Our consultants

Ali MADANI - CEO

Ali founded AVICENNE in 1992. Since 1990, he has been working on strategic and marketing studies in the Telecom and IT sector. He has advised major players in this industry in terms of strategy development and implementation, technical and pricing issues, and mergers and acquisitions. He has also advised multiple private equity firms about acquisitions (> 50 M€ value) and build-up. He has worked with mid-size companies in their entry strategies for new products and services and also business model improvements and partnership strategies.
Globally, he has been involved in more than 120 projects for 50+ customers in the IT Industry. Ali has published several annual surveys and reports on Internet strategy, mobile communication and new products and services in IT Industry. Ali is fluent in French, English and Farsi.

Christophe PILLOT - Director

Christophe has a Science degree and holds an MBA in Innovation Management from Paris Dauphine. Since joining AVICENNE in 1993, he has lead strategic and marketing studies in Europe, the US, and also in Asia and Africa. He lived two years in Japan and has advised large multinational corporations as well as small and middle sized companies. Globally, he has been involved in more than 100 projects for 50+ customers. Christophe is fluent in French and English.


CJean-Philippe SALVAT - Consultant

Jean-Philippe joined AVICENNE in 1994. His is responsible for operational studies. He is a Materials and Production Engineer with a degree from Metz University. Jean-Philippe is fluent in French and English and also speaks German.



Amir H. YASSARI - Consultant

Amir joined AVICENNE in 2000. He holds a dual degree in Marketing and International Finance from the Hanze University International Business School (Groningen, The Netherlands) and from the international section at ESSEC. He has worked on many strategic studies in the IT sector. He is responsible for data collection and analysis in Germany, Austria and the Benelux countries. Amir is fluent in English, French, German and Dutch.

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