Our team

Isabelle Carrere

Managing Partner

Isabelle created Alba & Co in 2009 to offer her experience to industrial companies in complex international growth projects.

She conceives Alba & Co as a platform where demanding customers and high-level experts can collaborate side-by-side.

Isabelle has served over 10 years in the audit and advisory teams at Arthur Andersen. She was then appointed CFO of the Yves Rocher Group before joining Lisi Aerospace and Lisi Medical as Executive VP. She is today recognized as a specialist of the aerospace industry and remains on the board of directors at the Lisi Group. She also serves in the board of two international groups.

As a personal benefactor of the IFRI (French Institute of International Relations), she pays close attention to research on the U.S. and emerging countries.

Isabelle is a ESCP Europe alumni and a French chartered public accountant.

Imke Wintzer

Associated Manager

After starting her career at JP Morgan in Brussels, Imke joined the Aerospace & Defence consulting team at Pricewaterhouse Coopers and later IBM Business Consulting Services. In 2006, Imke elected Toulouse to create W2i, (“Workimaginatively”), a management and business transformation consulting firm dedicated to the development and performance of industrial midsize companies.

She supported several key players in their products strategies, the resilience of their supply chain and their digital transformation.

Imke graduated from INSA Toulouse Engineering School and ESSEC Business School.

Xavier Bernaud

Junior Consultant

After a first experience at the Defence Mission of the French Embassy in the United Arab Emirates, Xavier joined a strategy consulting firm focusing on defence and security in London where he assisted a leading aircraft OEM seeking to expand its presence on the French market. Xavier then expanded his knowledge of the defence industry in Nexter’s Operational Marketing department.

Xavier joined Alba & Co in November 2021 and has taken part to assignments in Aerospace and Cyber security for both corporate and private equity clients.

Xavier graduated from IRIS SUP’ and York University.

Constance Griton

Junior Consultant

After a first experience within the Export Control Department of Safran Electronics & Defense, Constance attended the Science and International Security Master at King’s College London’ War Studies Department. Through this degree, she had the opportunity to conduct a consulting mission for the US Air Force, and present findings to two NATO working groups.

Constance joined Alba & Co in September 2022.

Constance has taken part in engagements on space, and defence technologies for both corporate and private equity clients.

Alexandre Iché

Junior Consultant

Alexandre joined Alba & Co during his final year internship at ISAE-SUPAERO, in the financial engineering department. Passionate about aeronautics, he holds a private pilot license. He also holds a master’s degree in management and strategy from the London School of Economics. Previously, he led a study mission on a potential space propulsion system as part of the investment prospects of a Norwegian venture capital firm.

Alexandre joined Alba & Co in April 2023.