TERA - Key Persons


Eric Pradel

Job Titles:
  • Télécom ParisTech Engineer
Eric Pradel is a Télécom ParisTech Engineer and holds a Masters of Science in Finance from Kedge Business School. Eric has extensive experience in strategy and management consulting. He has also held high-level leadership positions, particularly in the telecommunications sector. Eric is constantly strengthening the firm's expertise in strategy, finance, and operations.

Laurent Benzoni - President

Job Titles:
  • President
Full Professor of Economic Sciences at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris 2), Laurent is a member of the CRED (Center for Research in Economics and Law). He passed the aggregation in economics (exam to be a full professor) and is accredited to supervise research. He has provided advisory services and expertise to firms and public institutions for over 30 years. Laurent's principal areas are competition, litigation, regulation and strategy across all industries. He is Associate Professor at Telecom ParisTech. Laurent Benzoni has received many awards including the Harvard Expansion Prize, the Industrial Economics Prize, and the International Telecommunications Union Medal.

Marc Aubry

Marc joined TERA Consultants in November 2021, after graduating in electrical engineering from INSA Lyon. Since joining TERA Consultants, Marc has taken part in numerous missions for fixed and mobile telecoms operators, regulators and investment institutions, dealing with competition, regulation and strategy issues. These assignments have been carried out for various players operating in France and Polynesia, as well as in other countries (Belgium, Bahrain, etc.).

Pierre-Yves Deboudé - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Telecoms ParisTech engineer with a Masters' 2 in Physics, Pierre-Yves first joined Tera in 1999 and in 2000 became head of Marketing Studies at Firstmark Communications France, a local loop radio operator in France. He then became President of the l'Observatoire Mondial des Systèmes de Communications Electroniques (OMSYC), a consulting company specialised in telecoms. In 2004 OMSYC was purchased by LB Partners, TERA Consultants' holding company, and Pierre-Yves became the Operating Manager of TERA Consultants and then a Managing Partner. Pierre-Yves has worked in advisory services and studies for almost 20 years, including strategic missions, market analysis, regulation, competition, litigation and valuation of damages for private and public firms (telecoms, broadcasting, media, energy, etc.).