Benjamin Grange is founder and Senior Partner of Mascaret (new name of Dentsu Consulting) and former Managing Director of the Dentsu group in the area covering France, Belgium, the Middle East, Israel, Turkey and North Africa for 9 years. He has been advising managers for more than 20 years on sensitive communication associated with major strategic shifts, technological breakthroughs and corporate finance transactions. He combines the experience of a business leader with consulting expertise in operational strategy and communication.
He acquired his experience over the course of 14 years spent in management consulting within the firms resulting from Bossard and Gemini Consulting. He will become a Partner there for 6 years and will support major transformations in the telecoms, media, industry, banking and insurance sectors. Subsequently, he will complete his experience with 12 years in the general management of communication groups (Omnicom DDB, Dentsu) where he will manage several dozen acquisitions in Europe which will bring him experience in the valuation of intangible assets.
Since 2001, he has been a pioneer in the analysis of the impact of digital technology on business and society by co-authoring successively the works “Web Performance”, “The EBG Guide to Electronic Commerce” then “Successful presentation ( investors)”, which is intended in particular for start-ups. In 2014, he contributed to the working group on the competitiveness of the French audiovisual sector, and in 2017 to one on tourism in the era of the collaborative economy for the Institut Montaigne. In November 2015, he released his 4th book dedicated to the challenges of digital transformation, where he enlightens managers on the method to accelerate current changes and how to make them visible outside the company. In October 2020, he published a collective work “Sustainability of companies: the seizure of power by intangible assets”, detailing Dentsu Consulting’s analysis of start-up valuation methods in the post-covid context.
Benjamin has widely distinguished himself in the service of the digital boom. From 2014 to 2019, he was Senior Advisor of the M Capital Fund. He administers the ThinkTank #Culture_Nu Numérique. In 2017, he joined the board of directors of ACSEL and became an “agenda contributor” at the World Economic Forum. In 2018, he co-founded Crypto Asset France, of which he became spokesperson. In 2019, he joined the board of directors of LaVillaNuméris and Synopia. In 2020, he participated in the work between France and Canada on the fight against FakeNews. Benjamin works as a teacher at ESCP Europe. He is a columnist on LCI, BFM TV, Forbes, Public-Senat, LCP and Les Echos on themes related to the perception of economic, societal or political subjects.
Benjamin Grange is a Computer Engineer from PolyTech Grenoble (M2), former student of ESCP Europe (M2), graduate of IMD and Auditor of the 74th National Session of IHEDN major Economic Security. In addition, he completed the M&A advanced training program at Bocconi University.
Stéphanie Laurent is Senior Partner of Mascaret (new name of Dentsu Consulting). A graduate of Celsa after a master’s degree in Foreign Languages applied to commerce and business, Stéphanie has been advising managers for more than 25 years in the management of their reputation when it has an effect on economic activity. Experienced in corporate communication and opinion analysis, she began her career in 1998 with the DDB – Omnicom group managing press relations, public relations and crisis communication for 10 years. In particular, she supervised sensitive subjects such as vaccination against the flu or the first campaigns in favor of bone marrow donation. In 2001, she led the announcement of the arrival of the online auction giant, eBay, in France. In 2008, Stéphanie joined the teams of the international PR network: Golin, at Mullen Lowe Group. She will manage for 5 years the communication of the FDOC (Florida Department of Citrus) in France and will accompany the media relations service of the Ademe at the end of the Grenelle de l’environnement. In 2015, Stéphanie joined the opinion monitoring agency Human to Human where she led the monitoring and analysis of the opinion of clients such as E.Leclerc, RATP, or Fnac. Stéphanie Laurent joined Denstu Consulting in 2018 and became a partner of Mascaret in January 2021. She supports companies and their managers in key moments: fundraising, opening of new markets, change of governance, restructuring, merger/acquisition…
Yves Censi began 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 Elysée 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. Yves Censi is recognized for his expertise in political strategy and in the financing of the economy combining public and private funding. He has chaired or reported about twenty parliamentary reports on public action in the economy, finance or on social issues and labor relations. Special Rapporteur on the budgets of National Education, State social and pension schemes, Post and Telecommunications (prefiguring the opening to competition of the two sectors and organizing the public financing of Broadband coverage), we he also owes him the Censi-Bouvard law on real estate LNMP and the Censi law governing the status of teachers in private establishments. He was a parliamentarian on mission to the Prime Minister, President of the Fund for Financing Social Agricultural Benefits and of the National Council for Integration through Economic Activity, President of the Permanent Conference of Rural Tourism, Vice-President of the National Council of Tourism, permanent member of the Franco-British Council. In 2020, he became senior advisor at Logical Pictures, an audiovisual group which quickly established itself as a leading player in the financing of films and series in France and abroad.
Since 2021 Senior Partner at Mascaret, he now advises both CAC40 executives and leading public or political leaders. Yves holds a research Master’s degree from the École Normale Supérieure Ulm – EHESS (1990), a Master’s degree in Labor Law from the University of Panthéon Assas, Young Leaders 2003 from the French-American Foundation and auditor of the 2010 session of the Institute of Advanced Business Studies (IHEE). He is a frigate captain (H) in the citizen reserve (FOR1 mention of the Naval School) attached to the Center for Higher Studies of the Navy.
