Transformation has no blueprint you can copy from one company to another. Exchanging with peers and seeing how they went about it gives you a toolbox you can reuse depending on the situation you're facing. - Armel Djeukou, Airbus

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What is the CxO Club?

The Club CxO 4.0, chaired by Jean-Philippe Ollier, ex-VP Manufacturing at Michelin, brings together a select circle of industrial executive leaders for closed-door discussions on digital transformation and AI adoption in industry.

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What came out of this edition?

40+ operations leaders. One evening. Three themes that kept coming back:

1. No blueprint exists. Every transformation is different. The value of peer exchange is building a toolbox from others' experiences, not copying their solutions.

2. Let the CFO speak, not the transformation team. Don't be the one claiming the wins. Let operators and finance measure and articulate the value. That's what makes impact credible.

3. You need heroes, not just sponsors. Transformation doesn't need a mandate from the top. It needs someone who owns it in every part of the organization.

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Why join the CxO Club?

Transformation at executive level is a solitary exercise. The decisions are complex, the timelines are long, and the people who truly understand the constraints are rarely in the same room.

The CxO Club is designed to change that. A hand-picked circle of industrial executives: operators who have led transformation from the inside, at scale, with real accountability on the line. Membership is by invitation only, and the selection is rigorous. The result is a room where conversations happen at a level that simply isn't possible anywhere else: candid, peer-to-peer, and grounded in operational reality.

This is where the best industrial minds in Europe compare notes.

Below is a non-exhaustive overview of the companies represented within the CxO Club: