Meet the CEO
“Hands-on” competitive intelligence expertise combined with a cross-industry
experience, internationally

Olivier Youmsi is a seasoned competitive intelligence professional with solid experience in Africa, Europe, and the USA.  
For a decade, Olivier has been immersed in understanding global markets and competition in a variety of industries such
as financial services, retail, consumer goods, health care, IT and defense security.  He has worked for a number of
corporate and consulting firms including Hutchinson Industries, Proactive Worldwide, and Datamonitor.

Olivier serves as the Chairman and CEO of VIGIL, where he works with organizations of all kinds to create their
intelligence program, to monitor, profile, anticipate and analyse their competitive environment.

Olivier has a MBA in Competitive Intelligence from the Higher School of Management, ESMA, Paris/France.
VIGIL
Competitor & market profiling expert
Our Firm
VIGIL is a unique competitive intelligence company
offering confidential and cost-effective solutions to
better understand your competitors and markets.  
VIGIL headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois.

We specialize in custom and on-demand competitive
intelligence inquiries, international and national. We
provide our clients with a combination of personal
attention, cost-effectiveness, and quality in answering
their business questions.

We are committed to provide state-of-the-art
competitive intelligence services to both private and
public organizations through research and consulting.
Our Mission
Our Values
Our mission is to assist clients to better
understand their competitors and their markets in
order to:

  • Differentiate their products to secure a
    sustainable competitive advantage

  • Formulate appropriate offensive or defensive
    sales and marketing strategies

  • Anticipate traditional and emerging
    competitors’ actions and plans

  • Capitalize on early and emerging market
    trends and opportunities
Confidentiality, integrity, excellence, and expertise insure
our clients obtain cost effective, quality and results
oriented solutions.

  • From the exploratory meeting to final delivery, we
    observe the ethical standards established by our
    clients, the Association of Independent
    Information Professionals and the Society of
    Competitive Intelligence Professionals.

  • All our work is held in strictest confidence and we
    constantly seeking creative approaches to make
    our clients triumphant.  We relentlessly look to
    exceed our clients’ expectations in every
    engagement.
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