

OUR TEAM
of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
in Cergy-Paris, Rabat or Singapore
LEADERSHIP
Prof. Aurélien COLSON
Academic Co-Director, ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
❒ Expertise
• International Negotiations
• Conflit Resolution
• Russian Agression on Ukraine
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Political Science and Head of the Faculty Departement for Law, Political Science & Society
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Academic Co-Director
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Director
• ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership - Co-director
❒ Contact: Linkedin | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Cédomir NESTOROVIC
Academic Co-Director, ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
❒ Expertise
• Geopolitics & Business
• Russia & Community of Independent States
• South East Asia
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Management
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Academic Co-Director
❒ Contact: Linkedin | Email | Faculty Website
Thomas FRIANG
Executive Director, ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business
❒ Expertise
• Geopolitics of Europe, EU/USA - EU/Russia Relations
• UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals
• G20 / G7 Summits
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Executive Director
• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Advisor for Strategic Communications to the Minister-of-State for International Partnerships (2023-2024)
• Open Diplomacy Institute - Founder & CEO (2010-2023)
INSTITUTE'S EXPERTS
Prof. Cristina ALAIMO
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• Information Systems
• Data & Society
• Digital Innovation
• Organization Studies
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Department of Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• ESSEC Metalab for Technology, Data & Society - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Vincent BARRAILLER
Professor of Practice
❒ Expertise
• International Relations
• Enlargement of the European Union
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Practice in Geopolitics (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Senior Fellow
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Dr. Linda BENRAÏS
Adjunct Professor
❒ Expertise
• EU Relations to Balkans, Russia and the CIS
• Mediation & Conflit Resolution
• Democratic Governance
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Adjunct Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Program Director, Governance & Conflict Resolution
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Dr. Florent BLANC
Adjunct Professor
❒ Expertise
• Mediation & Negotiation
• Conflict Resolution
• European Union Foreign Policy
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Adjunct Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Program Director, Negotiators of Europe
Hervé BOURDAIS
Adjunct Professor
❒ Expertise
• Stakeholders Dialogue
• Development Policy
• Public / Private Co-Development
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Adjunct Professor
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Program Co-ordinator, CODEV
Ta-Wei CHAO
Senior Fellow Asia Pacific, IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation
❒ Expertise
• Mediation & Negotiation
• South East Asia
• International Arbitration
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Senior Fellow for Asia Pacific
• National University of Singapore - Affiliate Professor
Prof. Raffaele CONTI
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• National & Global Institutions
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Management)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• CY Chair of Excellence in Strategy and Innovation - Holder
• Management Science and of the Strategic Management Journal - Associate Editor
❒ Contact: Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Frédéric CHARILLON
Co-Director, ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership
❒ Expertise
• Defense Policy
• Foreign Policy
• Influence, Interference, Intimidation
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership - Co-Director
• Université Paris-Cité - Professor of Political Science
• IRSERM - Director (2009-2015)
Prof. Viviane DE BEAUFORT
Director, ESSEC Center for European Law & Economy
❒ Expertise
• Economic Sovereignty of the European Union
• EU Trade Policy
• Geopolitics and Corporate Governance
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• Chair Jean Monnet - Holder
• ESSEC Center for European Law & Economy - Director
❒ Contact: Linkedin | Email | Faculty Website
Jean-Marc FENET
Senior Fellow
❒ Expertise
• Economic & Foreign Policy of China
• Economic & Foreign Policy of India
• Geopolitics of Asia
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Lecturer in Geopolitics
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Senior Fellow
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Advisor for Asia
• French Ministry of Foreign Affaires - Minister-Counsellor for Economic & Financial Affairs at the Embassy in China and in India
Vice-Admiral Loïc FINAZ
Co-Director, ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership
❒ Expertise
• Defense Policy
• International Defense Cooperation
• Civil & Military Leadership
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership - Co-Director
• Esprit d’Équipage et d’Entreprise (3E) - President
• Ecole de Guerre - Director (2017-2020)
❒ Contact: Email
Prof. Marc GUYOT
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Defense Political Economy
• European Defense Integration
• Managerial Economics
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Departement of Economics)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Dr. Alex ISSA
Senior Lecturer
❒ Expertise
• Mediation & Negotiation
• MENA Region
• Peacekeeping Operations
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Senior Lecturer in Geopolitics
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Senior Lecturer
• ESSEC Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership - Project Manager
Prof. Anne JACQUEMINET
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• Strategic Implementation of Sustainability Practices
• Sustainability in Complex Organizations
