Clementien Fabels

Lead enterprise-scale transformation and strategy engagements across retail, energy, and social impact. Managed 5–7 person multi-workstream teams and partnered directly with CEOs, Boards, and Executive Leadership Teams on high-stakes strategic, financial, and organizational decisions. Promoted to Associate Partner following sustained impact across complex, multi-phase engagements. Key engagements:

• Led a 12-month enterprise transformation for a U.S. Fortune 500 retailer, partnering closely with the CEO, CFO, CHRO, and Board during a period of structural market pressure. Delivered ~$77M in in-year cost savings and ~$120–125M run-rate impact through a company-wide cost program, including execution of a voluntary exit workforce reduction and identification of AI-enabled productivity levers with modeled P&L impact. Subsequently led a full strategy reset, building long-range P&L outlooks by Business Unit and supporting Board-level decision-making. Established and ran a Results Delivery Office to ensure sustained execution of cost and revenue initiatives and modeled long-term EBITDA and free cash flow uplift potential through prioritized growth actions.
• Led a cross-functional regional portfolio strategy engagement for a global energy company, working hand-in-hand with the Corporate Strategy function and business unit leaders. Designed and pressure-tested integrated growth models spanning upstream, offshore, infrastructure, and demand positioning; clarified capital allocation trade-offs, sequencing logic, and near-term priorities. Engagement culminated in a coordinated presentation to the Executive Leadership Team, informing regional investment direction and governance mechanisms to track value realization.
• Served as strategic advisor and right hand to the CEO and COO of a social impact organization advancing U.S. low-carbon energy infrastructure, leading a 5–7 person team. Defined a system-level roadmap to accelerate electric transmission investment, integrating technical, regulatory, and capital market considerations. Convened senior utility executives, investors, policymakers, and industry leaders in a multi-day national summit to align on priority actions. Supported organizational professionalization, including refinement of the 3-year strategy and recruitment of key leadership roles (COO and People Development).

Assumed an internal leadership role within Bain’s Energy & Natural Resources practice collaborating with senior Bain leaders to enhance thought leadership and commercial strategies across Bain's energy and natural resources sectors. Led teams of 3+ consultants to contribute to the development of intellectual property and strategic insights on energy transition topics.

• Directed Bain's 2023 Global Energy & Natural Resources report by synthesizing research and authoring key sections.
• Spearheaded development and codification of proprietary insights across energy transition and industrial subsectors.
• Redesigned commercial enablement strategy to enhance partner access and utilization of intellectual property.
• Collaborated with global business unit leaders to synchronize topical priorities with market demand trends.

Led large-scale strategy and transformation programs across automotive, energy, and private equity. Managed teams of 2–6 consultants and partnered closely with C-level executives to drive enterprise strategy, post-merger integration, and investment diligence. Promoted to Senior Manager following delivery of a complex operational integration. Key achievements:

• Executed a future-back strategy refresh for a global automotive OEM focused on autonomous driving, managing a team of two consultants and facilitating executive working sessions to refine strategic priorities and align on next-step initiatives.
• Directed Day 1 technology integration for a major asset acquisition at a Canadian integrated energy company, partnering with the CTO and functional leaders; identified 90+ process and technology requirements within three weeks, aligned cross-functional teams, and rebaselined the end-state roadmap to ensure successful Day 1 readiness and ongoing integration.
• Led development of an enterprise low carbon strategy for a global oil & gas company; worked with strategic planning executives and business unit heads to assess transition economics, investor expectations, regulatory exposure, and capital allocation trade-offs. Aligned the executive team around a revised energy transition ambition, informed operating model changes to support low carbon growth, and established processes to monitor external risks and update strategy over time.
• Led commercial due diligences for private equity clients across energy and industrial sectors, managing teams of 5+ consultants and analysts; defined hypotheses and workplans, led client engagements, and informed investment decisions that resulted in post-acquisition value creation and multi-year integration programs (including a 3+ year platform roll-up in building & construction).

Delivered strategy and transformation programs for corporate and private equity clients in energy, industrials, and consumer goods as part of a consulting team; managed 1–2 analysts and partnered directly with both junior and more senior clients to drive operational and financial performance. Key achievements:

• Customer Experience Transformation: Supported rollout of a service transformation across 300 retail bank branches (5,000 employees), designing and implementing six company-wide improvement initiatives that increased customer satisfaction by +10 Net Promoter Score points.
• Post-Acquisition Value Creation: Developed market and profit improvement strategies for private-equity-backed businesses, identifying 10+ EBITDA-enhancing revenue and cost initiatives and building structured execution roadmaps to accelerate post-close performance.
• Merger Integration & Synergy Realization: Guided critical workstreams of multiple post-merger integrations, with varying focus on people integration (operating model redesign, leadership alignment, workforce transition planning), enterprise technology and systems integration, and synergy identification and value capture. Designed governance structures and executive steering cadences that, depending on the project, contributed to up to ~$200M in cost synergies, safeguarded €30M+ in transformation value, accelerated Day 1 readiness, and strengthened decision-making accountability across newly combined leadership teams.
• Commercial Due Diligence: Delivered six commercial diligences for U.S. private equity investors across energy and industrial sectors, leading market analysis, expert interviews, and synthesis to validate investment theses and inform acquisition decisions.