In 2022, many of you were once again by our side to meet challenges, help, reflect, share and celebrate our successes. Our projects were numerous, let's relive them together!
2022 was a year resolutely focused on action and impact for the HEC community. Together, we brought projects to fruition, pushing our limits to ambitiously support all alumni, strengthening our ties with the school, and demonstrating the power of the solidarity that drives our community. Under the impulse of a new and increasingly committed generation, the initiatives led by the HEC Transition Club, the publication of our White Paper on Biodiversity, the momentum around the Climate Fresk (to name but a few) are all actions that unite young and not so young generations around the challenges facing firms when tackling transition and position HEC Paris alumni as leading actors for change.Our network daily embodies our shared value of "responsibility".
This year, driven by the same desire to meet, we did so around France, in London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and elsewhere, during the (more than 1,000!) events organized by the Association. Our new UK House in the heart of London, now complete and open to welcome you, contributes to the international influence of our community and our school. This dynamism confirms once again not only the vitality of our network and the energy of the volunteers who run it, but also its global dimension. Finally, your contribution to a more united, inclusive, sustainable and prosperous world has been powerful. Through the actions to support Ukraine, but also through the emblematic collection of more than €800,000 during the 2022 edition of the Gala Dinner for the benefit of HEC Imagine Fellowship, a new programme that finances the studies of students from war-torn countries.
These successes were the result of the dynamism and collective energy that you and HEC Alumni have shown.
A big thank you!
Impact Welcome to the HEC Transition Club
For even more impact, the HEC Green Economy Club and the student’s Transition Club merged to create HEC Transition. The objective of this new Club for its two co-presidents, Antoine Rabain (M.06) and Adam Melki (H.21): to promote and raise the profile of ecological transition projects by increasing the intervention capacities of the Association and the School (professors and students). An ambition in line with the socio-ecological challenges of our time!
Everyone at the HEC Alumni Forum!
This year again, the HEC Carrefours Job Fair was a real success. In the run-up to this highlight, on 12 and 13 January 2022, many of you took advantage of the HEC Alumni Forum, a day full of exchanges between students and alumni. We talked about "Personal branding", shared tips on how to deploy the value of your HEC network and enhanced your profiles during mock interviews and CV review workshops! It was also an opportunity for everyone to exchange with representatives from HEC Paris’ international offices.
Nearly 800 participants
135 one-to-ones
(mock interviews and CV reviews)
84 mentors
168 speed-mentoring sessions
Zoom on Our Success
The Network was celebrated in January when Adrien Couret presented his New Year wishes to all the volunteers who animate the HEC Community so dynamically. During the evening, a focus was placed on the highlights of the year, the Network, its Clubs, and especially:
- The Culture Club for its 19 events in 2021, despite the pandemic!
- Patrice Vandame (MBA.82) for his regular updating of HEC contact details in 8 regions around France.
- The strong mobilization of the H.09 class to raise €250,000 (over 5 years) for the Foundation, to encourage record fundraising for HEC Ventures, and to further promote membership with the Infinity Pass.
- Jeannine Ballereau (HJF.48) for leading the HEC JF network with contagious energy!
- The Switzerland Chapter which mirrors so many of the Association's actions in Switzerland: HEC Life Project services, Gala, etc.
Territories All around France!
The vitality of our regional Clubs in France was extraordinary in 2022 and our President, Adrien Couret (H.07), was part of it: friendly lunches, meetings, company visits, evenings among friends... There was no shortage of events in our community around France! It was a great pleasure to meet in La Rochelle, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes, Nice, Pau, Toulouse... In person and online.
Equal Opportunities
In February, Eloïc Peyrache, Dean of HEC Paris, went to Marseille and Nice to mark HEC Paris’ commitment to equal opportunities. Accompanied by HEC students who attended the Thiers (Marseille) and Masséna (Nice) high schools, the delegation was able to share with the young high school students on all the educational opportunities available to them, and in particular, the demanding and excellent preparatory class. It was also a great opportunity for Eloïc Peyrache to meet HEC graduates in these regions during meetings at the HEC Azur and HEC Provence Clubs!
