Imène
Kabouya's profile

Biography of Imène Kabouya

Imène Kabouya is a Partner at Wavestone and a Board Member of the firm’s Artificial Intelligence Business Unit. For the past 18 years, she has advised major public and private organizations on large-scale digital transformation, helping them harness cloud, data and artificial intelligence to drive business performance and societal impact.

Throughout her career, Imène has led complex transformation programs across strategic sectors including banking, energy and public administration, working closely with executive leadership teams and government stakeholders. Her focus is on turning emerging technologies into tangible outcomes by addressing the organizational, operational and governance challenges that accompany digital transformation.

Today, she specializes in artificial intelligence adoption at scale, supporting organizations in defining their AI strategies, building trusted AI capabilities and accelerating value creation while navigating regulatory and technological complexity.

Beyond enterprise transformation, Imène is actively engaged in the economic and strategic implications of technology. She is a recognized voice on digital sovereignty, technological resilience and Europe’s strategic position in the AI era. Through her publications, conferences and advisory work, she contributes to discussions on competitiveness, technological dependencies and the role of artificial intelligence in shaping Europe’s economic future.