HEC Family Business Summit 2026
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The first student-led event of its kind, in partnership with the HEC Family Business Center: two days of genuine encounters and candid conversations about family business, featuring leaders from Chanel, Galeries Lafayette, Derichebourg Group, Banque Wormser Frères and many more.
What does it really take to lead a business that carries your family's name — across generations, through crises, and into the future?
The HEC Family Business Summit is a first-of-its-kind event, organized by students of the MBA Family Business Club in partnership with the HEC Family Business Center. It brings together the next generation of family business leaders with some of the most compelling practitioners in the field. This is not a conference of polished keynotes — it's an intimate, high-trust space for honest conversations about succession, governance, legacy, and growth.
Confirmed Speakers
Family business leaders, family shareholders, and representatives from leading family-owned companies have confirmed their participation:
— Derichebourg Group — Banque Wormser Frères — Galeries Lafayette — Groupe SEB — Incept — Nehmeh Corporation — Maison Mellerio dits Meller — Chanel.
Centuries of entrepreneurial and family legacy. Authentic conversations around governance, succession, leadership, and continuity in family businesses.
Agenda
FRI · MAY 29 · Opening Apéro Noti Club — 6 Port de Suffren, 75007 Paris
19:30 — Welcome apéro & networking
SAT · MAY 30 · Full-day Summit & Closing Apéro HEC Alumni House — 9 avenue Franklin Roosevelt, 75008 Paris
09:00 — Welcome coffee & check-in
09:25 — Opening remarks — Anthony Nehme (HEC MBA Family Business Club) & Cécile de Lisle (HEC Paris Family Business Center)
09:30 — Keynote — Thomas Derichebourg (Derichebourg Group)
10:15 — Keynote — Julien Wormser (Banque Wormser Frères)
11:00 — Coffee break
11:15 — Keynote — Philippe Houzé & Romane Belloy (Galeries Lafayette)
12:00 — Keynote — Aude de Vassart (Groupe SEB)
12:45 — Lunch & networking
13:45 — Sophie Dimich-Louvet (Incept)
14:15 — In conversation - Simon Nehme & Anthony Nehme (Nehmeh Corporation)
15:00 — Keynote — Olivier Mellerio (Mellerio dits Meller)
15:45 — Coffee break
16:00 — Closing roundtable — Marianne Pennanéac'h (Chanel) and next-gen voices (to be announced)
16:45 — Closing remarks
17:00 — Closing apéro
Learn more about HEC Paris – Dieter Schwarz Center for Family Business