News List | HEC Paris

February 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Medene, to access a safe and natural health and beauty routine

This week we met with Camille Pereira, Laure de Lacaze and Marie-Claire Kanaan, the three founders of the start-up Medene, which has just joined the Winter Batch of the HEC incubator at Station F. Their adventure began on the benches of the HEC Entrepreneur Master's degree in 2017.

Feb 20, 2020

Discours Dadouda Coulibaly gala HEC Alumni Abidjan jan2020

The School

Abidjan: First HEC Paris Gala for Central and Western Africa

On Saturday January 25, the first HEC Paris Gala on the African continent was held in Abidjan. On this occasion, François Collin, International Director of HEC Paris, thanked the community of HEC Paris graduates from Côte d’Ivoire, West, and Central Africa for their commitment and their loyalty to ...

Feb 20, 2020

Délégation HEC Paris (bureau Afrique, HEC Alumni, DI)

The School

Africa at the heart of HEC Paris’ international strategy

Francois Collin, Deputy Director for International Development at HEC Paris, made a three-day visit to Abidjan at the end of January, accompanied by an important delegation to underline the importance of the African continent in the international strategy of the school. First of all, the visit aimed ...

Feb 20, 2020

The School

SASI Student Aims to Revolutionize India’s Energy

HEC student Sushil Reddy took two years off from his studies to launch an audacious 61-day odyssey through 7,000 Indian kilometers in a retrofitted auto rickshaw powered by…solar and electrical power. Freshly back on campus to complete his MSc Sustainability and Social Innovation (SASI), Reddy ...

Feb 12, 2020

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Trone, the startup that reinvents a boring occasion and makes it a memorable experience

Last year, we introduced you to Hugo Volpei and his start-up Trone, incubated at Station F, with his mission of revolutionizing the way we see toilets. The entrepreneur has successfully accomplished this mission, sparing no expense to create exquisite experiences throughout France and in Switzerland ...

Feb 08, 2020

Patrick Perreault - Société Générale - Energy Day - HEC Paris - 4 fév. 2020

The School

Preparing for the Energy Revolution in the Banking Sector

Keynote speaker at HEC’s eighth Energy Day, Patrick Perreault, did not mince his words. “As far as climate change and mobility are concerned, we all need to think out-of-the-box across all sectors.” The Société Générale Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) engaged the students in the Bellon ...

Feb 07, 2020

Guillaume pitron - cycle de conférence S&O - 2019 vignette

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Guillaume Pitron: What is the Real Face of Energy Transition?

November 20 saw “Le Salon HEC” student association organize a conference with the journalist and film director Guillaume Pitron. The students had discovered the writer last year when they awarded him the Manpower Group / HEC Paris Foundation Prize for his book "La guerre des métaux rares - la face ...

Feb 03, 2020

Executive Education

Finance with a positive social impact

Impact investment is a growing trend that aims to increase financial flows into social and environmental initiatives across the world. Impact investors look for projects that offer both financial returns and positive social outcomes, in areas such as education and healthcare.

Feb 03, 2020

Executive Education

Innovation and social business - Maysoon Barber

I have gained strong experience of working in Education and Culture since my role as a Head of Communications at the Sorbonne Abu Dhabi University. Following my mission of starting the Sorbonne University in Abu Dhabi and working there for more than 7 years, I joined the Fatima bint Hazza Cultural ...

Feb 03, 2020

January 2020

Conférence d'Alain Grandjean à HEC Paris - décembre 2019

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Economist Alain Grandjean Throws Down the Climate Gauntlet

French economist Alain Grandjean joined HEC students and academics for a 90-minute exchange co-organized by Pour un Réveil Ecologique. The campus event with the cofounder of Carbone 4 was part of an S&O series devoted to society’s ecological and social transition.

Jan 27, 2020