News List | HEC Paris

June 2024

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Executive Education

What It Takes To Be a Global Change Leader

Daniel Sharaiha is the Chief HR Officer and Customer Experience Officer at Bank-al-Etihad. A proud husband and father of two daughters, he graduated from the Executive Change Leadership MSc program at HEC Paris and Oxford Said Business School. More than two decades after earning his first degree in ...

Jun 25, 2024

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Sustainability & Organizations Institute

HEC Launches Impact Company Lab’s Experiential Approach through 2050NOW

On April 26, over 300 people joined together for HEC’s first immersive learning experience designed to explore how businesses’ ability can drive a just transition in a rapidly changing world. Organized by the HEC Impact Company Lab and powered by Schneider Electric, 2050 NOW first plunged into one ...

Jun 24, 2024

Faculty & Research

Executive Coach Marc Beretta’s New Book Explores Leadership and Human Development

HEC Affiliate Professor Marc Beretta publishes a new book based on 20 years of experience as a coach of top executives. The book, “Leadership Landmarks: Going Behind the Scenes of Leadership and Human Development”, takes the reader behind the scenes of effective leadership and personal development. ...

Jun 24, 2024

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

Michel Safars: A Pillar of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at HEC Paris

The HEC Paris Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute may have been recently established, but some people have been engaged in entrepreneurship at HEC Paris way before its inception. Michel Safars is one of these people. Closely involved in both entrepreneurship and deep tech within the school since ...

Jun 24, 2024

Executive MBA

Launching a Business with Classmates from the HEC Paris Executive MBA Program

Gabriela Ivancu, EMBA ’23, had a long and successful legal career before she started her Executive MBA at HEC Paris. The program’s richly textured academics, diverse cohorts, and highly focused Specializations helped her develop the confidence she needed to pivot to the startup world shortly after ...

Jun 24, 2024

The School

Gen Z, Millennials, Boomers, and Beyond: Harnessing Age Diversity by De-siloing Generations

Intergenerational dialogue is an underrated topic. And yet, it is the cement that holds our society together. Whether in education or within companies, it can be a powerful lever for personal and professional growth. On one condition, though: to dispel the misconceptions that pit generations against ...

Jun 21, 2024

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PhD Program

PhD Graduates Scale Mountains in Search of Academic Excellence

At the 2024 HEC Commencement Ceremony, the experiences, challenges, and triumphs of the school’s PhD graduates were celebrated with appropriate tears and whoops. They highlighted these scholars’ unique journeys and the support they received from their mentors and peers. The culmination of a PhD ...

Jun 20, 2024

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute

French Tech Champions: HEC Paris Startups Leading the FT Next40/120 in 2024

The French Tech Next40/120 laureates were announced during world’s biggest tech event VivaTech! In this 5th edition, HEC Paris stands out as the top business school for producing promising startups, with 25 startups founded or co-founded by HEC Alumni. Congratulations to all 120 startups for shaping ...

Jun 20, 2024

A group of people, including students and professionals, posing together at the 'Climate Day' event at HEC Paris. The image shows smiling participants, some holding certificates or documents, standing in front of a concrete staircase inside a modern building. On the right side of the image, a banner displays the logos of HEC Paris and Climate and Earth, with the text 'Climate Day'

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

HEC Climate Day: Helping to Navigate the Path to Net Zero

How is Africa building resilience to tackle the risks posed by global warming? What measures are being taken to scale up international climate finance? Why is it important to mobilize private savings to accelerate the low carbon transition? How can companies co-create sustainability across the value ...

Jun 19, 2024

Sustainability & Organizations Institute

Financing Climate Risks in Africa: Insights from the UN Assistant Secretary General

The keynote speech at the HEC Climate Day, organized by the Climate & Earth Center, was delivered by Ibrahima Diong. He highlighted the importance of bridging the academic world with on-the-ground efforts to build climate resilience across Africa. The UN Assistant Secretary General and Director ...

Jun 19, 2024