Dear HEC UK Alumni, After a wonderful Winter party, the HEC in the UK team is now full steam ahead on 2 series of events in March: - The students from the HEC Launchpad programme will be visiting us in London, thank you to those of you who will welcome them and will share your entrepreneur stories with them, and the climax of their London visit will be the Grand Pitch Night on 15th March! During this Pitch night, 6 startup will compete and the judges will decide who the winner is!
- And, obviously, we are DELIGHTED to announce more details about the opening week of the HEC UK House - please join us, for a breakfast, a café gourmand or the opening party! Details below.
We cannot wait to see you all in the new HEC UK House in London - such a huge milestone for our HEC in the UK Community! Kind regards, Your HEC in the UK Team Delphine, Laura, Wendy & Marie | FOCUS OF THE MONTH : OPENING OF THE HEC UK HOUSE | HEC in the UK, in partnership with HEC Paris, HEC Foundation and HEC Alumni is delighted to share with you the program of our opening week for the HEC UK House! We are thrilled to launch your new House in London with the HEC Community from all over the world and we look forward to welcoming you all in your new house! Discover our opening week program below, and please, register in the events you are interested in: we recommand early booking as tickets are limited! | BREAKFAST WITH ELOÏC PEYRACHE & ADRIEN COURET Wednesday 22nd March - 8:30am Join us for an exclusive breakfast with Eloïc Peyrache, Dean of HEC and Adrien Couret, President of HEC Alumni at the new HEC UK House in the heart of London. | CAFE GOURMAND WITH HEC PARIS Wednesday 22nd March - 1:30pm Join us for a Café Gourmand and a tour of the new HEC UK House. It would be a great opportunity to meet with executive directors from HEC Paris who will share exciting news about the school: partnership with Polytechnique, sustainability, entrepreneurship projects, business & peace... | CAFE GOURMAND WITH HEC ALUMNI & HEC IN THE UK Wednesday 22nd March - 1:30pm Join us for a Café Gourmand and a tour of the new HEC UK House in the heart of London with HEC Alumni and HEC in the UK teams. | OPENING PARTY Thursday 23rd March - 7:00pm Join us for an exclusive evening to inaugurate the new HEC UK House in the heart of London! We are thrilled to celebrate this milestone for the HEC community and we can’t wait to celebrate with HEC Paris, HEC Foundation and HEC Alumni this great achievement for our entire community. | JOIN THE HEC UK HOUSE CAMPAIGN!
| We are very excited to offer our Alumni in the UK the opportunity to be associated with this special moment in HEC’s history. A number of alumni have already pledged their support to the HEC UK HOUSE to make this project possible, now it is your chance to leave your legacy in London! Every pledge starting £4,000* (payable over 5 years) will see the donor’s name appear on a donor wall at the HEC UK HOUSE. Donors will be recognized according to their gift level. For more information, please contact Jean-François Baumann from the HEC Foundation. *Gifts made to the Friends of HEC Charitable Trust are tax deductible in the UK. If you are a subject to the French Wealth Tax (Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière), your gift can be tax deductible in France for non-residents. | blockchain@hec UK - VC in Blockchain: Networking & drinks
Wednesday 8th February- 6pm UK time
IN PERSON The blockchain@hec UK is deligthed to invite you to VC in Blockchain Networking & drinks, for an informal meeting at Hovarda. Register HERE | STARTUP LAUNCHPAD 2023 - LONDON GRAND PITCH NIGHT Wednesday 15th March - 7:00pm UK Time
IN PERSON Join us to our flagship entrepreneurial event of the year with our HEC students in the Launchpad program, meet the new generation of new entrepreneurs and discover 6 game-changing startup projects! Register HERE | HEC UK WINE & HEC UK WOMEN - Sharing an incredible journey and wine tasting of Chateau Chauvin & Chateau Lynch-Bages Thursday 9th February - 7:30pm UK Time
IN PERSON The HEC UK Wine and the HEC UK Women are delighted to invite you to a very exclusive wine tasting with Sylvie Cazes (E. 2010) Register HERE | RESKILL SERIES BY KNOWLEDGE @HEC: Team Leadership in Times of Uncertainty Wednesday 23rd March - 12:00pm UK Time
ONLINE In this Masterclass session, Brad Harris, HEC Paris Professor, discusses his research on teams and outlines several key lessons for building trust, creating healthy dynamics, and enabling an empowered culture. Register HERE | THROWBACK ON OUR AMAZING WINTER PARTY Thank you so much to our 140 participants that join us to celebrate this new year together! 2023 is all about building: building a community, as well as building our new HEC UK House! Thank you again so much to our amazing sponsors: Kleinwort Hambros, Blanc, Big Mamma, Clabaux Hair, Grey Goose, Ladurée and La Prairie. Watch the video here. | THROWBACK ON OUR VIRTUAL BREAKFAST WITH ELOÏC PEYRACHE A big thank you to HEC Paris Dean Eloic Peyrache for sharing insights and ambitions for HEC Paris in a virtual breakfast on Zoom. It was an inspiring talk and our alumni based in Italy, German, and the UK were delighted to hear about all the exciting and impactful projects in the world. A special thank you to the 30 alumni who joined, it was great to have you all! | DEEP TECH ENTREPRENEURS SHOULD CONSIDER BUSINESS SCHOOL Deeptech is expecting big developments in the near future. Find three reasons why deeptech entrepreneurs should consider business school. This article is sponsored by HEC Paris Innovation and Entrepreneurship center. Read more here. | BECOME A SCHOOL ADVISOR In order to respond to the school’s strong desire to support students during their internship, HEC Talents wishes to set up a community of school advisors for internships starting next spring. Your main tasks would be to support one or more interns (estimated workload of 1.5 hours per intern) to ensure their internship goes well, to listen to their feedback, to contact the school in case of any issues, and to be a signing party of the internship contract. If you are interested in this project, or if you would like additional information, please complete our form via this LINK. We hope that many of you will join HEC Talents on this ambitious project! | NEWS FROM THE HEC UK ART CLUB Ornella Salloum (H.15) is inviting HEC Alumni to "Cowpuncher my Ass" a contemporary ballet led by choregrapher Holly Blakey, with the London Contemporary Orchestra. Costumes have been made by Vivienne Westwood. If you purchase a ticket, Ornella is offering an invitation to the after party. There are only a few invitations available - feel free to contact Ornella if you wish to register. | HEC STORIES: OUR SELECTION FOR YOU | Twenty-four hours with Thomas Jonas (H.93) After a first life in the packaging sector, Thomas Jonas (H.93) traded his industrial hat to develop, in Chicago, micro-organisms capable of producing the proteins of tomorrow. Read more. | Nelly Chatue-Diop (MBA.08): portrait of Ejara’s founder
Nelly Chatue-Diop (MBA.08), an entrepreneur and computer scientist from Cameroon, founded Ejara, an investment and savings application for French-speaking Africa. A start-up that looks like a revenge on history. Interview.
| For / Against : sending man to the moon A few days after the successful launch of the Orion spacecraft to the Moon, NASA announced its desire to establish a human presence on the planet within ten years. Read more | 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 Laura | 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 Marie | 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, please contact Marie | 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. | | |
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