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Inspirational Testimonies

Purposeful Leadership - ACT

Each incoming promotion of HEC Paris benefits from exceptional testimonials by business leaders who share their professional and personal quests towards purpose.

Be yourself - Authenticity

Antoine Frérot, Chairman and CEO of Veolia, calls on students to use philosophy to explore meaning, and to create that meaning themselves if they cannot find it.

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Louis faure, Chef de Projet Young Leaders Program de Fondacio, "Etre Soi"
Hubert de Boisredon, président-directeur général d'Armor - "Etre Soi"
Edouard Malo-Henry, Directeur de la Conformité Groupe de Société Générale - "Etre soi"

Denis Machuel,  CEO of Sodexo, calls on students to get to know themselves, and to build their own path to freedom.

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Valérie Mas, president of WeNow, warns students about the risk of locking themselves into a comfortable professional situation that does not meet their personal aspirations. 

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Be with - Team Leadership

Laurence Méhaignerie, President of Citizen Capital, describes her different visions of the team over the years, and talks about her new challenge of building a collective professional adventure..

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Hubert de Boisredon, président-directeur général d'Armor - Etre Avec
Emery Jacquillat, président directeur général de Camif Matelsom - Etre Avec
Bernard Barrera, Major général de l'Armée de Terre - Etre Avec
Denis Machuel, directeur général de Sodexo - Etre Avec
Antoine Lemarchand, président de Nature et Découvertes - Etre Avec
Antoine Frérot, président-directeur général de Veolia - Etre Avec

Be For - Mission

Hubert de Boisredon, Chairman and CEO of Armor, talks about his company's ambition to reconcile know-how and eco-responsible ambition, and tells students that any quest for individual meaning is never over.

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Emery Jacquillat, président directeur général de Camif Matelsom - Etre Pour 2
Emery Jacquillat, président directeur général de Camif Matelsom - Etre Pour 1
Antoine Frérot, président-directeur général de Veolia - Etre Pour