Welcome to HEC Paris’ 160 Professors
HEC Paris faculty members are now part of HEC Alumni! As Participant Members, our professors from 25 different countries will become even more part of our community. They will be able to stay in touch with their former students, mobilize alumni for testimonies or to support the development of HEC Paris programmes, join our Clubs and take advantage of our many tools and services!
Solidarity with Ukraine
After the invasion of Ukraine and the outbreak of this war on the borders of Europe, the whole community mobilized around the implementation of various initiatives, notably under the impetus of the HEC Alumni Chapter in Ukraine, to supply Ukrainians with basic necessities and to help the displaced populations.
A joint collection with ESCP Alumni and ESSEC in favor of UNHCR raised €200,000 in donations.
Place to be UK: Home Sweet Home
HEC Alumni, with the support of HEC Paris and the HEC Foundation, purchased a property in London: the perfect place to host the HEC House in the UK! This space is open to the whole HEC community and, in particular, to the 3,000 graduates living across the Channel:
See you at 43 Parker Street
ideally located to enjoy conferences, masterclasses, training, workshops, and many spaces to work and organize social activities together!
Gala Gala & Business Trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi
HEC Alumni, in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates Chapter, the International Development Club and the Corporate Strategy Club, organized a business trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi!
6 days, and many meetings!
Dubai World Expo, companies (Adia, Dubai Port World, CMA CGM), the French Embassy, the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi, the Grand Mosque, and a magnificient gala dinner with the alumni of the UAE Chapter.
Impact again Gala Dinner at the Palais Brongniart, Paris
On 21 April, the HEC gala dinner took place at the prestigious former Paris stock market. It was an opportunity to finally get together after two years of semi-confinement and to raise funds for HEC Paris’ mission to make an impact.
300 participants
€800,000 raised
for the HEC Foundation to support the HEC Imagine Fellows project. A project to cover tuition fees for students from war-torn countries and provide support for entrepreneurs in conflict regions.
HEC Life Project Yes to Work for Good!
April was also the month of the HEC Life Project Festival, whose theme was "Work for Good: what if our work had the power to do us good?"
Workshops, speed-mentoring and inspiring conferences were offered by HEC Life Project, such as a round table in partnership with the Society & Organizations Institute at HEC Paris:
In search of meaning: for oneself and at the heart of the company's mission.
What is the purpose of our work? In the face of the upheavals and immense challenges that face organizations and our personal and professional lives, this question is being asked more than ever from a new perspective.
International 5th HEC Food Industry Conference
On 19 May 2022, the 5th HEC Food Industry Conference brought together over 170 participants. The programme addressed subjects such as the success of organic food, the appetite for local products, the environment, recycling, purchasing power, the surge in raw material prices due to the war in Ukraine, inflation... How far can food transition go?
Action Our White Paper on Biodiversity
With the support of Adrien Couret (H.07) and Marguerite Gallant (H.03)
HEC Alumni published a strong call for decisive action. This document was first presented to the leaders of the COP15, and then to Agnès Pannier-Runacher (H.95), French Minister of Energy Transition and to Sylvie Lemmet (H.81), French Ambassador for the Environment.
BRAVO
Christine Rodwell (H.92), David Vaillant (H.98), Théo Maret (H.22), Adam Melki (H.21), Eliette Verdier (H.20), Julie Christiaen (H.22), Julia Girard (H.20).
Celebration Three Graduation Years on Campus!
A triple ceremony to celebrate the graduation of the classes 2020, 2021 and 2022. Impressive highlights included some emblematic speeches made by the new graduates calling for a more sustainable world.
3 days
5,000 students
12,000 participants
100+ countries represented
Return on Campus for MBA Alumni
On 17 and 18 June, HEC Alumni organized a class reunion for its MBA graduates celebrating a milestone anniversary. Over the course of the weekend, alumni were able to meet up with their classmates, on campus and at the Association, to have a good time and to share great memories!
Retrospective 2022 : 3 Impact Awards
In 2022, the joy of being face-to-face again after two successive years of confinement contributed to the acceleration of the community's activity and the celebration of projects that make an impact.
HEC Alum of the Year Awards
Agnès Pannier-Runacher (H.95), French Minister of Energy Transition and Thomas Jonas (H.93), founder of Nature's Fynd, for their active help in tackling environmental challenges.
