What we achieved with you in 2020

HEC ALUMNI 2020 ACTIVITY REPORT

2020 was quite a year.
Nonetheless, despite the distance brought
on by the pandemic, together we created
and shared important moments and
breathed life into the Association.
And it is the strength of our community
- committed and determined -
that I invite you to relive in fourteen
exciting steps

HEC Life Project in 1 minute

Discover HEC Life Project

January

KICK-OFF

A warm welcome to Marguerite Gallant (H.03) and to HEC Life Project

Following a career in London at BNP Paribas, Barclays then at the head of HEC UK, Marguerite Gallant joins HEC Alumni as Executive Director.

Her goal for 2020? To boost the services offering to make it work for everyone, and, alongside the School and the HEC Foundation, build a cohesive ecosystem around the HEC brand.

Laying the groundwork for this ambitious programme:
the launch of HEC Life Project.
A more innovative and more digital support fully in keeping with the aspirations of alumni, and promoting professional and personal fulfilment.

Listen (again) to Vineet Nayar on HEC Stories, the Podcast

Discover HEC Ventures

February

RIGHT DIRECTION

Meaning and (ad)Ventures all around

Kick-off of our Cycle of Meaning with Vineet Nayar, the famous author of Employees first, customers second.

February saw the launch of HEC Ventures, the investment fund in partnership with Idinvest Partners, designed to support HEC start-ups.

March to May

COVID-19

Solidarity above all!
€200,000 raised

Given the urgency of the pandemic, HEC Alumni and Sciences Po Alumni joined forces to support Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins Du Monde in assisting healthcare professionals and the most vulnerable populations in France and throughout the world.

7 million
masks collected in 48 hours

and 100 million in 2 weeks: this was the feat achieved by the HEC Alumni community in China to help fight Coronavirus.

MARCH TO MAY

ALL ONLINE

We were there in 2020
over26,000 Alumni registered

in France and around the world to follow our events.

+ 7% international alumni
+ 14% alumni in regions in France

Thank you! to the clubs
that rose to the digital challenge.

Cultivate curiosity,
continue to grow,
develop skills
and excellence

Building a more
responsible, sustainable
and fair world for future
generations

April

YOUR VIEWS

Your 4 pillars
for our Mission Statement

Thank you to the 2,500 Alumni who answered our “Mission Statement and Values” survey. Their contribution was crucial in guiding our efforts and crafting the values of HEC Alumni for the future.

In what values do HEC Alumni identify themselves from a personal perspective?
What makes the DNA of the HEC community?
Towards what horizon do alumni want HEC to strive?
What should motivate HEC Alumni’s action tomorrow?

Download the survey results

Bringing to life a network
of connected graduates
who help each other,
and are stronger together

To have impact, to influence,
to move the lines,
to have the audacity to create
a new future

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June

INFINITELY YOURS

It happened
right before the summer

First 100% digital presentations

for future graduates, and one unique bond that formed.

10,000 Infinity Passes
A revamp

The Association’s meeting rooms get a new look and will welcome you from summer 2021.

Resolution No.10 The HEC House in London

Download the survey results

July

DECRYPTION KEY

All about
HEC House in London

Truly the "place to be" across the Channel, the HEC House in London will help reinforce the presence of the HEC brand in the United Kingdom, and provide a boost to its international reputation.

This major project was submitted to alumni at the Ordinary General Meeting of 30 July, 2020, and approved by a majority of voters.

August

Welcome days

TheWelcome Days
continue!

While HEC Alumni was on campus in 2019, as every year, to welcome new students, in 2020 we had to move online to host the unique Welcome Days event!

This was in August, and we were just as happy to meet everyone, even if through our screens.

September

Success story

Raising over
€20M in the middle of a pandemic:

HEC Ventures rose to the challenges and achieved its first closing!

Read the success story

Relive the 2020 AGM

Film of Peter Todd

October

replay

A 2020 Annual General Meeting
unlike any other

On 14 October, 2020, we met for a 100% virtual Annual General Meeting. Almost 750 Alumni Almost 1,000 online votes 1 family reunion: the HEC family

On this occasion, Peter Todd, Dean of HEC Paris took a bow and bade a moving farewell to the HEC community.

November

MOMENTS OF REFLECTION

Memorial
Ceremony

As we do each year, our community came together to commemorate those alumni that have passed on. In 2020, given the complicated health situation, this memorial took place remotely. On Tuesday 24 November, live on our screens, were even closer and more supportive.

Thank you to our HEC Alumni clubs, HEC SpiritualitieS and HEC Piano Club for helping us with this beautiful moment.

