News List | HEC Paris

May 2022

Executive MBA

Why this Executive MBA Candidate and VP at JP Morgan is Linking HEC Paris Students with the Bank's "Women on the Move" Initiative

Anna Safaryan is a VP at JP Morgan and a member of the HEC Paris Executive MBA Class of 2023.

May 22, 2022

Fondation - vignette inaugurations salles

HEC Foundation

An enduring gesture of acknowledgement on the campus

On May 16 and 18, Valérie Taittinger Colloredo (H.94) and Pierre de Labouchere (H.76) gave their names to two areas on the campus. As highly-invested players in the Foundation and the School, our wish was to honor their commitment and thank them for their loyal support.

May 20, 2022

Executive MBA

Why a SaaS Cybersecurity Chief Technology & Product Officer and Co-Founder is Pursuing an EMBA

This key decision maker turned to an EMBA to quickly and efficiently bring his cybersecurity firm up to scale.

May 20, 2022

Sustainability & Organizations Center

Whistleblower Urges Academics to Support European Anti-fraud Network

Since 2015, the Society & Organizations Institute (S&O) have been coordinating informal monthly meetings to discuss some of the latest research by its 60 academics, HEC doctoral students and visiting scholars. Recently, S&O invited practitioner guest Bradley C. Birkenfeld to share his remarkable ...

May 20, 2022

PhD Program

AQR Top Finance Graduate Award recognizes HEC PhD Noémie Pinardon-Touati amongst the most promising finance PhD graduates in 2022

Congratulations to Noémie Pinardon-Touati, one of the 6 winners of the 2022 AQR (Applied Quantitative Research) Top Finance Graduate Award. This prestigious prize rewards the six best students in finance in the world selected by a jury of absolutely top academics in the field of financial economics ...

May 17, 2022

Portrait of Yangjie Gu, Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris

Faculty & Research

Yangjie Gu Named One of the 40 Best Under-40 MBA Professors in the World

L’Oréal International Research Chair Yangjie Gu has been nominated by Poets&Quants as one the 2022 top MBA professors thanks to the “dynamic” and “energizing” learning environments she brings to the classroom. P&Q relies on student testimonies to publish their annual list. “Yangjie brought real ...

May 17, 2022

chemin de livres ouverts dans l'herbe en direction de l'horizon

Executive Education

Defining the path forward for Executive Education

Long before the pandemic entered our lives, the concept of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) was fully integrated into the managerial lexicon. In our current context, this tidy shorthand to describe unpredictable circumstances has taken on more relevance than ever before.

May 16, 2022

The School

Dean Eloïc Peyrache Visit to the US in early May

In May 2022, HEC Paris's Dean Eloïc Peyrache came to visit the East Coast of the US, meeting alternatively with our prestigious academic partners (Yale University, Babson College, NYU, MIT, etc.), strong corporate allies (BNP-Paribas, L'Oréal, etc.) but also with the local alumni communities of New ...

May 09, 2022

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Executive Education

Energy transition impacts more than just the energy sector

The future of energy has never looked more expansive and is now extending far beyond the bounds of the traditional energy sector. To be a forward-thinking executive today requires, in most fields, more than a basic understanding of the impacts and opportunities that energy transition poses for your ...

May 09, 2022

MBA

The Road to London

HEC MBA PE/VC Club’s London trek offers insights for breaking into Private Equity and Venture Capital. With visits to top firms, the event emphasizes pre-MBA experience, technical proficiency, startup mindset, and networking. Soft skills and industry knowledge are vital, alongside leveraging sector ...

May 04, 2022