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.

  • 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, Chairman of Société Générale (China) Ltd
  • Valérie Colloredo, founder of Fondation 104
  • Christophe Cuvillier, Chairman of the Board of SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot, Fursac), Former CEO of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield 
  • Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School
  • Jean-Yves Fillion, Vice-Chairman of BNP Paribas USA Inc.
  • Michel Fattal, Senior Vice President of Fattal Group
  • Suzanne Fortier, Principal and vice-chancellor emerita of McGill University
  • Prof. Dr. Gunther Friedl, Managing Director, Dieter Schwarz Foundation
  • HE Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation 
  • Hubert Joly, Senior lecturer at the Harvard Business School, former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy
  • Yan Lan, Independent Member of the board of directors of Edmond de Rothschild 
  • Leah Marshall, Operations and Culture Ambassador for Oetker Collection
  • Sylvia Metayer, Non-Executive Director on the Boards of the Groupe des Aéroports de Paris, Page Group, Animalcare Group, Keolis Group and Groupe Clariane SA, former CEO Corporate Services worldwide and member of Executive Committee, Sodexo
  • Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of Ivory Coast, President of the Children of Africa Foundation
  • Deepak Rao, Vice-chairman, Ficofi Partners Holding Pte. Ltd
  • Wang Shi, Founder and Honorary Chairman of the Board of China Vanke
  • Federico Sturzenegger, Minister of Deregulation and State Reform of Argentina
  • Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of the OCP Group
  • Cecilia Weckstrom, Head of Marketing Innovation, LEGO Group
  • Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize 2006, Chairman of Yunus Centre and Founder of Grameen Bank