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  • OUR TEAM

    of the ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business

    in Cergy-Paris, Rabat or Singapore

  • LEADERSHIP

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    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

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    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

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    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)

    ❒ Contact: Linkedin | Email

  • INSTITUTE'S EXPERTS

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website

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    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

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    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)

    ❒ Contact: Linkedin | Email

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    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

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email

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    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

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    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

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

    ❒ Contact: LinkedIn | Email | Faculty Website

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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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    Enlighten. Lead. Change.

    CONTACT US
The ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business was created in 2024 to help companies and leaders navigate a world of geopolitical disruption, economic fragmentation, and strategic uncertainty. We examine how global power shifts transform business models, how firms are becoming geopolitical actors, and how corporate strategies must adapt to the end of business as usual. Rooted in ESSEC’s academic excellence, the Institute draws on three flagship centers: the IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation, the Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership, and the Center for European Law & the Economy. Together, they bridge cutting-edge research, executive education, and strategic foresight. Our ambition: to empower geopolitics-fit leaders and build resilient, vigilant organizations for an age of global brutalization.
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