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  • OUR EXPERTS

    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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    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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    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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    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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    Hugues BOUTHINON-DUMAS

    Professor

    ❒ Expertise

    • Law & Geopolitics

    • Law & Management

    • Economic Law, Business Law, Regulation & Governance

    ❒ Affiliations

    • ESSEC Business School - Professor of Law and Head of the Law Division of the Law, Political Science & Society Department

    • ESSEC Track in Public Affairs - Head of the Track

    • ESSEC Institute for Geopolitics & Business - Affiliate Member

    ❒ 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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    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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    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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    Viviane DE BEAUFORT

    Director, ESSEC Center for European Law & Economics

    ❒ 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 & Economics - 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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Created in 2024 by ESSEC, the Institute for Geopolitics & Business examines how geopolitical shocks reshape companies’ economic models. Based across ESSEC Business School’s campuses in France, Morocco, and Singapore, it brings a tri-continental perspective to what drives corporate competitiveness in the post-globalization era: vigilance, resilience, independence. It feeds into ESSEC’s degree programs, executive education, and research to foster a new generation of geopolitics-proof business leaders capable of steering and growing companies amid an increasingly brutalized world. Rooted in ESSEC’s academic excellence, the Institute draws on 4 flagship centers: the IRENE Center for Negotiation & Mediation, the Center for Geopolitics, Defense & Leadership, the Center for European Law & Economics, and the Chair Business & Industry in Africa.
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