Our Governance

Audencia Business School is an EESC ("Établissement d'Enseignement Supérieur Consulaire" that can be translated to "Consular Higher Education Institution") 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

8 Corporate Chairs (co-funding):

Discover our corporate chairs

Board of Directors

Administrators with voting rights

Nom	Fonction
TRICHARD Yann	President of the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Head of SYD Group - Nantes
DROBINSKI Stéphane	General Manager of the Nantes Saint-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nantes
VERNAY Laurence	Lawyer - Dirictor of T.G.S. France Avocats Associate Member Nantes Saint-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry : Vice president of Employment Training Skills Diversity Nantes
JOSSÉ Yuna	General Manager - Vaillant Group Nantes
DENIS Michel	President of Audencia's Board and Audencia Business School association General Manager MANITOU Ancenis (44)
SOULLARD Bruno	General Manager of Vendée Chamber of Commerce and Industry La Roche-sur-Yon (85)
LE ROY Karine	Deputy General Manager VYV3 Nantes
BOURNOIS Frank	V.P. & Dean CHINA EUROP INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL Shanghai, Chine
GAUDART Valérie	VP Brand external communication civil society ENGIE Paris
CASTAING Laurent	General Manager Chantiers de l'Atlantique Saint-Nazaire (44)
DAMESIN Marie-Françoise	Non executive Dir. & Senior Advisor / BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP Paris
JESTIN Béatrice	Partner - Rydge Conseil / Cabinet K.P.M.G. Nantes
BARDON Thibaut	Associate Dean for faculty and research - AUDENCIA E.E.S.C.
GAFFINEL Didier	President of Audencia's Foundation, Deputy General Manager, Global Head of Coverage & Investment Banking Crédit Agricole CIB Paris
DUPEUX Emmanuel	President of Audencia Alumni Association, Partner Saint Honoré Partenaires Paris (8e)
STERVINOU Sandrine	Staff Representative for Professors, Associate Professor Audencia
JOHNSEN Thomas	Staff Representative for Professors, Professor Audencia
BARBIER Anne	Staff Representative for Administrative Staff, documentalist and training officer AUDENCIA
LEVEILLER Maximilien	Student Grande Ecole Program Audencia, class of 2027

Advisory board members

Nom	Fonction
GOUEZ Aziliz	17e vice-pdt Nantes Métropole, en charge de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, conseillère municipale de Nantes, élue du quartier centre-ville
THIRIET Richard	Secrétaire du Conseil régional - Région Pays de la Loire Conseiller délégué à l'entreprise et l'industrie - Membre de la commission Economie, agriculture, industries agroalimentaires, pêche, emploi, formation continue, enseignement supérieur et recherche, international, numériqu
BRACQ Céline	Chargée de projets RSE, Audencia - Représentante du comité social et économique d'Audencia

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	Vice Chancellor & President - Swinburne 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

Michel DENIS, Chairman of the Audencia Board of Directors and the Audencia Business School Association, General Manager MANITOU
Desi SCHMITT, Director of International Affairs Audencia, Nantes, France