HEC Paris School of Management recently welcomed the newest batch of participants enrolled in its Specialised Master’s Degree in Strategic Business Unit Management for the Class of 2016.
The Class of 2016, comprising 50 participants, includes 28 women and 22 men. With an average age of 30 years, the participants represent a variety of nationalities and are high-potential professionals from various industry sectors such as education, finance, oil and gas, healthcare, telecoms and more.
The event was attended by many including Eric Chevallier, ambassador of France to Qatar, Marina Kundu, associate dean of Executive Education, HEC Paris, and Guillaume Chalmin, managing director, Total Qatar.
The academic director of the programme is Professor Dr Wolfgang Amann, who recently joined HEC Paris as its first full-time faculty member. He has been designing and delivering executive education seminars for over 15 years and holds a doctorate in International Strategic Management from the University of St Gallen. Professor Dr Amann has published 15 books for executives and compiled more than 100 case studies for his executive education seminars.
“With 80% of our new participants coming from Qatar and majority of whom are women, indicates the growing popularity of HEC Paris and its programmes in Qatar. We are privileged to be contributing to the Qatarisation process and to the knowledge-based economy through the development of the participants’ managerial skills, leadership and talent,” said Professor Laoucine Kerbache, CEO & academic dean of HEC Paris in Qatar.
The objectives of the programme are threefold: to create effective leaders of business units; to enhance leadership and people management skills, and to foster a genuinely entrepreneurial approach to management.
