Nom
VENARD
Prénom
Bertrand

  • Titre
    Professor
  • Chair Holder - Anti-Fraud and Cybersecurity
  • Business School Director (MBA)
  • Senior Consultant in strategy and organization
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Department

Département
Organization Studies and Ethics

Teaching areas

Domaine d’enseignement
Strategy
Management
Anti-Fraud and Corruption
Consulting

Research areas

Domaine de recherche
Anti-Fraud
Corruption
Cybersécurity

Skills

Management State corruption Sustainable development Whistleblowers

Biography

Biographie

Bertrand Venard is a Professor of Strategy and Anti-Fraud and Cybersecurity Chair Holder at Audencia Business School (France). He received a Doctorate in Management from the University of Paris (9) doing his research at the Management Research Centre of the Ecole Polytechnique (France). As a tenured professor, he holds a Certification of Research Direction (“Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”) from the University of Paris (12) (Post-Doctorate diploma for Research Director and Professor). He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education from the University of Oxford.

Before starting an academic career, he worked in the financial industry and in consulting for PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers). He has had various administrative positions in Higher Education such as Rector of a University (Dean or President), Vice-Dean for Research and Dean of a Business School. Thus, he created the CFVG in Ho Chi Minh City in the early 90’s, now the leading business school in Vietnam. He was also Rector of the French University of Armenia (UFAR). He has been a Visiting Professor at Wharton Business School (Financial Institutions Centre), IESE (Spain), London Business School, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. He has received numerous recognitions for his research such as the Sloan Fellowship (USA), Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (UK) or the Marie Curie Fellowship (European Union). Since 2002, Professor Bertrand Venard has been listed in the Who’sWho in the World, listing the most influential individuals in the world. In 2008, he was made Knight of the Academic Palms, Order of Chivalry of France to academics, distinction given by the French Ministry of Education. He is a member of numerous academic and professional associations such as the Academy of Management (AOM), Society for Business Ethics (SBE), EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies), AIB (Association of International Business), AIMS (International Association for research in Strategic Management), SMS (Strategic Management Society)).  

At the present, he is involved in a working group of the United Nations (Global Compact, Principles for Responsible Management Education, PRME) aiming at reducing corruption though curriculum development for Higher EducationBertrand Venard is also Research Director of a project to help the government of Bhutan to reduce corruption. His research interests concern fraud, corruption, and cybersecurity. He has published more than 50 academic articles.

Section CV

Education

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Business administration, Strategy

Université Paris XII, Paris 2002

Doctorate, Business administration, Strategy. Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Ecole Polytechnique

Université de Paris IX - Dauphine, Paris 1992

Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

University of Oxford

Experience

Rector

French University of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia 2020 - 2022

Chair Holder - Anti-Fraud and Cybersecurity

Audencia Business School, Nantes, France Since 2015

Research Director

Audencia Business School, Nantes, France 2005 - 2008

Business School Director (MBA)

Vietnam 2005 - 2008

Senior Consultant in strategy and organization

Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), France 2005 - 2008

Publications

Scientific activities

Reviewer for an academic journal

Academy of Management (AOM)
European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
Association of International Business (AIB)
Association Internationale de Management Stratégique (AIMS)
Strategic Management Society (SMS)
Society for Business Ethics (SBE)

Awards and honors

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Oxford, 2018
Higher Education Academy Senior Fellow (UK), 2012
Knight of the Academic Palms (Distinction given by the French Ministry of Education), 2008
Sloan Foundation Fellow (USA), 2004
Marie Curie Research Fellow (European Union) , 2000
Lloyd’s of London Fellow (UK),

Doctoral supervision