Daring Award
Lucie Basch, founder of Too Good to Go, the company that fights against food waste.
Women@HEC – Trajectories Awards
Caroline Jeanteur (H.94), Chief Purpose Officer at Ubisoft, and Sarah Jallot & Basile Agay (H.21) for creating the investment fund Teampact.
Back to school Welcome to New Graduates!
On September 28, 2022, Adrien Couret (H.07), President of HEC Alumni and Eloïc Peyrache, Dean of HEC Paris, HEC Alumni staff and representatives from many Clubs, welcomed new 2022 graduates for a warm and memorable evening in Paris so that they could find out more about the alumni association.
Volunteering Forever
In September, our Volunteering Club, that supports the many HEC alumni that give their time for other associations and causes, met on the HEC campus in Jouy-en-Josas to share a moment of exchange and conviviality. The program included a tour of the campus, speeches by Catherine Giboin (H.78), President of the Médecins du Monde Foundation, and Eloïc Peyrache, Dean of HEC Paris, as well as a country-style buffet.
An energetic conference An Exceptional HEURE H with Jean-Marc Jancovici
On September 27, Jean-Marc Jancovici, President of the "Shift Project" Think Tank, co-founder of Carbone4 and member of the French High Council for the Climate, talked to us about energy! Some 215 participants attended the MACIF offices for this fascinating Heure H during which our guest presented his global vision on energies (including nuclear energy), consumerism, global warming, greenhouse gases and the means to limit ecological disaster.
The next day, HEC Paris, in partnership with the Esp'R association and our Generation Share club, had the pleasure of hosting him for a discussion on energy supplies, climate change and the levers for changing the paradigm.
Transmission Mentoring for Women!
On October 24, the HEC Women's Mentoring and Diversity Center launched its first mentoring session to bring together mentors (men and women) and mentees (women). On the occasion of this unique evening, our guest Guila Clara Kessous, a mentor for top executives, shared with us her convictions on the power of mentoring.
Face to Face with... the Head of BPI
In October, BPI CEO Nicolas Dufourcq (H.84) answered questions from Vincent Beaufils (H.75) (Challenges Magazine), Hedwige Chevrillon (MBA.84) (BFM Business) and HEC students, live on L'Entretien HEC: The monthly TV program produced by HEC Alumni that collects insights from great business leaders!
Corporate Governance Dictionnaire vécu / How Boards work : lessons from experience
On October 12, the Corporate Governance Club published its 2nd book, co-written by 100 Alumni around basic concepts, new trends and soft skills, with a marked international dimension: non-executive director in the U.K., trustee in the U.S.A., Vorstand in Germany… Featuring a foreword by Professor Michael E. Porter, the book had the honours of the “Book of the day” section of Les Echos.
Remembrance Remembrance Ceremony
As every year, our community gathered to celebrate those HEC alumni that had passed away during the previous 12 months. In November, many of us gathered at the St Merry Parish in Paris for a remembrance ceremony during which the HEC Paris graduates and students present demonstrated their attachment to the memory of the 214 HEC alumni who had passed away in 2022.
Impact always Let’s Mobilize around the Climate Fresk!
HEC Alumni and the HEC Transition Club started to deploy the Climate Fresk for a maximum number of alumni, in France and abroad. Climate change is everyone's business, let's get involved!
NFT: the Place to Be?
With an expected valuation of $231 billion in the next eight years, many collectors, investors and brands are looking to find their place in this new ecosystem.
What are the challenges for 2023? New market trends? The new models?
More than 400 participants
attended this exciting conference organised by the HEC Alumni Digital HUB on 17 November.
Balance HEC VENTURES in 4 figures
2020
creation of HEC Ventures, the first community-based private equity fund launched by an alumni association in France. Dedicated to HEC entrepreneurs, it is managed in partnership between HEC Alumni and Eurazeo.
18
companies financed since 2020, including 6 in 2022 (Fintecture, Flowdesk, Homa games, LegalPlace and Pretto).
33M€
raised since 2020.
320
graduates invested in the fund.
Commitment Let’s Keep Saying YES to Lifelong Membership!
