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:
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
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):
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 |
|---|---|
| José Miguel ARGUELLES | Consultant and Senior Lecturer in the Strategic Management Department (I.E.S.E Business School University of Navarra), Spain |
| Rachel ASHWORTH | Professor in Public Services Management, former Dean of Cardiff Business School, Cardiff U.K. |
| Nancy COLEMAN | Dean of the Harvard Division of Continuing Education (D.C.E) Cambridge, Massachussets U.S.A. |
| Tamim ELBASHA | Director of Learning & Quality Development, AUDENCIA E.E.S.C, France |
| Maria Helena JAEN | Chair Distinguished Professor (Universidad de los Andes - School of Management) Bogota, Colombia |
| Michel PATRY | Chief Executive Officer H.E.C. Foundation Montreal, Canada |
| Pascale QUESTER | Vice Chancellor & President of Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Daniel TRACA | Dean, ESADE Barcelona, Spain |
| Sébastien TRAN | Dean Audencia E.E.S.C., France |
| Desi SCHMITT | Director of International Affairs, AUDENCIA E.E.S.C., France |
| Bruno VAN POTTELSBERGHE | Rector and President of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary |
| Tanya ZLATEVA | Interim Dean of Metropolitan College - Director for education Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS), Boston University , Massachussets, U.S.A |
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