HEC Paris in Qatar has announced the appointment of its new dean, Dr Pablo Martin De Holan.  He also joins the HEC Paris Strategy and Business Policy Department as a full professor.
Dr Holan obtained his PhD from McGill University in Canada and has served at various institutions like IE Business School in Spain, INCAE Business School - Costa Rica, Emlyon  Business School in France and in the Middle East.  He has been a visiting professor at Krannert School of Management (Purdue University), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sun Yat Sen College (China), and over 30 other institutions in five continents.
Dr Holan is also co-editor of the Journal of Management Inquiry, a scientific journal in the field of Organisation and Management Theory. He is an accomplished researcher, and his work has been published in journals like Management Science, Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Sloan Management Review, Journal of Management Inquiry, Strategic Organisation, and Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, and reviewed by the Financial Times and The Economist.
The arrival of Dr Holan marks the start of an exciting and ambitious era for HEC Paris in Qatar, marked by two central goals: impact and excellence, with the core objective of making significant contributions to the realisations of the objectives of Vision 2030 and the creation and development of a knowledge economy in Qatar. 
Commenting on his new role, Dr Holan said, “I am honoured to take over as dean of a world class institution like HEC Paris in Qatar, a member of the Qatar Foundation family. Our Executive MBA is ranked among the best in the world, and so is HEC Paris in a wide variety of rankings.  My goal is to help set new standards of excellence in the field of education in Qatar, by conducting a wide range of programmes on topics that are of relevance to managers, helping maximise our impact.”