Depuis 2021 senior Partner chez Mascaret, il conseille aujourd’hui autant des dirigeants du CAC40 que des leaders publics ou politiques de 1er plan. Yves est titulaire d’un Master recherche École Normale Supérieure Ulm – EHESS (1990), diplômé de Master en Droit social de l’université Panthéon Assas, Young Leaders 2003 de la French-American Foundation et auditeur de la session 2010 de l’Institut des Hautes Études de l’Entreprise (IHEE). Il est capitaine de frégate (H) dans la réserve citoyenne (mention FOR1 de l’Ecole Navale) rattaché au Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Marine.
Denis Pingaud is Senior Partner of Mascaret (new name of Dentsu Consulting) and President of Balises. Denis began as a journalist at Le Matin de Paris, where he became head of social services, before moving to the office of Laurent Fabius, then Prime Minister (1984-1986) as communications officer. In 1986, he created his own communication agency, Staff, which he sold in 1997. In 1998, he became director of development and communication for Doctors Without Borders, then joined the BBDO Corporate agency in 2001 as associate director. . In 2003, he was appointed director of strategic planning at McCann Paris, before joining Euro RSCG C&O where he held the same position until 2008. In June 2008, he became executive vice-president of Opinion Way and general manager of its subsidiary Ballester. He participates in the prefiguration committee of the School of Communication of the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, where he teaches political communication from 2008. In 2011, he created his own communication firm, Balises. In 2015, he managed crisis communication for Mathieu Gallet, president of Radio France. In July 2017, he joined forces with Roman Abreu and Gaspard Gantzer to create the 2017 communication agency specializing in business consulting. It resumed its independence at the end of 2018 after Gaspard Gantzer publicly engaged in the electoral campaign for the mayor of Paris. In 2021, he joined Dentsu Consulting, as Associate – Senior Partner. Today, he advises both CAC40 leaders and leading politicians.
Reza Sadri is Senior Partner of Mascaret (new name of Dentsu Consulting) and President of IoT Ventures.
Reza began his career in 1991 in the public sector division of Bossard Consultants, and in 1996 joined the Distribution and Consumer Products division of Gemini Consulting. In 2000, he was one of the founding partners of the consulting division of the communication and marketing group DDB, and in 2004 became general manager of DDB Matrix France, an entity specializing in the modeling and optimization of Mix Marketing investments. In 2006, he founded the company Ekimetrics, the first consulting firm on the French market, combining the traditional tools of Management Consulting and the generalized use of economic and econometric modeling techniques. Reza joined the Orange Group in the United Arab Emirates in 2009 and founded the Smart Cities division of Orange Business Services in the Gulf region, with clients in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman. Reza develops advice for cities, communities and major real estate developers on subjects relating to the introduction of new technologies in the city, their engineering but also their appropriation and perception by users.
Reza joined Dentsu Consulting in March 2021 with a dual focus on the development of the firm in the Middle East Africa zone, and the development of offers relating to the perception of major industrial and transformation projects.
Since 2021 Senior Partner at Mascaret, he now advises both CAC40 executives and leading public or political leaders. Yves holds a research Master’s degree from the École Normale Supérieure Ulm – EHESS (1990), a Master’s degree in Labor Law from the University of Panthéon Assas, Young Leaders 2003 from the French-American Foundation and auditor of the 2010 session of the Institute of Advanced Business Studies (IHEE). He is a frigate captain (H) in the citizen reserve (FOR1 mention of the Naval School) attached to the Center for Higher Studies of the Navy.
Laure Pallez joined the Mascaret group in 2024 as a Senior Partner, after an extensive professional experience overseas, in both the public and private sectors.
Laure is trained in international affairs and finance and comes from a professional background in public affairs and global trade with 20 years of experience in business development, project management, finance and controlling. In her early career she spent four years in the credit analysis department of Société Générale, a large multinational bank which saw her based in Hong Kong and Paris, and also held the role of CFO in a start-up company. She then spent five years as director for international development at the Pasteur Institute based in Shanghai, and most recently four years as economic advisor to the ambassador at the Embassy of France in Washington DC (DG Trésor – Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial & Digital Sovereignty).
All her roles have centered on global and cross-border teams and projects. Laure advises mid-sized companies in their international expansion as well as governmental actors in their public policies evaluation.
In parallel to her professional career, Laure is involved politically, and served as an elected representative of French expatriate citizens in Shanghai, China and then Florida, USA from 2014 to 2023. She was a candidate for the French Senate in 2021 and maintains deep connections within the political sphere in France and in the USA. Co-author of an essay on American politics published in January 2024, she regularly speaks at conferences, in the national press as well as in French and American universities.
Laure is an HEC, Paris graduate in international risk management and of the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS), she holds a master’s degree in management and finance from Paris Dauphine University. Laure is fluent in French, English and Mandarin Chinese.
Estelle Monraisse is a Senior Partner at Mascaret Partners as well as President of its media relations subsidiary Alter’Com. Estelle developed her expertise in press and media relations consulting ever since she founded Alter’Com in 1993. Over the past 30 years she has established herself as an authority in her field, working for top companies in sectors as varied as e-commerce, food-tech, health-wellness-biotech, fintech, tourism, renewable energies, etc. In 2024, Estelle decided to merge Alter’Com with Mascaret Partners, in order to create a synergy between her media relations activities and Mascaret‘s business communications engineering offers, all-the-while keeping the personnalized process that remains her trademark.
Since 1990, Estelle Monraisse has also been General Delegate of the Club McLuhan (named after the founder of the media ecology concept), a major think-tank and communication circle created in 1980.