijssen
Senior Advisor
Jeff Tijssen
Senior Advisor
Former Expert Partner & Global Head of FinTech at Bain & Company. Previously Global Head of Consulting at 11:FS and Head of FinTech & Partnerships at Capco for 8 years. Chair of TLA FinTech (Tech London Advocates) for 10+ years. MSc Erasmus Rotterdam, MBA Carleton University.
Pierre Roux
Senior Advisor
Pierre Roux
Senior Advisor
10 years at Meta, leading strategic partnerships for Meta Superintelligence Labs, PyTorch infrastructure and the open-source AI ecosystem. Governing Board Member of the PyTorch Foundation. Previously Director of Product Management at Atmel Corporation for 11 years. MSc Telecommunications, UCL.
Freddy Mallet
Senior Advisor
Freddy Mallet
Senior Advisor
Serial tech entrepreneur based in Geneva. Co-founded SonarSource/SonarQube, one of Switzerland’s greatest tech success stories in code quality. Now building an AI-native real estate CRM. Deep expertise in agentic coding, AI workflows, and entrepreneurial leadership.
Arnaud Denis
Senior Advisor
Arnaud Denis
Senior Advisor
Former Group CEO of MeDirect Bank Malta for 5.5 years — pivoted, scaled and led the sale of the bank. Now investor and advisor to startups across energy, AI recruitment, education and fintech. HEC Paris alumnus.
Pasha Bakhtiar
Senior Advisor
Pasha Bakhtiar
Senior Advisor
Board Director at Alpian, Switzerland’s digital bank. Former CEO at REYL Intesa Sanpaolo in Geneva and CEO of REYL Finance (MEA) in Dubai. Deep private banking & wealth management expertise across Switzerland and MENA. MBA INSEAD, BA International Relations Georgetown University.
Michel Reybier
Senior Advisor
Michel Reybier
Senior Advisor
Visionary entrepreneur for 30 years. Owner of Château Cos d’Estournel (Grand Cru Classé) and several prestigious wine estates. Founder of La Réserve hotels in Geneva, Paris and Ramatuelle. Extensive UHNW, luxury and hospitality network across Switzerland and internationally.
Jonathan Klein
Co-Design Partner
Jonathan Klein
Co-Design Partner
Senior Advisor. Ex-Hedge Fund Partner | Ex-McKinsey Partner
Arash Sorouchyari
Co-Design Partner
Arash Sorouchyari
Co-Design Partner
Strategic Advisor. Ex-Head of Tech Platform Strategy/Design (EVP) Lombard Odier
Gaël Gioux
Co-Design Partner
Gaël Gioux
Co-Design Partner
Founder NoeSysAI. Ex-Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Groupe Mutuel
Martin Mende
Co-Design Partner
Martin Mende
Co-Design Partner
Independent Advisor. Ex-Head of Products & Strategy, ExCo Member Credit Suisse | Ex-BCG Managing Director & Partner
Jean Meneveau
Co-Design Partner
Jean Meneveau
Co-Design Partner
Managing Partner, Colombus Consulting — leading mid-tier consulting firm in France with deep expertise in digital transformation
Kolja Dutkowski
Co-Design Partner
Kolja Dutkowski
Co-Design Partner
Partner, Implement Consulting — specialized in implementation and operational transformation
Cyril Chiffot
Co-Design Partner
Cyril Chiffot
Co-Design Partner
Founder, Dinergy Partners. Ex-Head Principal Zurich Insurance | Ex-McKinsey Associate Partner
Alistair Heggie
Co-Design Partner
Alistair Heggie
Co-Design Partner
Head of Switzerland, NextWave Consulting. Fintech Founder & CEO
Shivaji Dasgupta
Co-Design Partner
Shivaji Dasgupta
Co-Design Partner
Founder & Managing Director, Tad.Ventures. Ex-Group Chief Data Officer, Unicredit Group
Philippe Perles
Co-Design Partner
Philippe Perles
Co-Design Partner
Partner, Noveo Conseil. Vice Chairman of the Board, Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse)
Co-designed with and for consultants, leveraging expertise developed at leading firms
Our commitment
Cigno exists to strengthen consultants — never to replace them. The best consultants will be those who, thanks to Cigno, master AI as an extension of their judgment, not a substitute for it.
Consultants first
Every feature is designed to empower, not disintermediate.
Short-term impact
Immediate productivity gains on real projects from day one.
Long-term transformation
A platform that evolves with your practice, and progressively helps you redefine how consulting is done.
Founders' Note
Philippe
Nicolas
Vahan
“We founded Cigno on a simple belief: great consulting deserves tools as rigorous as the minds behind it. We admire this craft — its depth, its complexity, its courage to question what others take for granted. We reject the idea that consulting is in decline. We see a new era — where technology amplifies human judgment, not replaces it.
In the end, one truth remains: AI is not enough, because insight, trust, and purpose remain — and must remain — profoundly human.”
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