Dear HEC alumni in the UK, We hope you have started enjoying the sun in London, and after a busy month in April with the visit of a HEC Professor, a fascinating governance club breakfast and an insightful women workshop, we are now preparing for our SUMMER PARTY! It will take place on Wednesday 22nd June and we can’t wait to see you there! While you have your diary in front of you, please also save the dates for our networking events with the Finance and Strategy Students in September, as they will be back! After 2 years of virtual visits to London, our HEC young students can’t wait to meet you in London. In the meantime, we have a wonderful programme for you, with our HEC UK Art club and the HEC Wine club taking you to new places! More details below. We hope to see you soon, as usual please do not hesitate to respond to this message / contact us if you’d like to talk, exchange, connect! Kind regards, Your HEC in the UK Team Delphine, Lauren, Christina & Wendy | SAVE THE DATE: HEC UK SUMMER PARTY | ☀️ Summer is coming! Before most of you leave for a well-deserved holiday, we are pleased to invite you to the HEC UK 2022 Summer Party. Join us for one of our main events of the year at the Royal Automobile Club, enjoy the summer breeze, connect and gather with HEC UK community! Date: Wednesday 22nd June, from 7pm.
:point_right:More details and save the date HERE | HEC UK Art club - Success in the Art Market: How Distinctiveness Relates to Creative Success? Tuesday 10th May – 6.30pm UK Time - ONLINE. How does it apply to other industries? How can these findings shape your path to success? Mitali Banerjee will examine the relationship between the distinctiveness of the artists’ works and their media visibility over 100 years. Register HERE | Workshop - Mastering feedback to improve your personal and professional life Tuesday 17th May - 1pm UK Time - ONLINE. In this workshop we shall explore an essential skill for authentic success: giving & receiving feedback in our professional and everyday life! Register HERE | [Organised by the French Chamber of Great Britain] Franco-British Pub Quiz Thursday 19th May – 6.30pm UK Time - IN PERSON. A mix of networking and question rounds for an evening of connection and fun around our two cultures. - If you’d like to join a HEC UK table at the pub quiz and fiercely represent HEC in the competition, please contact Lauren (onthank@hec.fr) | HEC UK Wine Club - Chinese Wine Tasting and Food Pairing Wednesday 25th May - 7.30pm UK Time - IN PERSON. Join us for an original wine tasting at Wun's Tea Room & Bar, pairing exquisite Chinese wines with delicious Cantonese small plates. Register HERE | HEC UK Art Club - In conversation with Kate Malone MBE, British studio potter, ceramic artist and BBC judge Tuesday 7th June – 6pm UK Time - ONLINE. Please join us for an exceptional evening with Kate Malone, one of the UK's leading ceramic artists! Register HERE | HEC Transition - Virtual Networking event Wednesday 8th June - 12.30pm UK Time - ONLINE. Meet, network, share your interest and thoughts with other Alumni around the world to celebrate the launch of the HEC Alumni White Paper on Biodiversity. Register HERE | Workshop - Compassion in leadership: the Essential Way of Being for Today's Great Leaders Tuesday 14th June - 1pm UK Time - ONLINE. In this webinar you will learn how compassion at work promotes wellbeing and productivity and how leading with compassion supports productivity. Register HERE | :spiral_calendar_pad:️ SAVE THE DATE - HEC UK September Study Trips Meet top talent for your companies & share your experience with students from Campus, please register below! Over 250 students from the Masters in Finance and Strategy will be in London on various company visits & networking evenings on: They are looking forward to meeting you! To hold an HEC student company visit, please contact us. | :loudspeaker: Launch of the HEC UK Blockchain Club! We are pleased to introduce Nicolas Decouttere (H.03) and Ilya Zuckerman (M.11) as leaders of the new HEC UK Blockchain Club! >> Join the HEC UK Blockchain Whatsapp Group and stay updated with the club’s activities and upcoming events! And if you are interested in joining the club as a member, please contact Christina. | :pray: HEC Foundation - Your support can change destinies! Thanks to the generosity of HEC Alumni donors, the HEC Foundation can offer scholarships and personalized support to over 1,100 students each year. Today, to go further and amplify the impact that the School wishes to have on society, the HEC Foundation needs your support! As tax return deadlines approach, we would like to remind you that if you live in the UK and pay wealth tax on property in France, you can benefit from tax advantages of up to 75% of the amount paid (up to €50,000 per year). >> MORE INFORMATION HERE | :sparkles: Did you know that HEC Paris offers excellent and highly practical summer programs? This July, students from 15-18 years old can attend an in-person Youth Leadership program to develop their impact, leadership capacity and mindset, and online the High Impact Communication program to exchange and communicate successfully with confidence. For young professionals between 18-35 years old, we offer in June and July intensive two-week, online programs that cover topics such as Fintech, Corporate Finance, Business and Climate Change, Luxury Management and more! Children of HEC Alumni also benefit from application fees waived and a 10% discount on the program tuition fees. :point_right: Click here to find out more about our Summer School offering | :rocket: HEC Paris is launching a new Creative Destruction Lab stream, to support founders from the space industry! Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) delivers an objectives-based, nine-month mentorship program for massively-scalable science- and tech-based startups. CDL Space will be based out of Toronto, Atlanta, and Paris, operated jointly between University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, and HEC Paris - Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.
:point_right: Read more about tlhe CDL Space Stream here | :question: Should private firms make all their political activity public? - Adding a "P" to ESG Listen to the latest TRIUM Connects podcast where our Capstone Project Director Matt Mulford discusses with Professor Alberto Alemanno, Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law & Policy, HEC Paris, how to stop companies playing a double game of supporting one policy publicly whilst simultaneously working to stop that policy through a trade organisation. :point_right: Listen to the TRIUM Connects podcast here | :raised_hands: Throwback to a special week with Professor Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj in London! In April 2022, we welcomed HEC Professor Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj for two special events in London! The HEC UK Governance club held its first in-person breakfast at the Reform club with Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj and Olivier Boulard about the Role of the Board and the Future of Work. Later on, the HEC UK Women club also hosted an empowering workshop dedicated to women in leadership, where Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj gave inspiring advice to our HEC UK Women. Thank you to all the participants who joined these two wonderful events, it was a pleasure connecting with all of you! | BECOME A CORPORATE AMBASSADOR Help HEC Paris foster synergies with your company in talent recruitment, talent development, brand & knowledge and business development. >>> View brochure & contact Lauren. | BE AN ALUMNI VOLUNTEER Join a supportive and fun team of 30 active volunteers led by Karim Saddi (H.97) and Herve Hatt (H.86), to organize 100+ events hosted each year. Gain exclusive access to the HEC network, and enjoy many fun and great moments! >>> View HEC UK Clubs Booklet To join a club, please contact Christina | SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE DURING A SHARE AND GROW COFFEE CHAT Share your talent, expertise, story and make the HEC UK community benefit from what you can bring to them. If you would like to suggest a speaker or animate a Share and Grow session, like Blandine Surry (H.99) or Agathe Pinchon (H.03), please contact Christina. | Connect with HEC UK Community: | HEC Paris - UK Office 91 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0EF ukoffice@hec.fr If you no longer wish to receive news from HEC in the UK, please update your preferences on your HEC Alumni account. | | |