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
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
Along with his English Modular 2022 colleagues, Jeremy Sirour is only just settling into the drumbeat of life at the EMBA. Still, his 16-month journey barely underway, he marvels at what he has experienced thus far. “The first module was great,” he says over the phone shortly after the January intake. “It was so refreshing… Continue Reading
Roland Salameh has been the Singapore-based ATALIAN Asia CEO for a year, after having spent most of his career in Europe, Africa and Middle East. Still new to Asia, he arrived during a pandemic with the challenges of navigating a diverse region under extraordinary circumstances. “Singapore is a very progressive country and running a business… Continue Reading
Lawyer, HR Managing Director, and EMBA alum Joel-Eric Missainhoun heads Africsearch, an Abidjan-based HR consultancy. Its mission, he says, is “to bring young professionals living in Western countries back to Africa.” “We want to bring back the diaspora.” According to the AFD (Agence Française de Developpement), a French government non-profit, the African diaspora in France… Continue Reading
In January, HEC Executive MBA alum Arnaud Naudun began his tenure as CEO of BDO France after the firm’s 120 local partners opted for his vision for the company’s future. The promotion is the latest accolade in a 15-plus-year career in financial services. He cut his teeth with PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) as an auditor of large… Continue Reading
International Women’s Day serves a distinct purpose: putting conversations about women’s achievements and gender equality issues into the limelight. To add to the conversation, we interviewed a few of the outstanding HEC Executive MBA women. These women are executives, entrepreneurs, rocket scientists, philanthropists, and government leaders – andhave shattered all manner of proverbial glass ceilings… Continue Reading
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