Matteo Ainardi

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Managing Partner

Board of directors

Head of Arthur D. Little in France

Matteo leverages his deep industry experience to help Aerospace & Defense clients, as well as PE funds, in addressing strategy, organization and transformation challenges

Areas of Focus

Strategy

Education

Collège des Ingénieurs

MBA

Politecnico di Torino

MSc Computer Science Engineering

Past Experience

Eutelsat

Strategy Manager

Airbus DS

Strategy & Business Devt Manager

Matteo is Managing Partner, leading Arthur D. Little in France, and a member of both our Automotive & Manufacturing and Growth Practices.

Since joining Arthur D. Little in 2016, Matteo has mainly supported clients in the aerospace & defense ecosystem (including space systems OEMs, aeronautical suppliers, missile manufacturers, satellite operators, and space agencies) in maximizing growth through strategy definition, organizational (re)design and holistic transformation. Matteo also supports PE funds in conducting due diligence assignments in aerospace & defense markets.

Prior to joining Arthur D. Little Matteo worked for 7 years in strategy and corporate development roles at Airbus Defense & Space and at Eutelsat.

Matteo holds an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs and an MSc in Computer Science Engineering from Politecnico di Torino / Politecnico di Milano / the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is fluent in French, English, and Italian

Aerospace & Defense, Energy, Utilities & Resources

Back to the future

Most would agree that technological innovation is an essential part of our response to the existential threats of climate change. Indeed, only through innovation will it be possible to achieve net zero emissions and adapt to new climate conditions while maintaining — and hopefully further improving — economic and social well-being.

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Aerospace & Defense

ASSESSING THE POTENTIAL OF LUNAR RESOURCE UTILIZATION

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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)

OEMs: Time for a connectivity management sourcing strategy refresh?

In this Viewpoint, we discuss the impact that the transition from classic subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to embedded SIM (eSIM) cards will have on the Internet of Things (IoT) value chain. The eSIM is changing the roles of a variety of players in the IoT ecosystem. With the cellular IoT landscape at an inflection point, we believe IoT OEMs should rethink their connectivity management sourcing strategies to offer more competitive value propositions.

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Aerospace & Defense, Automotive

Combining strength and agility

The need for companies to be able to deliver breakthrough and incremental innovation is well established by now. Much has been written about how to do this effectively, including ADL’s contributions.[1] However, one less-often- discussed aspect is how to tackle breakthrough innovation in the complex product and system manufacturing industry, such as aerospace & defense (A&D) or energy.

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Aerospace & Defense

Capturing value from earth observation analytics

Matteo Ainardi, Adnan Merhaba, Julien Duvaud-Schelnast, Vincent Bamberger

The increasing number of satellites, the growing variety of earth observation (EO) sensors, and the adoption of new analytics techniques are driving the growth of the satellite-based EO analytics industry. Over the next decade a wide number of sectors will further leverage EO to enhance their decision-making and operational processes. However, as of today, EO analytics is a fragmented, niche industry, with several players evolving their value chain positioning and business models. In light of this, Arthur D.

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Aerospace & Defense

The Space Agency of the Future

Adnan Merhaba, Matteo Ainardi, Tobias Aebi

The space sector has been increasingly moving from specialized activity within the domain of superpowers and large industrial conglomerates and corporations to a more democratized and accessible undertaking. The spur of new actors, both public and private, as well as emerging space countries, creates a new impetus for space agencies and governments as key space sector enablers.

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Aerospace & Defense

A sky full of eyes – Commercial opportunity in Earth observation

Adnan Merhaba, Matteo Ainardi

600+ Earth observation satellites are constantly keeping an eye on us from space – is there a commercial opportunity in Earth watching, and how can companies play in this space? The Earth observation satellites are orbiting our planet, collecting data and images, as well as monitoring and tracking changesIn eight executive briefing series, Arthur D. Little shares key insight into the commercial opportunity in Earth observation and how companies can play and win in this space. We look into:

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Aerospace & Defense, Travel & transportation

China’s commercial aircraft take-off

Matteo Ainardi

For the global aeronautical industry, China represents the largest commercial opportunity of the coming 10 years, and the biggest competitive threat for the decades to follow. Arthur D. Little reviews the development of the Chinese aeronautical industry, which recently accelerated with the creation of COMAC and AECC, and identifies the key aspects to be closely monitored by Western players.

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