Michel TESTARD has more than thirty years of experience in international business consulting, with a focus on business strategy, corporate transformation as well as emerging markets. He started his career with Sema Group (now AtosOrigin) in Paris and worked subsequently for CSC Index in London as a Vice-President. Over the years, Michel developed a dual path career – advising Multinational Companies in Europe on large scale transformation projects - and working in emerging countries (Africa, Middle-East, China), mostly on institutional development projects (World Bank funded). Michel created Trinity Partnership in 1996 in London and refocused the company on the Euro-India opportunity in 2002. He has since then spent most of his time between India and Europe, advising both large MNCs and a few SMEs. Michel authored two books on the subject of doing business in India: ‘l’Appel de l’Inde’ (India calling) in 2006 and ‘Pourquoi l’inde? Promesses et risques d’un géant émergent’ in 2010 ( ‘Why India? Promise and risks of an emerging giant’) in 2010, published by Pearson Publishing.

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Michel holds a MSc from l’Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris) & an MBA from INSEAD.
Inspired by Indian culture, especially Indian Classical Music. Keen motorcyclist, on an Enfield of course.