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HEC Paris accompanies the placement of its PhD graduates. Today, more than 280 alumni graduated from the Program, 89% started an academic career in top institutions in more than 30 countries.

DING Yang,
Advisor(s): Professor Vedran Kapkun
Assistant Professor, Ecole de Management Léonard De Vinci - EMLV (France)
SHI Xucheng
Advisor(s): Professor Pepa Kraft
Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (France)
BOTTAUSCI Chiara,
Advisor(s): Professor Keith Robson
Lecturer, University of Bristol (UK)
SHAN Zilu,
Advisor(s): Vedran Capkun, Associate Professor, HEC Paris, Cédric Lesage, Professor Concordia University
Lecturer, University of Bristol (UK)
WANG Yin,
Advisor(s): Professor Vedran Capkun,
Assistant Professor, Singapore Management University (Singapore)
CELERIER Laure,
Advisor(s): Professor Eve Chiapello,
2017 - : Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, School of Political Studies (Canada)
BOURVEAU Thomas,
Advisor(s): Professor Vedran Capkun,
2015 - 2018: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology-HKUST (Hong Kong)
2018 - : Assistant Professor, University of Columbia - Columbia Business School (USA)
CUENCA-BOTEY Luis-Emilio,
Advisor(s): Professor Eve Chiapello,
2016 - 2018: Viceministro Encargado de Economía Social Solidaria, Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social (Costa Rica)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, INCAE Business School (Costa Rica)
GARNIER Claire,
Advisor(s): Professor Carlos Ramirez,
2015 - 2019: Assistant Professor, HEC Montréal (Canada)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Kedge Business School (France)
GIBASSIER Delphine,
Advisor(s): Professor Hélène Löning,
2013 - 2018: Assistant Professor, Toulouse Business School (France)
2019 - : Associate Professor, Audencia Business School (France)
GRALL Bénédicte,
Advisor(s): Professor Eve Chiapello,
2015 - : Maître de conférences, CNAM - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (France)
CAPPELLI Veronica,
Advisor(s): Professor Mohammed Abdellaoui and Professor Itzhak Gilboa
Postdoc Researcher, Stanford University (USA)
RIVERA Thomas,
Advisor(s): Professor Tristan Tomala
Assistant Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management - McGill University (Canada)
WANG Fan,
Advisor(s): Professor Itzhak Gilbo and Professor Mohammed Abdellaoui
Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (Singapore)
ELI Vincent,
Advisor(s): Professor Mohammed Abdellaoui,
CEO, S3Labs (France)
ZHAO Junli,
Advisor(s): Professor Jean-Edouard Colliard, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Lecturer, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass Business School).
HONKANEN Pekka,
Advisor(s): Professor Thierry Foucault
Assistant Professor, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia (USA)
TANG Huan,
Advisor(s): Professor Johan Hombert
Assistant Professor, London School of Economics (United Kingdom)
CATHERINE Sylvain,
Advisor(s): Professor Denis Gromb and Professor David Thesmar,
Assistant Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
SLABIK Victoria,
Advisor(s): Professor François Derrien,
Consultant, E.ON Inhouse Consulting (Germany)
ZHANG Yapei,
Advisor(s): Professor Ioanid Rosu and Professor Hugues Langlois,
Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, School of Entrepreneurship and Management (China)
MARTIN Thorsten,
Advisor(s): Professor Denis Gromb and Professor David Thesmar,
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy)
BOISSEL Charles,
Advisor(s): Professor Denis Gromb and Professor David Thesmar,
Pentester, Armature Technologies (France)
KARAKAYA Neslihan,
Advisor(s): Professor Evren Örs,
Manager, Deloitte New York, (USA)
ROSU Alina,
Advisor(s): Professor Laurent Calvet,
Course Instructor in Finance, HEC Paris, (France)
SIGAUX Jean-David,
Advisor(s): Professor Thierry Foucault,
Directorate General Research, Financial Research Division, Research Department of the European Central Bank (Germany)
MATRAY Adrien,
Advisor(s): Professor David Thesmar,
2016 - : Assistant Professor, Princeton University (USA)
SPIRA Michael,
Advisor(s): Professor Uli Hege,
2014 - 2020: Project leader, The Boston Consulting Group (Germany)
2020 - : Principal, The Boston Consulting Group (Germany)
BENAMAR Hedi,
Advisor(s): Professor Thierry Foucault,
2014 - 2017: Economist, Federal Reserve Board (USA)
2017 - : Senior Economist, Federal Reserve Board (USA)
DESSAINT Olivier,
Advisor(s): Professor François Derrien
2014 - 2020: Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada)
2020 - : Assistant Professor, INSEAD (France/Singapore)
VALLEE Boris,
Advisor(s): Professor Uli Hege, Professor Christophe Perignon
2014 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School (USA)
2019 - : Torstein Hagne Associate Professor, Harvard Business School (USA)
LUGOVOI Ivan,
Advisor(s): Professor Dimitrios Andritsos,
Postdoc Researcher at Insead (France) and Ohio State University (USA).
