“There’s nothing inherently new about the Metaverse– but it does signal the arrival of 3D for the mainstream.” Mike Pell, who helms the Microsoft Garage NYC, has been there, done that, when it comes to software. He’s been designing and coding since the dawn of the original Apple Macintosh in 1984. Among his calling cards… Continue Reading
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
Before she ever set foot in an HEC Paris classroom, Mona Levacher, EMBA ’16, had her foot on the gas, so to speak. The product of Iran’s finest business and engineering schools, she cut her teeth at Renault before vaulting the corporate ladder at Hyundai, Faurecia, Groupe PSA, and Stellantis. Her 17-year career in the… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris Executive MBA Outdoor Leadership Seminar is a highlight of the HEC Paris EMBA schedule. The on-campus event is a massive exercise in team leadership development. Decision-making chops are put to the test in a unorthodox setting far removed from the cosy confines of either the classroom or the board room. Participants draw on… 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
Hubert Evariste Vieyra and Maryse Lokossou, both alumni of the HEC Paris Executive MBA, were named among the French-African Foundation’s count of 100 Young Leaders this year. The list is the result of some 3,000 applicants across 39 different sectors; all are between the ages of 28 and 40 and hail from 53 countries. 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
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