International Advisory Board

The IAB has an advisory role to the Board of Directors of HEC Paris, particularly on international strategic issues, and bases its recommendations on the experience of its members.

  • HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson of Qatar Foundation
  • Jean-Lou Chameau, President Emeritus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • Tony Chedraoui, Founding Partner, Chief Investment Officer, and Director of Tyrus Capital
  • Charles Cheng, former Chairman of Société Générale (China) Ltd
  • Valérie Colloredo, Founder of Fondation 104
  • Christophe Cuvillier, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac), Former CEO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
  • Prof. Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School
  • Serge Ekue, President, West African Development Bank (BOAD), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairperson of the International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
  • Mercedes Erra, Founder and President of BETC Worldwide (Havas Group)
  • Michel Fattal, Senior Vice President of Fattal Group
  • Jean-Yves Fillion, Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Americas
  • Suzanne Fortier, Principal and vice-chancellor emerita of McGill University
  • Prof. Dr. Gunther Friedl, Managing Director, Dieter Schwarz Foundation
  • Hubert Joly, Senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School, former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy
  • Joy Jones, CEO, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
  • Leah Marshall, former Operations and Culture Ambassador for Oetker Collection
  • Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Founder and President of the Children of Africa Foundation
  • Deepak Rao, Vice chairman of FICOFI Partners Holding Pte. Ltd. and founder of Heritage Investment Company Limited
  • Federico Sturzenegger, Minister of Deregulation and State Reform of Argentina
  • Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of the OCP Group
  • Emmanuelle Wargon, President of the French Energy Regulatory Commission, Chair of the board of regulators ACER, Europe’s Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators
  • Cecilia Weckstrom, Director, Digital Consumer Engagement (DCE) Transformation Initiatives, LEGO Group
  • Lan Yan, Independent Member of the board of directors of Edmond de Rothschild, former Chairman and CEO of Lazard Greater China
  • Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Nobel Peace Prize 2006, Chairman of Yunus Centre and Founder of Grameen Bank (On leave)