For 50 years, we have been supporting
teachers and companies

Since 1972, Arkhé has designed business games that train high-school students, university students and executives to run a company through practice. One conviction: management is learned by managing.

A word from Arkhé's founders

Daniel Boitaud

Daniel Boitaud

Founder of Arkhé and certified professor of Management Sciences.

When I created my first business game fifty years ago, I set out on the exciting path of perpetual renewal. There is no finish line; every innovation is the starting point of the next. This is how we learn, create and keep moving forward.
Christian Perus

Christian Perus

Director of Arkhé and Senior Lecturer.

During my studies, business games helped me better understand and enrich theory through practice. Years later, when I joined Arkhé, I made it my mission to foster skills development by entrusting the management of companies to teams of learners. Your feedback encourages us to keep improving and innovating.
Our conviction

Management isn't learned: it's practiced.

Daniel Boitaud, founder of Arkhé · 1972
Our story

5 milestones that shaped Arkhé.

From the classroom of a hospitality high school to deployment in more than 20 countries : the key milestones of half a century devoted to active learning.

  1. 1972 Foundation

    Simitali, the beginning

    Daniel Boitaud, a tenured management teacher, designs the first business games for hospitality high schools. The conviction : « management isn't learned, it's practiced ».

  2. 1994 Structuring

    SARL Arkhé International

    The range expands: Kiwi, Subakoua, Bilboket, Kalypso, Kolumpi and other simulators join the catalog.

  3. 2011 Digital

    Online simulators

    All the games become accessible via the web, with dedicated interfaces for players and facilitators.

  4. 2013 Recognition

    Recognized of Educational Interest

    Bilboket obtains the Recognition of Educational Interest (RIP) from the French Ministry of National Education.

  5. 2026 Renewal

    Arkhé enters a new era

    New website, new brand identity and next-generation Business Games: Arkhé opens a new chapter in its history.

The team

A team of practitioners, not just theorists.

Educators, executives and designers: every profile at Arkhé combines hands-on expertise with a passion for teaching.

Daniel Boitaud

Daniel Boitaud

Founder

Responsibilities: Designing Arkhé's simulators, their algorithms and their learning environments to ensure realistic and consistent simulation experiences.

Departments: Production - R&D.

Christian Pérus

Christian Pérus

Managing Director

Responsibilities: Running business games for schools and universities and supporting participants during tournaments and training sessions.

Departments: Facilitation – Key Accounts.

Alexis Boitaud

Alexis Boitaud

Strategy & Business Development Director

Responsibilities: Defining Arkhé's strategy, developing partnerships and supporting companies in implementing their projects.

Departments: Strategy – Business Development.

Margaux Delos

Margaux Delos

Training Manager & Education Department

Responsibilities: Supporting clients in designing their projects and ensuring follow-up throughout their experience with Arkhé.

Departments: Instructional Design – Customer Manager.

Partners

Our partners and expert facilitators, day in, day out.

Brian Alibali

Brian Alibali

Full-stack Developer

Pauline Ruiz

Pauline Ruiz

Product Graphic Designer

4SH

4SH

Software development agency

Annaig Prigent

Annaig Prigent

Expert facilitator

Julien Bourgeois

Julien Bourgeois

Expert facilitator

Nathalie Darras

Nathalie Darras

Expert facilitator

Philippe Reynet

Philippe Reynet

Expert facilitator

Stéphanie Bourgeois

Stéphanie Bourgeois

Expert facilitator

Laurence Chérel

Laurence Chérel

Expert facilitator

Laurent Sié

Laurent Sié

Expert facilitator

Othmane Cherrad

Othmane Cherrad

Expert facilitator

Find us

A team in Talence, reachable around the clock.

Our historic office sits right next to the University of Bordeaux. But our Business Games run all over the world, both in person and remotely.

Address
580 Cours de la Libération
33400 Talence, France
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