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) 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
6 Corporate Chairs (co-funding):
- Positive Impact
- Family Entrepreneurship & Society
- Multi-Capital Global Performance
- REALITIES - Bringing to life the intelligence of territories
- Financing for innovation
- Purchasing and digital innovation
Board of Directors
Voting directors
| Name | Function |
|---|---|
| BOO Clément | Grande Ecole Audencia Student Program - Class of 2026 |
| CASENAVE-PÉRÉ Sylvie | President POSSON-PACKAGING Louaillé (72) |
| CHOULET Jean-Pierre | Vice Dean Africa - Director of Dev. and Alumni Henley Business School - Henley-on-Thames, England |
| DE FONT-REAULX Dominique | Director of Mediation and Programming - Louvre Museum of Culture Paris |
| DENIS Michel | CEO MANITOU Ancenis (44) |
| DROBINSKI Stéphane | CEO Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nantes |
| GABART François | Founder of Mer Concept Concarneau (29) |
| GAFFINEL Didier | Executive Vice President, Global Head of Coverage & Investment Banking Crédit Agricole CIB Paris |
| HUG de LARAUZE Bruno | CEO IDEA Groupe Montoir de Bretagne (44) |
| JESTIN Béatrice | Associated Director - K.P.M.G. Nantes |
| LORRE Flavie | President of Responsive Utility Paris |
| Media Library Manager - Audencia | |
| MÉTRAL Laurent | Chairman Board of Directors Audencia HR Director and Head of Communications Groupe Crédit Mutuel Paris |
| MOREL Catherine | Associate Professor Audencia |
| PELÉ Sylvain | Head of Real Estate & General Services Center Audencia |
| RINGEARD Arnaud | Chairman of Vendée Chamber of Commerce and Industry La Roche-sur-Yon (85) |
| STERVINOU Sandrine | Associate Professor Audencia |
| TRICHARD Yann | Chairman of Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director of SYD Group - Nantes |
| VACHER Cécile | Founding partner VERTUEL, CSR consultant Nantes |
| VERNAY Laurence | Lawyer - Manager T.G.S. France Law Office Associate member Nantes St-Nazaire Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Vice President Employment Skills Training Diversity Nantes |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| 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 | Dean and Principal - Swinburn 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
- Laurent METRAL, President Audencia, Human Resources Director Groupe Crédit Mutuel, Paris, France
- Desi SCHMITT, Director of International Affairs Audencia, Nantes, France