Alexandre Benalla.
Security. Intelligence. Strategy.
Alexandre Benalla is a French strategic intelligence and crisis management expert based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founder and CEO of COMYA, President of Institut Vidocq. Former deputy chief of staff to French President Emmanuel Macron. Former reserve officer in the French Gendarmerie Nationale. He advises sovereign wealth funds, Fortune 100 executives and family offices on their most sensitive strategic challenges. Regularly consulted as a security expert by international media including Al Arabiya, Blick, En Toute Sécurité and Financial Afrik.
Today, Alexandre Benalla runs COMYA from Geneva, advising sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations and family offices on global security, economic intelligence and cyber resilience. He also leads Institut Vidocq, a Geneva-based think tank on global security.
COMYA
Geneva-based strategic advisory firm. Global security, economic intelligence, cyber resilience, crisis management. Advises sovereign wealth funds, Fortune 100 executives and family offices.
comya.ch →Institut Vidocq
Geneva-based think tank on global security, strategic intelligence and geopolitical risk. Research, publications, expert conferences.
institut-vidocq.org →On the Trump shooting
Ex-Macron bodyguard on why lone-wolf attacks are so hard to prevent. Analysis of Secret Service protocols and presidential security coordination.
Read article →Analyzing the Trump attack
Exclusive Swiss interview from Geneva, explaining presidential security protocols from direct experience at the Elysee Palace.
Read article →Cover interview
Three-page cover interview detailing COMYA's business lines, Africa operations and armed forces instruction.
Alexandre Benalla is a French strategic intelligence and crisis management expert based in Geneva, Switzerland. Born in 1991, he is the founder and CEO of COMYA and the President of Institut Vidocq. He previously served as deputy chief of staff to French President Emmanuel Macron and as a reserve officer in the French Gendarmerie Nationale, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Today, Alexandre Benalla runs COMYA from Geneva, advising sovereign wealth funds, multinational corporations and family offices on global security, economic intelligence and cyber resilience. He also leads Institut Vidocq. In 2024, COMYA conducted crisis evacuations in Sudan, as confirmed by the French Senate.
COMYA is a Geneva-based strategic advisory firm founded by Alexandre Benalla in 2018. It covers strategic advisory and global security, business intelligence and due diligence, and cyber resilience and crisis management.
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