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Passionate about economics and the future of energy, Benedikt is a current Master in Management student, class of 2022. From joining the HEC Paris Summer School to interning at Crédit Suisse, read Benedikt's blog entry on his journey to HEC Paris. 

As a tribute to International Women’s Day 2021, five of our bright, ambitious female students share their aspirations for the future. From increasing food transparency to evolving the future of fashion, our female students are preparing to join the next generation of inspirational leaders.

Graduating from the HEC Paris Master in Management in 2008, Senegalese-French Aminata Kane has been heading up Orange in Sierra Leone for the last three years. Named Africa’s best CEO in 2020, her top priority is empowering employees for a happy and fulfilled workforce. 

Entering EY’s Corporate Finance Woman of the Year Competition was only the beginning of the challenge for first year Master in Management student, Giulia Martini, who won the award for Italy and will continue on to the global level of competition.

Graduating from the HEC Paris Master in Management program in 1988, Virginie Hélias is Procter & Gamble’s Chief Sustainability Officer. Having carved out the role for herself, she has made sustainability the air that they breathe. 

When Coline Renault started her Master in Management at HEC Paris, she imagined she'd end up like her friends with jobs in consulting or finance.  Eager to have a different kind of impact, her curiosity pushed her to explore other opportunities; she took a serious look into the booming sports ...

Anna Flavia Venturelli is an HEC Paris M1 student who will be continuing her M2 at Yale in September.  With her strong background in global markets, and her keen interest in both sustainable and impact finance, she's used her time at HEC Paris to position herself to land an important role on a UN ...

Senegalese alumnus Jean-Paul Ndong is a leading figurehead in the global credit industry, as well as a two-time entrepreneur. We’re celebrating his success as part of the 30-year anniversary of our MSc Strategic Management, graduating from the program in 1996.

So you’re going to get a world-class degree -- but what then?  Alongside a top education comes the ultimate challenge of finding meaningful work and ultimately having an impact for good.  As you consider different University programs, you might be asking: Will the degree and work I’m doing matter?

As the first-ever laureates of the HEC Paris Women’s High Potential scholarship – worth up to €15,000 – begin their first years of studies with us, we reflect on this new funding opportunity and how it’s positively impacting our students.