In 2022, new services and tools were proposed especially for you, available seamlessly with the Infinity Pass. New features include:
- Databases: Cap Financials and D&B Hoovers.
- New HEC Executive Education courses, the Axa Climate contents and those available on the Edflex platform...
And much more!
Mutual aid at the heart of the Association In 2022, our Solidarity Fund offered personalized support to 9 HEC Alumni. Among them, 6 benefited from an honorary loan, and 3 from tailor-made support through workshops and specific services at the Association.
As a reminder, the HEC Alumni Solidarity Fund acts through three levers:
- Financial assistance through the allocation of honour loans;
- Grants to allow those who would not otherwise have the means to use the services of the Association;
- Confidential and tailor-made support.
More than 20,000 alumni visited the HEC Alumni offices in Paris. It was a pleasure to see you!
In 2023, we hope to see even more of you in Paris, London, around France and all over the world.
2022 Team
- Marguerite Gallant (H.03) - Executive Director
- Sophie Bonn-Cleret - Executive Assistant & Major Events Manager
- Antoine Loiseau (H.19) - HEC Ventures Project Manager
- Sandra Bantwell - Administration & Accounts Director
- Maxime Santos - Logistics & Network
- Eric Viallatoux - Logistics & Network
- Janet O'Sullivan - Network Director
- Ophélie Martinel - International Networks Project Manager
- Marie Normant - Alumni Relations & Events Manager - UK
- Clémence Pontuer (H.08) - Network Manager - Clubs and Campus
- Laurence Rolland - Network Manager - Leisure/Regional Clubs and Cohorts
- Géraldine Pauty - Marketing and HEC Life Project Services Director
- Mathilde Courtois - HEC Life Project Manager
- Annick Drouet - Database Manager
- Marine Homo - HEC Life Project Project Manager
- Amandine Rodrigues - Digital Project Manager
- Adama Sall - CRM Project Manager
- Astrid Veyrat - Marketing Project Manager
- Daphné Segretain - Editor of HEC Stories
- Lionel Barcilon - Editorial Secretary - Alumni Journal Editor– HEC Editions
- Pauline Feutrie - Head of Partnerships
- Flavia Sanches - Assistant Editorial Manager – HEC Editions
2022 Governance
In 2022, the HEC Alumni Committee had 24 members.
Members of the Committee
- Adrien Couret (H.07) - President
- Sumeet Anand (H.94)
- Anne-Claire Berg (E.14)
- Nicolas Boukather (M.07)
- Dimitri Boulte (H.01)
- Lionel Bounoua (EM.15)
- Hélène Bourbouloux (H.95
- Etienne Casara (M.11)
- Fatma Chouaieb (H.11)
- Véronique Ehrhard (H.82) - Vice President
- Constance Emmanuelli (H.12)
- Arnaud Joubert (H.98) - Treasurer
- Christian Kamayou (M.00)
- Elisabeth Laverge (HJF.75)
- Mike Mills (MBA.16)
- Emmanuel Miquel (H.06) - Vice President
- Eloïc Peyrache - Dean of HEC Paris - Member by right of the Committee
- Jean-François Phan Van Phi (H.84) - Secretary
- Alexandra Prigent-Labeis (H.03)
- Isabelle Proust (H.93)
- Coralie Renard (H.11)
- Christine Rodwell (H.92)
- Marie Sermadiras (H.12)
- Olivier Sevillia (MBA.90) - President of the HEC Foundation - Member by right of the Committee
Executive director
- Marguerite Gallant (H.03)
Committee of the wise
- Patrick Lissague (H.78) - President
- Nicole Brunet (HJF.71)
- Yves Couillard (EMBA.82)
- François Mirikelam (MBA.84)
- Nadia Nardonnet (MBA.84)
- Jean-Claude de Vera (EMBA.01)
- Sophie Wigniolle (H.85)
Former elected presidents
- Jean d’Arthuys (H.91)
- Mireille Faugère (H.78)
- Xavier Romatet (MBA.86)
2022 Financial Statements
*Excluding exceptional income and HEC Editions activity
2023 Budget Forecast
*Excluding exceptional income and HEC Editions activity