Students and Faculty
Financial Literacy
Students
I now see finance not just as numbers, but as a language that explains how ideas grow into sustainable ventures.
My journey to finance and business actually started with the HEC Paris Junior Entrepreneur Bootcamp. I was wondering at the time how...
Youth Programs
Financial Literacy // Junior Entrepreneur Bootcamp
I really enjoyed learning about investing like a college student, getting a real idea of what finance is all about. It gave me basic notions about finance and what I can expect in future finance studies, as well as helping me in my personal...
Youth Programs
Financial Literacy
This program was inspiring, helpful and fulfilling as I have gained tools and techniques for managing my finances. My favourite part was when we studied how to invest safely and strategically, and it will really help me in any future investments.
The...
Youth Programs
Financial Literacy
Academic Team
ACADEMIC DIRECTOR
Layal NABHAN has over twenty years of experience in the financial sector professional specialized in corporate and investment banking. She is currently Head of Sustainability for financial institutions and public sector, leading promotion and business development of Sustainable finance and ESG solutions for financial institutions globally across advisory, financing and investment businesses within a large French investment bank.
Layal works on structuring innovative financial solutions to help her financial institutions clients (including banks, insurers, asset managers, pension funds and private markets) to accelerate their transition and meet their Net Zero decarbonization targets.
Prior to banking, Layal started her career in business and management consulting. She has been involved in structuring and implementing large business transformation programs for several multinational corporate and investment banks. She has worked extensively within coverage, corporate finance, structured finance, and financial markets business lines.
Since 2011, Layal is involved in energy finance academic research, her area of focus is power generation economics, energy finance and sustainable finance. She is the Academic Director of the Energy & Finance Chair at HEC Paris and lectures regularly on energy & finance topics at HEC Paris, and Ecole Polytechnique l’X. Layal is a graduate from the American University of Beirut where she majored in electrical engineering. She also holds a master’s in international finance and a specialized certificate in Energy & Finance from HEC PARIS.