Alec Corthay

Alec Corthay is a doctoral candidate in strategy with a track record in risk work (EY) and in executive education with leading French institutions (Mines Paris, Centrale Paris-Saclay).

As an expert on the topic of managing uncertainty and risk, Alec helps business leaders create new value. His corporate references include 50% of CAC40 groups, in France. He is a facilitator for such organizations as 3M, Accenture, Accor, Aéroport de Nice, The African Bank of Development, Agence de l’eau, Agence nationale de la sécurité alimentaire, Air France, Airbus, AirLiquide, Alstom, Assemblée nationale du Burundi, Atos, AXA, Baron Philippe de Rotschild SA, BASF, BNP Paribas, Cegedim, Clarion, Coca-Cola, Compagnie générale de géophysique, Compagnie générale du Rhône, Continental, Credit Agricole, Coopération Suisse au Burundi, Disney, Eau de Paris, EDF, Engie, Enedis, Eramet, Everial, Federation Française du Bâtiment, Fleury Michon, FranceAgriMer, GE, Geodis, Georg Fischer Machining Solutions, GM, Groupama, Groupe Gérard Perrier, Groupe Séché Environnement, Heineken, Hutchinson, INSEAD, Institut de Gestion Sociale des Armées (IGeSA), Institut Pasteur, Klepierre, Legrand, Liebherr Aerospace, Lumibird, LVMH, Mars, Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL), Ministère de l’Intérieur, Ministère de la Justice, Natixis, Nokia, Orange, Paris Habitat, Philipps, La Poste, PSA, RATP, Région Occitanie, Renault, Sage, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Sanofi, Savencia, Semardel, SNCF, Sodexo, Sulzer, Suez, The Red Cross, Total, UEFA, UGC, Veolia, Volkswagen.

Alec has published an essay on the soul of startups for the MediaLab of FranceTV (2018). His blog has between 50k and 100k views per year. He has also published a tale, and a series of travel articles. He is the father of three children.

Under the umbrella of zerra, Alec runs an applied research lab and a management consultancy.

The purpose of zerra consulting is to help strategists and business leaders address uncertainty so as to strengthen the mutual creation of value.

After a stint at a think tank, Alec’s career advanced to advisory roles at EY and Cegos, a global leader in Learning & Development. Alec holds an MSc in economics (HEC Lausanne), is a certified internal auditor (CIA) and a coach (GoStrategic).