Month: June 2022

Yves Censi is appointed Senior Partner

Paris, June 30, 2022 – Mascaret, an independent consulting firm and leader in business communication, announces the arrival of Yves Censi as Senior Partner.

With more than 30 years of experience, the former MP will take charge of supporting major accounts and leading leaders. This new strategic recruitment is part of the rapid development of Mascaret, which wishes to position itself as a leader in strategic consulting for managers by strengthening its teams, both in France and internationally.

Yves Censi began his career as a consulting engineer in banking and finance organization at KPMG Peat Marwick Consultants before directing the marketing of online products for La Française des Jeux. Joining Jacques Pilhan, who had just democratized the profession of political communicator, in 1997 he became adviser to the President of the Republic Jacques Chirac at the Élysée Palace until 2002. Elected deputy for Aveyron from 2002 to 2017, vice-president of the Finance, General Economy and Budgetary Control Commission, he was also elected local, municipal and urban councilor of Rodez from 2014 to 2020. He is recognized for his expertise in political strategy and in the financing of the economy combining public and private funding.

Yves holds a Master’s degree in Labor Law from Panthéon Assas University, holds a DEA from ENS-EHESS (1990), auditor of the 2010 session of the Institute for Advanced Business Studies (IHEE), Young Leaders 2003 from the French-American Foundation. He is a frigate captain (H) in the citizen reserve of the French Navy.

“I am very proud to carry the values ​​of Mascaret and to participate in the development of its business consulting offer in the face of its new challenges. I have full confidence in all the teams to carry out the missions of relevant advice and effectively support the many clients. Today, we must meet the challenges of growth and performance in a constantly changing environment! »

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Opinion poll: the Executive breaks apart / Coalition, can France get into it?

Benjamin GRANGE, senior partner of Mascaret, was present on the set of Sens Public for LCP to present the results of our political barometer about coalition-building, in collaboration with ODOXA.

This month, we look at the poll’s two main lessons: a struggling executive couple on one side, and a surge of RN and NUPES on the other. What to remember from this month of June rich in political events? Can our political class learn the art of compromise and coalition? How to reconcile relative majorities and political stability?

All these questions and many others are analyzed by a panel of experts who came to Sens Public, including Gael Sliman, president of Odoxa, Mathieu Souquière, essayist, Martin-Genier Patrick and Claire Chartier, journalist and essayist. Find the whole study on our website!

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The aftermath of the legislative election

Mascaret (formerly Dentsu Consulting) is partnering with ODOXA to bring you this month’s political barometer! Find all of our analysis of social networks in the aftermath of the legislative elections. In partnership with LCP-National Assembly, Public Senate and the #PQR.

“We are seeing a heightened interest in parliamentary oppositions”, shares Benjamin GRANGE, senior partner at Mascaret, “As expected, the presidential candidates disappear from conversations for the most part. There is a return of the parliamentary political figure who had been discreet during the presidential elections. Notably, the dynamic is confirmed with their representatives – Adrien Quatennens, Manuel Bompard or Jordan Bardella – who explode on the networks: they are asked all the questions that go with their new political weight. »

Yves CENSI, also senior partner, adds: “Will the LRs be a political key for the opposition as for the majority? Many discover the new deputies NUPES and RN, it is to the tenors LR that the media tends the microphone. The unique position of majority (or opposition) maker has not gone unnoticed by Internet users. Xavier Bertrand, Laurent Wauquiez, Eric Ciotti… are at the heart of the questions of the French about their political direction for the post-legislative period. »

The entire quantified study is available on our website!

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The IHEDN 2022 round-tables

Benjamin GRANGE, senior partner of Mascaret, was invited to speak at the last round-table of the Institute for Advanced National Defense Studies (IHEDN). The guests discussed the issues raised by the #resilience of European value chains, and all agreed: “A change of strategic method is necessary in the new current #sovereignty framework!”. Our thanks to the IHEDN for organizing this exchange!

You will soon find all the debtates on our website.

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Mascaret was at VivaTech!

Since this Wednesday, June 15, the Paris region has hosted the sixth edition of the Viva Technology (VivaTech) show. On this occasion, Mascaret went on site to follow the latest news around innovation and support some of its customers. This is the case of Quandela, a young start-up specializing in the manufacture of single photon sources (#quantum hardware) which has just entered into a partnership with OVHcloud, also present at this event.

