French hospitality giant Accor’s new VP of Sustainability and Transformation is Julie Allison, EMBA ’19. A Franco-British product of the University of Warwick and Sciences Po, the arc of her career has been crafted by more than a decade of highly diverse and unconventional leadership experience across the public and private sectors—and refined by her… Continue Reading
Oftentimes, the most difficult part of entrepreneurship is knowing how to start. This is the niche that Maxime Arnulf, MBA ‘21, and Armin Rachwalik, MBA ’22, wanted to fill when they launched the HEC Paris EPV (Entrepreneurship, Philosophy, Value) Circle, a 35-person cohort that offers a laser-focused first entrepreneurial step for HEC Paris students and… Continue Reading
As its name suggests, Manage the Digital Revolution: Putting Executives in the Driving Seat of Data-Driven Transformation tackles a heady topic. In no uncertain terms, the specialization offers participants the opportunity to take a deep dive into the key digital driving factors of tomorrow’s economy. “Executives need to understand that their domain expertise is the… Continue Reading
Even before she was among the ranks of HEC Paris Executive MBA participants, Ruba had the kind of upwardly mobile career anyone would be proud of. International experience of more than 18 years in marketing, sales leadership, business development and operations management, all within culturally diverse environments, attest to the clockwork achievements of her professional… Continue Reading
Gartner, a research and advisory firm, released a workplace survey in 2018 that found that 80% of employees feel they lack the skills required in their current or future roles. Suffice it to say, for organizations jostling for position on their sector’s cutting edge, re-skilling workforces is an urgent task. Andrew Saidy, EMBA ‘2022, and… Continue Reading
Since her debut at HEC nearly 13 years ago, Professor Dauger has consistently ranked among participants’ favorite professors in exit surveys. This is of course a testament to her aptitude as an instructor, but also to an astonishingly well-rounded professional background; her résumé glitters with the requisite polish of a multifaceted graduate of HEC Paris’… Continue Reading
Bola Bardet, EMBA ’18, founded Susu, a healthcare startup, as an innovative solution to offer access to superior healthcare for the individuals in Africa that need it most. Though the germ of the idea was planted by personal tragedy, it came to fruition via careful tending at the HEC Paris EMBA. In December 2017, Bola… Continue Reading
Luca Zaccagna, EMBA ’20, left his career-long corporate comfort zone in order to refresh and recalibrate his small-and-medium business acumen at HEC Paris EMBA. He flourished in the classroom, and his work colleagues noticed the immediate EMBA impact at work. When it was their turn to take the EMBA plunge, they knew who to turn… Continue Reading
Imagine, for a moment, a library. Silent reading rooms, rows of leather-bound books, and perhaps a bespectacled librarian may come to mind. Images redolent of nostalgia and perhaps personal meaning if you’ve spent time in libraries studying or researching. For many, libraries represent places of poignancy, even if they haven’t stepped foot in one recently.… Continue Reading
A depiction of the English End-of-Week March intake, as painted by participant Audrey Chapuis.
When the HEC Paris EMBA March intake convened on Zoom for their first module, they were given a preview of what to expect by Professor Pierre Dussauge in his first-day opening remarks. “In an EMBA program, the people in the program have a fairly significant career already behind them,” he began, offering characteristically scalpel-like precision… Continue Reading
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