South African serial entrepreneur and HEC Paris EMBA student, Malose Kekana, EMBA ’24, has achieved much at the age of 52. The firms he has founded in real estate management, construction, and construction services either directly or indirectly employ over 2,000 people, and he estimates to have brokered deals between €500 million and €1 billion.… Continue Reading

Why do healthcare leaders, from doctors to administrators to investors, choose the HEC Paris EMBA? Once healthcare leaders approach the upper echelons of their industry, mastering the language of business can become just as valuable as their clinical expertise. From accounting to operations to management theory, the ability to leverage clinical expertise with a formal… Continue Reading

  The HEC Executive Community regularly organizes leadership activities and networking excursions. Conceived as a way to foster community within the program participants of HEC Executive Education—a separate HEC Paris entity from the Executive MBA— these activities are nonetheless open to EMBA participants and alumni, representing one of the few opportunities for them to network… Continue Reading

International Women’s Day puts conversations about gender equality issues and women’s achievement into the limelight. It is, in every respect, an effort to #breakthebias. It is also an opportunity to celebrate. Among other things, this celebration encompasses the many forms and the endless shades of women’s achievement. Apt that achievement—a thing done with effort, skill,… Continue Reading

In 2022, the HEC Paris Executive MBA’s March track is moving. Perched atop a modern building in the 5th Arrondissement with sweeping views of the city, the new premises will offer participants an unrivaled opportunity to study in the French capital’s ancient center of learning. Featuring breathtaking views of Paris, the new location comes tailor-made… 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

For Anne Bardot, EMBA ’20, timing was, is, and has been essential. When she was a girl, a perfectly-timed visit to Glasnost-era Soviet Union unleashed a fierce curiosity that some years later led to a PhD in Political Science from Sciences Po. Over a 10-year career at AirLiquide, she helmed Group’s communications department at the… Continue Reading

Ciro Caldaronello, EMBA ’17, knows a thing or two about propulsion. In the literal sense, where he spent a sizeable chunk of his career as a Senior Program Manager at an aerospace engine company aptly named Europropulsion; and in the metaphorical, in the jolt he gave his career via an Executive MBA at HEC Paris.… Continue Reading

Simon’s career has been defined by opportunity. That first opportunity came when he left his native Singapore as a young man for his hospitality degree in Crillon, Switzerland. Then, opportunity beckoned in North America and Asia, the “New World” of hospitality, to manage some of the finest hotels in the world. In 1994, he moved… Continue Reading