Review the highlights of the Women’s Forum 2020

November

Major Events

Meaning and audacity at
BE THE FUTURE
2020 In one word: INCLUSION!

The 2020 edition of the Women’s Forum was held on 17, 18 and 19 November. The event was fully remote, with the theme BEYOND RECOVERY: DESIGNING AN INCLUSIVE WORLD, and brought together over 130 influential and engaged leaders in the fight for inclusion, including economists, philosophers, sociologists, politicians, artists, writers, poets and more.

On 17 November 2020, some 170 people attended the 100% virtual Be the Future event. Women and men from the world of industry testified about their commitment and initiatives during this trying year. One thing is certain, we will need meaning and audacity to reinvest the economy and industry of the future. To make it more inclusive, more responsible and more sustainable.

On centre stage :

Marie-Ange Debon

(H.86 - ENA 90),

Chairman of the board
of directors of Keolis

Hélène Bourbouloux

(H.95),

Judicial administrator,
partner and founder of FHB,
Trajectories prize winner
in 2014 and HEC Alum for 2020 award

Philippe Berterotière

(H.82),

CEO of GTT,
Trajectories prize
winner in 2018

Meka Brunel

(EMBA.93),

CEO of GECINA

December

PERSPECTIVE

Welcome
to HEC Editions!

After HEC Life Project, HEC Stories, HEC Ventures, the Association continues to innovate for the benefit of all HEC graduates, by creating: HEC Editions, a media productions and advertising agency. Presided by Xavier Romatet (MBA.86), it is led by the “content division” of the Association, which coordinates HEC Stories, along with Fanny Oursel (E.21) in the partnerships division.

Rewatch New Year’s greetings from Frédéric Jousset (H.92)

December

OUR WISHES

New
Challenges

We thought that we would never get through this year. It was unprecedented, trying, devastating and sad... but also gave rise to new ways of doing things. We had to rethink things, reconsider preconceptions, focus, come together (paradoxically) and innovate in order to move forward. Together.

Governance

Team

Marguerite Gallant (H.03) Executive Director
Antoine Loiseau (H.19) HEC Ventures Project Manager
Sophie Bonn-Cleret Executive Assistant
Arthur Haimovici HEC Stories Editor-in-Chief
Fanny Oursel (EM.21) Director of Partnerships and Advertising - HEC Editions
Flavia Sanches Deputy Editorial Manager – HEC Editions
Lionel Barcilon Editorial Secretary - Editor of Alumni Journal – HEC Editions
Sandra Bantwell Accounting, Administrative and Logistics Director
Claudette Couffi Logistics and network
Eric Viallatoux Logistics and network
Géraldine Pauty Director Life Project Services and Marketing
Annick Drouet Database Manager
Aurélia Pietka Digital Projects Manager
Astrid Veyrat Marketing Campaign Manager - Network and Group
Marine Homo Responsable Projets Life Project
Mathilde Courtois Life Project - Employability Manager
Janet O'Sullivan Network Director
Laurence Rolland Clubs & Promos Network Manager
Alyssa Dominioni (MBA.18) International Networks - Project Manager
Clémence Pontuer (H.08) Chapter & Clubs Network Manager
Alain Nebout (MBA.87) Career Management Consultant

ELECTED COMMITTEE
MEMBERS

Frédéric Jousset (H.92)
Sumeet Anand (H.94)
Nicolas Boukather (M.07)
Dimitri Boulte (H.01)
Audrey Brugère (H.04)
Laurent Delporte (M.01)
Franck Fournol (H.72)
Anne Frisch (H.87)
Nathalie Gaveau (H.99)
Pierre Jenny (H.84)
Arnaud Joubert (H.98)
Emilie Korchia (EM.15)
Evelyne Kuoh (H.84)
Elisabeth Laverge (HJF.75)

Benjamin Leiba (H.13)
Timo Marquez (MBA.16)
Emmanuel Miquel (H.06)
Isabelle Proust (H.93)
Coralie Renard (H.11)
Flore des Robert (H.04)
Hortense de Roux (H.05)
Eric de Rugy (H.75)
Olivier Sevillia (MBA.90)
represented by
Delphine Colson (H.94)
HEC Foundation
Peter Todd HEC PARIS

EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR

Marguerite Gallant (H.03)

CHAIRMAN
OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WISE

Patrick Lissague (H.78)

REPRESENTING FORMER PRESIDENTS

Jean d’Arthuys (H.91)
Mireille Faugère (H.78)
Xavier Romatet (MBA.86)