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Benoit has acquired wide international business experience over the past 10 years through his work for a number of strategy consulting firms, as well as regulators and operators. Prior to joining LECG, Benoit was a director of Launchworks where he worked on strategic media and telecommunications projects in Europe, the United States, and Asia.
He was previously business development director of Telia Mobile International UK, the leading Nordic telecommunications group, and in charge of the team developed to identify and negotiate strategic partnerships and alliances. Benoit was also a key contributor to Telia's international mobile strategy in Europe.
Prior to Telia Mobile, Benoit held various positions as a consultant in corporate strategy. He worked extensively on market entry strategies and regulation in the telecommunications sector advising the boards and senior management teams of a range of blue chip broadband, mobile and Internet players.
Benoit also worked for two years under the aegis of the French government as a special advisor on telecom-related issues and was part of the team preparing the liberalisation of the French telecom sector in 1995. During this time, Benoit worked closely with the French Regulator (Direction Générale des Postes et Télécommunications) and several consulting firms both in France and the UK. | 