• Interactions with Firms Stakeholders
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability - Member of the Steering Committee
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Srividya JANDHYALA
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• Global Strategy
• International Business
• Geopolitics
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Department of Management)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• BizGovLab - Co-founder
❒ Contact: Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Louis JANICOT
Professor of Practice
❒ Expertise
• Mediation & Arbitration
• European Private Law
• European Union Institutions & Policies
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Management Practice (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC Center for European Law & Economy - Senior Fellow
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Ambassador Daniel JOUANNEAU
Senior Fellow
❒ Expertise
• Foreign Policy
• Transatlantic Relations
• Canada
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Senior Fellow
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Diplomatic Advisor
• Franco-Canadian Chamber of Commerce - President
• French Ministry of Foreign Affaires - Ambassador to Lebanon ; Inspector General ; Ambassador to Canada
Philippe LE CORRE
Professor of Practice
❒ Expertise
• Asia and the Indo-Pacific
• USA and Transatlantic Relations
• China's Economy and Foreign Policy
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Practice (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Senior Fellow and Head of Asia Program
• Asia Society Policy Institute - Senior Fellow
• Harvard University (Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies) - Associate in Research
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Yan LI
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Digital Strategies
• Digital Innnovation and Transformation
• Data Analytics for Organizations
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• Information & Management Journal - Associate Editor
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Jamus LIM
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• International Macro-Finance
• Political Economy
• Development Economics
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Departement of Economics)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• BizGov Lab - CoFounder
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Ivana LJUBIC
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Decision Analysis
• Optimal Decision Making
• Operations Research
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Information Systems, Data Analytics and Operations)
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Joseph MAÏLA
Professor of Geopolitics & Mediation
❒ Expertise
• Mediation & Conflict Resolution
• Religion & Politics
• MENA Region
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Director, Mediation Program
• Institute Catholique de Paris - Professor of Political Science and Dean (1997 - 2005)
• French Ministry of Foreign Affaires - Director for Policy Planning (2010-2012)
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Liem NGUYEN
Professor of Management Practice
❒ Expertise
• Global Strategic Management
• Open Innovation
• Business Transformation in Multicultural Context
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Management Practice (Department of Management)
• ESSEC Business School - Academic Director of the Master in Strategy and Management of International Business
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Dr. Cécile RENOUARD
❒ Expertise
• Development Policy
• Public / Private Development
• Ecological Transition
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Director, CODEV Program
• Campus de la Transition - President
• French Development Agency - Board Member (2014-2017)
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Marwan SINACEUR
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Negotiation & Conflict Resolution
• Organizational Behavior
• Islam & the Arab World
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Department of Management)
• ESSEC IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation - Expert
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
Prof. Angela SUTAN
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• Sustainable Development
• Behavioral Economics
• Experimental Economics
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Department of Law, Political Science & Society)
• ESSEC Business School - Academic Director of the Executive Master in Strategies for Sustainability
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Steven SEGGIE
Associate Professor
❒ Expertise
• Managing uncertainty
• Interorganizational Relationships
• Lean Innovation
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Professor (Department of Marketing)
• ESSEC Business School - Academic Director of the Hybrid EMBA and the Weekend EMBA
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• Journal of Business Research - Associate Editor
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Ashok SOM
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Global Strategy
• Organizational Design
• Creative Industries
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor (Management Department)
• ESSEC Business School - Founding Director of ESSEC-Parsons Executive Masters in Luxury Management
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
• Luxury Research Journal - Associate Editor
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Radu VRANCEANU
Professor
❒ Expertise
• Macroeconomics
• Experimental Economics
• Economics of Information
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor, Head of the Economics Department
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
Prof. Peng XU
Professor of Management Practice
❒ Expertise
• Corporate Financial Management and Financial Market
• International Finance
• Risk Management
❒ Affiliations
• ESSEC Business School - Professor of Management Practice (Department of Finance)
• ESSEC Business School - Associate Academic Director of Master in Finance
• ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member
❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website
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