International Virtual Open House - Join us on Tuesday, April 9th to learn more about Audencia, participate in webinars, speak with current students, program directors, and admissions counselors to create your unique open house experience.
Register now
Our Governance
Audencia Business School is an EESC (Établissement d'Enseignement Supérieur Consulaire) whose legal status is similar to that of a corporation. The Audencia EESC is supported by the Nantes-St Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
3 core values
Through its programs and numerous corporate and academic partnerships in France and around the world, Audencia actively contributes to the development and impact of its region by upholding the following 3 values:
Innovation: acting as a challenger
Cooperation: succeeding together
Responsibility: asserting our difference
Organization
1 Overall Management
13 Departments:
- Programs
- Academic Research
- Executive Education
- Company and Alumni Relations
- Career, Training & Corporate Services
- Learning & Quality Development
- Digital Transformation & Information Systems
- Communications & Marketing
- Human Resources
- Sales & Admissions
- International Affairs
- Corporate Partnerships & Philanthropy
- Finance & Operations
8 Departments
- Accounting, Management Control and Economics
- Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation
- Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
- Organization Studies and Ethics
- Communication, Culture and Languages
- Finance
- Marketing
- Sports
Audencia has a Fundamental Research Lab in partnership with the Centrale Nantes Engineering School.
1 Foundation
The Audencia Foundation (under the aegis of the Fondation de France).
1 Business Research Center
aimed at producing useful and innovative academic research for business and society.
1 Action Research Program
Behaviors and Financial Vulnerability
6 Corporate Chairs (co-funding):
- Positive Impact
- Family Entrepreneurship & Society
- Multi-Capital Global Performance
- REALITIES - Bringing to life the intelligence of territories
- Financing for innovation
- Purchasing and digital innovation
Board of Directors
Voting directors
Name | Function |
---|---|
BOO Clément | Grande Ecole Audencia Student Program - Class of 2026 |
CASENAVE-PÉRÉ Sylvie | President POSSON-PACKAGING Louaillé (72) |
CHOULET Jean-Pierre | Vice Dean Africa - Director of Dev. and Alumni Henley Business School - Henley-on-Thames, England |
DE FONT-REAULX Dominique | Director of Mediation and Programming - Louvre Museum of Culture Paris |
DENIS Michel | CEO MANITOU Ancenis (44) |
DROBINSKI Stéphane | CEO Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nantes |
GABART François | Founder of Mer Concept Concarneau (29) |
GAFFINEL Didier | Executive Vice President, Global Head of Coverage & Investment Banking Crédit Agricole CIB Paris |
HUG de LARAUZE Bruno | CEO IDEA Groupe Montoir de Bretagne (44) |
JESTIN Béatrice | Associated Director - K.P.M.G. Nantes |
LORRE Flavie | President of Responsive Utility Paris |
MÉTRAL Laurent | Chairman Board of Directors Audencia HR Director and Head of Communications Groupe Crédit Mutuel Paris |
MOREL Catherine | Associate Professor Audencia |
PELÉ Sylvain | Head of Real Estate & General Services Center Audencia |
RINGEARD Arnaud | Chairman of Vendée Chamber of Commerce and Industry La Roche-sur-Yon (85) |
STERVINOU Sandrine | Associate Professor Audencia |
TRICHARD Yann | Chairman of Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director of SYD Group - Nantes |
VACHER Cécile | Founding partner VERTUEL, CSR consultant Nantes |
VERNAY Laurence | Lawyer - Manager T.G.S. France Law Office Associate member Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Vice President Employment Skills Training Diversity Nantes |
Name | Title |
---|---|
Sébastien TRAN | Dean Audencia E.E.S.C., France |
José Miguel ARGUELLES | Professor of Economics - Nova School of Business, Lisbon, Portugal |
Rachel ASHWORTH | Dean Cardiff Business School, Cardiff, U.K. Professor of Public Services Management |
Nancy COLEMAN | Dean of Continuing Professional Education and Online Training - Harvard Division of Continuing Education (D.C.E) Cambridge, Massachussets U.S.A. |
Maria Helena JAEN | Honorary Professor (Universidad de los Andes - School of Management) Bogota, Colombia |
Michel PATRY | President and Chief Executive Officer H.E.C. Foundation Montreal, Canada |
Pascale QUESTER | Dean and Principal - Swinburn University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Professor of Public Services Management |
Daniel TRACA | Professor of Economics - Nova School of Business, Lisbon, Portugal |
Bruno VAN POTTELSBERGHE | Dean Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium |
Tanya ZLATEVA | Dean Boston University Metropolitan College, Massachusetts, USA |
Permanent Guests
- Laurent METRAL, President Audencia, Human Resources Director Groupe Crédit Mutuel, Paris, France
- Desi SCHMITT, Director of International Affairs Audencia, Nantes, France