News List | HEC Paris

September 2019

The School

HEC Graduates Vie for Student ‘Nobel Prize’

For the second time in its 10-year history, HEC Paris acceded to the coveted Hult Prize Finals, a contest described by Muhammad Yunus as the “Nobel Prize for students”. After an epic semifinal at Berkhamsted Castle on August 31, the trio of HEC graduates reached the September 14 showdown thanks to ...

Sep 11, 2019

PhD Program

Welcome to the new PhD 2019 cohort

We are happy and proud to welcome our new 12 high potential PhD students to our campus (9 nationalities and all from top schools) who started their PhD journey last week. They were welcomed both by PhD fellow students, staff, professors and the HEC Foundation who is the main sponsor for PhD ...

Sep 11, 2019

Executive Education

From jesuit priest to executive coach

Peter Collins has taken a winding career path from Jesuit priest to executive coach, but one element has remained constant: his willingness to embrace new challenges. Peter’s participation in the Executive Master in Coaching and Consulting program gave him the chance to further hone his flexible ...

Sep 05, 2019

August 2019

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

SASI Ideas Festival: four questions for Jeremy Ghez

The first "SASI Ideas Festival" will take place from September 2 to 20, 2019: three weeks of conferences, workshops and visits for new students of the MSc Sustainability and Social Innovation (SASI). Jeremy Ghez, HEC Paris affiliate professor and scientific director of the SASI Master, describes ...

Aug 30, 2019

Executive Education

Promoting balance in the workplace and beyond

HEC Paris alumna Chantho Creze firmly believes that people, not projects or technology, are at the heart of any business. In this interview, the engineer-turned-entrepreneur speaks about the key lessons she has learned in business, at HEC Paris and as an expert in Tai Chi.

Aug 27, 2019

PhD Program

PhD Thesis Defence, Poonacha Medappa, ISOM

Congratulations to Dr Poonacha Medappa, Information System and Operations Management specialization, who successfully defended his thesis at HEC Paris, on August 23, 2019. Poonacha will join the Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM), Tilburg University (The Netherlands) as Assistant ...

Aug 22, 2019

July 2019

MBA

5 decades, 5 HEC Paris MBA alumni

The HEC Paris MBA, spanning 50 years, cultivates global leaders. Alumni like Jean-Louis Borloo in politics, Perrine Pelen in sports, Michel Vounatsos in biotech, Patrick Pruniaux in luxury watches, and Barbara Calvi in finance exemplify its transformative impact across diverse industries, shaping a ...

Jul 22, 2019

PhD Program

PhD Thesis Defence, Sukhyun Kim, Marketing

Congratulations to Dr Sukhyun Kim, Marketing specialization, who successfully defended his thesis at HEC Paris, on July 19, 2019. Sukhyun will join a Korean Tech startup "Superbloke" as Chief Marketing Officer (South Korea).

Jul 22, 2019

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

The SASI Co., the firm born from the MSc SASI Class of 2018

46 graduates from the MSc Sustainability and Social Innovation (SASI) of HEC Paris decided to create a ‘sustainability agency’ after their common university experience. Not simply a story of an ordinary consulting startup, this is one of a genuine collective adventure.

Jul 19, 2019

Executive Education

The myth of the millennial entrepreneur

According to Kauffman Foundation the average age of successful start-up founder is 40 years old. The typical entrepreneur isn’t a hover-boarding kid in a hoodie - it’s his mom or dad!

Jul 17, 2019