Rui Retagi, EMBA ’20, is, first and foremost, an energy enthusiast. The Mozambique-born consultant, polyglot, and entrepreneur is a 19-year veteran of energy and mining firms around the world. After breaking into the mining industry in Brazil and the United States, he made the leap— both in industry and in geography—to oil and gas in… Continue Reading
In a 2017 appearance on US business news network CNBC, Hubert Joly, then-CEO of American technology retail behemoth Best Buy, provided an inadvertent microcosm of his leadership effect and ethos. “We’ve become relevant again,” he beamed. It had been five years since his appointment as CEO. For the first time, Best Buy had been in… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris EMBA admissions interview is a vital part of the application process. Along with the essay portion, its benefits extend far beyond prospective admission to the world’s top EMBA program. It doubles both as a dress rehearsal for being a student again, and for the universally useful practices of introspection and self-reflection. It… Continue Reading
“The EMBA really enabled me, I think for the first time, to stop and think about how I wanted to live my life more deliberately going forward.” “Fresh ideas come from the painful process of growth,” muses Bommy Lee, EMBA ’18. The Korean-Canadian transplant, recently ‘’officially French, and very happily so,” is gamely unspooling… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris EMBA admissions essays is a crucial element in the candidate journey. As such, potentital candidates should seek help and advice to make sure they put their best foot forward. Who better to give tips on the admissions essay than the alumni that make up the Alumni Admissions panel? After all, before they… Continue Reading
Helmed by the esteemed Professor Dimitros Andritsos, the Design and Deliver Exceptional Services EMBA Specialization— which takes place in Paris and in Singapore— is tailored for executives whose professions plumb the depths of certain fundamental questions: How do you design services that are centered on customer needs? What are the conditions for effective and… Continue Reading
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
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
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