HEC Paris - Alumni Association

Alumni Association

The school alumni association, Association des diplômés HEC Paris was founded in 1883 and gathers alumni of the different institutions of HEC Group : École HEC Paris, MBA HEC Paris, HEC Paris Executive MBA, Mastères HEC Paris and Doctorat HEC Paris. Each degree is associated with a letter and the year of graduation.

Degree Letter(s)
Grande Ecole (MSc Management) H
MBA MBA
Doctorate D
Executive MBA E
Specialized Masters M
Trium Executive MBA T

Its action focuses on enhancing the career of its alumnies by organising events, networking events, promoting the school in France and abroad. It is divided into sectorial, geographical (regions in France or countries abroad) branches or by class. Worth mentionning is its branch HEC au féminin gathering 10.000+ alumnae and catering to the specificities of women in business.

Amongst famous HEC alumnies, let us mention :

  • Businessmen
    • Current CEOs of a Fortune Global 500 company
      • Henri de Castries (H76), Chairman of the management board and CEO of Axa
      • Baudouin Prot (H72), CEO of BNP Paribas
      • Louis Gallois (H66), CEO of EADS
      • Henri Proglio (H71), Chairman and CEO of Électricité de France
      • Stéphane Richard (H83), CEO of France Télécom
      • Pierre Feraud (H61), CEO of Foncière Euris (Groupe Casino)
      • François-Henri Pinault, Chairman and CEO of PPR
      • Bruno Lafont (H77), Chairman and CEO of Lafarge
      • Jean-Paul Agon (H78), CEO of L'Oréal
      • Sidney Taurel (H69), Chairman of Eli Lilly and Company
      • Henri Lachmann (H61), Chairman of Schneider Electric
      • Hubert Joly (H81), President and CEO of Carlson Companies
      • François Pérol (H85), President Groupe BPCE
      • Laurent Mignon (H86), CEO Groupe BPCE
      • Guillaume Poitrinal (H89), CEO Unibail-Rodamco
    • Other preeminent businessmen
      • Olivier Bohuon, Chief Executive of Smith & Nephew
      • Serge Dassault (E63), CEO of Dassault Group
      • Didier Pineau-Valencienne (H54), CEO of Schneider Electric (1980–1999)
      • Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet (H99), Founder of Priceminister
      • Francis Bouygues (H51), Founder of Bouygues
      • Greg Skibiski (MBA06), Founder of Sense Networks
      • Jean-Marie Eveillard (H62), value investor
      • Daniel Bernard (H69), Chairman of Kingfisher plc, former CEO of Carrefour
      • Sebastien Breteau (MBA97), Founder and CEO of AsiaInspection
  • Academics
    • Pierre Rosanvallon (H69), Historian and political scientist
      Professor at the Collège de France
    • Michel Crozier (H43), Sociologist
    • Loïc Wacquant (H82), Sociologist
  • Political figures
    • Heads of State and Government
      • François Hollande (H75), President of the French Republic (2012-...)
      • Paul Reynaud (H1898), President of the Council (1940)
      • Édith Cresson, Prime Minister of France (1991–1992)
      • Francisco I. Madero (H1892), President of Mexico (1911–1913)
    • Other preeminent political figures
      • Dominique Strauss-Kahn (H71), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (2007–2011), French Minister of Finance (1997–1999)
      • Pascal Lamy (H69), Director-General of the World Trade Organization (2005–...)
      • Eric Woerth (H81), Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Civil Service (2010–2010), Minister of Budget (2007–2010)
      • Jean-Louis Borloo (MBA76), Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development,Territorial (2007–2010)
      • Valérie Pecresse (H88), Minister of Budget (2011–...), Minister of Higher Education and Research (2007–2011)
      • Božidar Đelić, Vice-president of the Government of Serbia (2007–...)
      • François d'Aubert (H66), French Minister of Research and Budget (1995–1997 ; 2004–2005)
      • Hervé de Charette (H60), French Minister of Foreign Affaires (1995–1997), Minister of Civil service (1986–1988)
      • Serge Lepeltier (H76), French Minister of Environment (2004–2005)
  • Other well-known alumni
    • Roland Garros, aviator
    • Maurice Herzog, mountaineer, and first person to climb a peak over 8000m
    • Claire Chazal, journalist
    • Marc Houalla, director-general of the École nationale de l'aviation civile
    • Laurel Zuckerman, author
    • Philippe Kieffer, officer
    • Nicolas Sadirac, founder and current President of the École pour l'informatique et les nouvelles technologies
    • Pierre Brochand, Director of the DGSE (France's foreign intelligence agency)

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