René-Pierre Azria

René-Pierre Azria is President & Chief Executive Officer of Tegris, a forward-thinking advisory firm committed to the financial well-being of its clients.

Mr. Azria founded Tegris LLC in September 2007. Prior to founding Tegris, Mr. Azria was a Global Partner with Rothschild worldwide and headed the Telecom practice of Rothschild in the United States. Prior to joining Rothschild in 1996, Mr. Azria was Managing Director of Blackstone Indosuez and President of Financiére Indosuez Inc. in New York. Prior to joining Indosuez in New York in 1985, Mr. Azria had started his banking career in Tokyo, Japan in 1981. During 27 years in Corporate Finance in North America, Asia, and Europe, Mr Azria has enjoyed extensive advisory experience, generally in transactions of large size and a high degree of complexity. Mr. Azria is a generalist banker, whose experience spans Consumer, Telecom, Technology and Media.

Recent experience includes advising, among others, Luxottica, Hain Celestial, Cenveo, Emergent Telecom Ventures, Qwest Communications, British Telecom, The Federal Communications Commission, France Telecom, Microcell and ITT Industries. Assignments cover M&A, restructurings, defense, IPOs, privatizations and renegotiations of complex liabilities. Mr. Azria currently chairs the Audit Committee of a Fortune 500 company, Jarden Corporation (JAH on the NYSE), and is a member of its Compensation Committee. He is also a Director of La Martiniere Groupe, a French book publisher.

Mr. Azria sits on the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). He is a member of the AJC's Africa Institute.

Mr. Azria holds an M.B.A. degree (magna cum laude) from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (France), a Bachelor of Mathematics from University of Paris-Jussieu and an International Management Degree from London Business School and the Stern Graduate School of New York University.

Mr. Azria supports a number of charitable organizations, in particular Action Against Hunger and the Southern Poverty Law Center.