MEDAPPA Poonacha,
Advisor(s): Professor Shirish C. Srivastava,
Assistant Professor, Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), Tilburg University (The Netherlands).
SHANTIA Ali,
Advisor(s): Professor Andrea Masini and Professor Sam Aflaki,
Assistant Professor, Toulouse Business School (France).
REZAEE VESSAL Sara,
Advisor(s): Professor Svenja Sommer and Professor Sam Aflaki,
Assistant Professor, ESSEC Business School (France).
FANG Ni,
Advisor(s): Professor Andrea Masini
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Cologne (Germany).
GOODARZI Shadi,
Advisor(s): Professor Andrea Masini and Professor Sam Aflaki,
2016 - 2017: Assistant Professor, California State University - Fullerton Mihaylo College of Business and Economics (USA)
2019 - : Research Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
MAZAHIR Shumail,
Advisor(s): Professor Laoucine Kerbache,
2016 - 2018: Post-doctoral Researcher, McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management (Canada)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Skema Business School (France)
LELASSEUX Laure,
Advisor(s): Associate Professor Roxana Barbulescu, HEC Paris
Postdoc, IESEG School of Management (France)
MEYER Vincent,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier,
Assistant Professor, EM Normandie Business School (France)
FLIPO Celine,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Prof K.Yong,
Assistant Professor, Iéseg School of Management (France)
LEE Jung Won,
Advisor(s): Professor Mathis Schulte,
2017 - 2019: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Kentucky, Gatton School School of Business (USA)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, University of Victoria - Gustavson School of Business (Canada)
YANG Jiachen,
Advisor(s): Professor Michel Lander
Assistant Professor, Neoma Business School (France)
NAVAZHYLAVA Kseniya,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Professor Joëlle Evans,
Assistant Professor, Ecole de Management Leonard de Vinci - EMLV (France).
HILDWEIN Fabien,
Advisor(s): Professor Eve Chiapello and Professor Joëlle Evans,
Maître de Conférence,Université Paris 13, Centre d'Economie de Paris Nord (France)
VINCENT-PONROY Julia,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier,
Enseignante Chercheur, IPAG Business School (France)
ATANASSOVA Evelina,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Michel Lander,
Assistant Professor, Brandman University (USA)
MANNUCCI Pier-Vittorio,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier and Professor Kevyn Yong,
2016 - 2022: Assistant Professor, London Business School (UK).
2022 - : Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy).
