As a partner at HAX Accelerator, Benjamin works with startups on strategy, marketing, PR, and fundraising, and is considered a global thought leader on hardware innovation and ecosystems. He has been featured on Bloomberg TV, and in the Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Nature, and Wired, and is a contributor to VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and IEEE Spectrum.

After moving from France to Asia in 2000, Benjamin went from mechanical engineer to strategist, working in Japan, South Korea, and China, gaining experience in telecom, mobile, gaming, and hardware. He now splits his time between Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and the world.

Prior to HAX, Benjamin was the founder of a strategy consultancy that researched Asia-based digital innovations with clients such as Microsoft, Citi, and the Harvard Business School. He also founded Mobile Monday Beijing, a community of thousands of mobile industry professionals in China, running over 40 events.

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