Since its creation in 2016, VivaTech has become “#ThePlaceToBe”,

It is THE place where, every year, professionals, investors, companies and start-ups from the strategic sectors of technology and innovation meet. All with activities directly or indirectly linked to the main objective of this event, namely: “to show that innovation and technology play a decisive role in building a society with a positive impact, which is more sustainable and inclusive. “. Therefore, Quandela, French specialist in quantum computing, is at the #VivaTech festival to present and popularize their latest #innovations. The example with “Perceval”: software created by Quandela and which makes it possible to execute quantum algorithms by simulating an optical quantum computer. Whenela will host this open-source software in the OVH cloud to allow as many people as possible to take ownership of photonic quantum #technology.

Through this sixth edition – set up at the Parc des expositions de la Porte de Versailles, the promoters’ desire to make #Vivatech a globally influential event is increasingly confirmed. This would explain the creation this year of a brand new award, aimed at promoting the pan-African ecosystem: the #AfricaTech Awards, which reward the most innovative #startups in the sectors of #ClimateTech, #HealthTech and # FinTech in #Africa.

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No moment of grace for Emmanuel Macron…

Barely a few weeks after his re-election, the Odoxa – Mascaret opinion poll for Public Senate reveals a decline in his approval rating.

Indeed, at the same period 4 years ago, the president enjoyed a rate of 58%. The day after his re-election, a recent opinion poll reveals that only 44% of French people believe that Emmanuel Macron is a good president.

What explains the decline of the president in the polls? What are the consequences ? Moreover, what do the French think of the Borne government? And what does the Odoxa-Mascaret poll tell us about the state of the French political landscape more generally?

Benjamin GRANGE from Mascaret sheds light on these questions during the program Sens Public. Also on the set were:

Mélanie VOGEL, Environmental Senator representing French people living abroad,
Alexia Germont, President of the France Audacieuse think tank,
Pablo Pillaud-Vivien, Editorial Manager of the magazine Regards,
Lestrohan Erwan, Consulting Director at the ODOXA polling institute,
Giulia Foïs, journalist for France Inter,
PROKHORIS SABINE, Philosopher and psychoanalyst.
The program is presented by Thomas HUGUES.

“We see the weak signals of a rising movement”, notes Benjamin Grange, “around dissatisfaction with the state of purchasing power” while Erwan Lestrohan underlines: “With this new government, the French were waiting for the change in continuity. There they see the continuity, but not the change”. The conclusion goes to Mélanie Vogel: “President Macron has not set a course for his five-year term after his victory, today the French are wondering what will be the novel nation these 5 years”.

While France awaits the legislative elections to have more visibility on the political landscape, this great moment of uncertainty carries a lot of questions about the future of the country.

Click here to see the full show!

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Will Musk buy Twitter?

What would be the impact of the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk on freedom of expression? In a context marked by growing concerns about the influence of social media on society, the potential to observe, would Elon Musk buy Twitter, if this can further fuel debates on the place of social media in the media landscape.

Benjamin GRANGE, President of Mascaret (formerly Dentsu Consulting), Emile Leclerc, Director of Studies at ODOXA, and Teoman Atamyan, Innovation Director of Leyton have looked into the potential takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk. Rewatch the 01 Business program from BFM Business, presented by Frédéric Simottel.

Here are some highlights of their talks:

  • According to Teoman Atayman: “Elon Musk, with his 90 million subscribers, already uses this platform a lot to communicate. I am rather of the opinion that it is not to seek profitability for his other businesses that he proposes to acquire Twitter. »
  • Benjamin Grange notes that “the French are paradoxically more shocked than the Americans by the potential takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, while most of the major French media groups are in the hands of major captains of industry. »
  • Émile Leclerc, for his part, does not fail to point out that: “French law is sufficiently severe with regard to what one can say in the public space, I think that there is an education in the law which must be made. »

The importance of social media as tools of influence justifies greater control over the type of content that can be disseminated there. Thus, questions regarding the legal and moral responsibility of social media networks arise.

Click here to watch the full video.

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