The APRIL group has established a department dedicated to partners and key accounts in order to broaden its client base to include institutional partners (provident institutions, private health insurers, banks and insurance companies) with bespoke products and services, and to promote a more aggressive development strategy for third party administration (TPA). Reporting to the group's general management, the role of the Partners and Key Accounts department is to coordinate and develop the current approach, which is driven by some 300 staff members worldwide. The group's objective is to become a major player in the provision of products and services for French institutions, as line extensions and as a TPA.