LÊ Patrick,
Advisor(s): Professor Charles Henri Besseyre des Horts,
Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School (France)
STENGER Sebastien,
Advisor(s): Professor Françoise Chevalier,
Enseignant Chercheur, ISG - Institut Supérieur de Gestion (France)
TAGHAVI Shiva,
Advisor(s): Professor Michael Segalla and Professor J. Allouche,
Assistant Professor, NEOMA Business School (France)
FARAMARZI Ashkan,
Advisor(s): Professor Marc Vanhuele, Professor Stefan Worm
Assistant Professor, ESDEC - Lyon Business School (France)
MECIT Alican,
Advisor(s): Professor Tina Lowrey, Professor LJ Shrum
Assistant Professor, SKEMA Business School (France)
GAO Fei,
Advisor(s): Professor Tina Lowrey
Assistant Professor, Bentley University(USA)
SCEKIC Ana,
Advisor(s): Professor Peter EBBES, HEC Paris, Professor Selin ATALAY, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
KIM Sukhyun,
Advisor(s): Professor L.J Shrum,
Chief Marketing Officer, Superbloke Company (South Korea)
FUMAGALLI Elena,
Advisor(s): Professor L.J Shrum,
Assistant Professor, Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina)
MIMOUN Laetitia,
Advisor(s): Professor Tina Lowrey,
Assistant Professor, City, University of London, Cass Business School (UK)
2022 - : Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School (France)
RUSTAGI Nimish,
Advisor(s): Professor LJ. Shrum,
2017 - 2020: Deputy Press Secretary to the President, Government of India (India)
2020 - : Director of Information Bureau, Government of India (India)
BABIC ROSARIO Ana,
Advisor(s): Professor Kristine De Valck,
2016 - : Assistant Professor, University of Denver (USA).
NEZAMI Mehdi,
Advisor(s): Professor Peter Ebbes and Professor Stefan Worm,
2016 - 2019: Postdoc Research Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Campaign (USA)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Bradley University (USA).
ROUZIOU Maria,
Advisor(s): Professor Dominique Rouziès,
2016 -2018: Postdoc Research Fellow, Vanderbilt University - Owen School of Management (USA)
2018 - 2020: Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University Lazaridis School of Business & Economics (Canada)
2020 - : Assistant Professor, HEC Montreal (Canada).
HETU Martin,
Advisors: Denisa Mindruta, Associate Professor, HEC Paris,
Will Mitchell, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Co-advisor
Postdoc, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (Canada)
LIZUNOVA Elena,
Advisor(s): Denisa Mindruta, Associate Professor, HEC Paris
Visiting Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University (USA)
ANAND Rahul,
Advisor(s): Professor Pierre Dussauge
Assistant Professor, Aarhus University (Denmark)
CUDENNEC Arnaud,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris
Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University ("PolyU") (HongKong)
Paul Gouvard,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris
Assistant Professor, University of Lugano (Switzerland)
FAVARON Saverio Dave,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand, HEC Paris, Associate Professor Giada Di Stefano, Bocconi
Assistant Professor Researcher, Skema Business School - KTO centre (France)
BOULONGNE Romain,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand
Assistant Professor , University of Navarra - IESE Business School (Spain)
PLAKSENKOVA Elena,
Advisor(s): Professor Olivier Chatain
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business (USA)
BRADLEY Wendy,
Advisor(s): Professor Tom Astebro,
Assistant Professor, SMU Cox School of Business (USA)
GUO Bai,
Advisor(s): Professor Bertrand Moingeon,
2017 - 2020: Lecturer, China Europe International Business School, CEIBS (China)
2020 - Assistant Professor, China Europe International Business School, CEIBS (China)
GUTIERREZ MORENO Cédric,
Advisor(s): Professor Tom Astebro and Professor Mohammed Abdellaoui,
Assistant Professor, Bocconi University (Italy)
JEON Euiju,
Advisor(s): Professor Pierre Dussauge,
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aalto University School of Business (Finland)
2022 - : Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark DTU (Denmark)
KORNIYCHUK Aleksey,
Advisor(s): Professor Gonçalo Pacheco de Almeida and Professor Tomasz Obloj,
Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
TENG Jiulin,
Advisor(s): Professor Bertrand Quelin,
Founder and CEO, IdeaFex (France)
ALBINO-PIMENTEL Joao,
Advisor(s): Professor Pierre Dussauge,
2016 - 2020: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business (USA)
2020 - 2021: Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark)
2022- : Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business (USA)
BAZZAZIAN Navid,
Advisor(s): Professor Thomas Astebro
Senior Manager, Amgen Inc., Applied Molecular Genetics (USA)
GOOSSEN Martin,
Advisor(s): Professor Pierre Dussauge and Professor Corey Phelps
2016 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Tilburg University (The Netherlands)
2019 - : Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University (USA)
JACQUEMINET Anne,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand,
Assistant Professor, SDA Bocconi School of Management (Italy)
PAOLELLA Lionel,
Advisor(s): Professor Rodolphe Durand,
University Lecturer, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (UK)