Discover ESSEC Alumni in the Choiseul 2022 Future Business Leaders Ranking

The Institut Choiseul has published its 2022 ranking of the 100 economic leaders of the future. 7 alumni feature in the ranking and 11 more have also been recognised by the prestigious research centre for their promising career.

The Choiseul 100 list showcases and opens up networks for leaders under the age of 40, whose activity and expertise play, or are set to play, a key role in the French economy. Numerous ESSEC alumni feature in the list every year, and 2022 is no exception!

7 alumni in the Top 100

Laurence Pera (E06), Transformation and Development Director at the TF1 group, began her career at EY, followed by Rise Conseil, before joining the prestigious television channel. Her first role was to steer strategic projects for the executive committee. She was then appointed Director of the President’s Office and pursued her career in various branches of the group (TF1 Publicité, TF1 Distribution and TF1 Entertainment) before taking over the general management of TMC. 

Sébastien Guillo (E08), Head of International Banking at HSBC France, rapidly rose up through the ranks of the British banking group, which he joined following his position in strategic consulting at Oliver Wyman. Recruited as a Senior Business Planning Manager in Retail & Wealth Management, he was promoted in just 2 years to the position of Head of Business Finance Commercial Bank, then Head of Strategy in 2014. In the same year he was appointed to the executive committee, where he continues to sit.

Alexandru Nicolae Marin (E12), Managing Director France and Vice-President of the Auto1 group, plays a key role in the growth of this European unicorn valued at more than €10 billion. An impressive rise for this former employee of The Boston Consulting Group, for which he carried out assignments in Latin America and North Africa.

Matthias Baccino (E10), Managing Director France for the German fintech Trade Republic, gained his initial experience with BNP Paribas and PWC, before becoming Managing Director of Binck. He also sits on the executive committee of the Concorde Foundation, a civil society think tank which aims to “make France the most prosperous country in Europe”.

Anne-Laure Feldkircher (E10), Executive Director of Transformation for the Fnac Darty Group, began her career at BNP Paribas and The Boston Consulting Group. She then held the position of in-house Consultant in International Strategy at Hermès, before becoming a Strategy and Planning Project Manager for the Casino group and Director of Strategy at Leader Price.

Clara Chappaz (E12), Managing Director of La French Tech, held various positions in Bangkok and Singapore for the Zalora Group, worked for BCG in New York, co-founded the Lullaby start-up in Boston and was Vice-President International of Lyst in London, before taking up the position of Chief Business Officer at Vestiaire Collective, a unicorn specialised in the sale of second-hand clothing. (See her interview for ESSEC Alumni.)

Sarah Finkelstein (E09), Secretary General of the Agence des Participations de l'État [The French State Participation Agency], began her career with the Directorate-General of the Treasury, following studies at ENA [French School of Administration], where she worked for the Savings and Financial Markets Office, followed by the Interministerial Committee for Industrial Restructuring, before becoming Head of the Business Funding and Development Office and Head of the Office for Foreign & European Affairs and Tech Affairs in the financial sector. She also held a consulting position for the Ministry for Finance and the Economy. She is additionally a member of the board at the French National Film and Animated Film Centre (CNC). 

11 alumni to look out for

In addition to its Top 100 list, Choiseul also recognises promising profiles to look out for. Numerous ESSEC alumni also feature in this list: Jonathan Cherki (E11), founder and CEO of the unicorn ContentSquare (see his interview for ESSEC Alumni); Luc Delage (E11), Deputy Managing Director for Economic and Financial Steering at the MAIF Group; Alexandre Eruimy (E10), Managing Director of Prestashop; Mikael Guery (E11), Director of Operations France at Sephora; Yann Le Touher (E07), Assistant Director of Patronage, Brand and Business Partners at the Musée du Louvre (see his interview for ESSEC Alumni); Côme Perpere (M06), Director of Sustainable Development and Transformation at Microsoft France; Laure Verdeau (E08), Director of the Bio Agency (see her interview for ESSEC Alumni); Jean-Baptiste Achard (E17), Co-founder and Managing Director of StaffMe; Ludovic de Gromard (E11), Co-founder and CEO of Chance (see his interview for ESSEC Alumni); Alexandre Desseigne-Barrière (IMHI 12), Managing Director of Hotels & Catering and Director of Transformation at Groupe Barrière, and Paul Guyot-Sionnest (E14), Global Head of Institutional Affairs at Kering.

A high-level network

A multitude of promising profiles and careers to watch out for, if the list of former ESSEC nominees on the Choiseul 100 is anything to go by! Edward Arkwright (E96), Executive Managing Director of the ADP Group; Bénédicte Bahier (E99), Director of Human Resources at Legrand; Daphné Barré de Jenlis (E04), founding partner of Sedona Invest; Alexandre Benais (E97), Managing Director of Thétys Invest; Rodolphe Carle (E99), founder and Co-President of the supervisory board of Babilou child care centres; Maxime Carmignac (E03), Managing Director of Carmignac Gestion London; Philippe Cieutat (E00), Chief Financial Officer of the Edmond de Rothschild Group; Laurence Daziano (EXEC MBA 04), Director of Strategic and Legal Affairs at SNCF Voyageurs; Astrid de Bréon (E04), Deputy Managing Director of UFF; Igor de Limur (E98), Managing Director of UBS France; Jérôme Dumond (E07), Deputy General Manager of Afiniti; Pierre-Etienne Durand (E98), Director of Strategy and Development at the Edmond de Rotschild Group; Tony Estanguet (EXEC M07), President of Paris 2024 (see his interview for ESSEC Alumni); Jérôme Fabre (E02), CEO of La Compagnie Fruitière; Domitille Fafin (E10), Deputy Director of Communication for Emmanuel Macron’s 2022 presidential campaign team; Manuel Flam (E02), CEO of Vadim; Régis Folbaum (E98), Director of Payments at La Banque Postale; Antoine Fruchard (E09), multi-entrepreneur; Nicolas Gheysens (E99), Investment Director of GBL; Elise Ginioux (E06), member of the executive committee of Generali France in charge of communication, CSR and public affairs; Olivier Grémillon (E03), CEO of Vivino; Mehdi Khoubbane (E99), Vice-President China for the Consumer Products Division of L’Oréal; Carine Kraus (E02), Director of Engagement at Carrefour; Cassandre Mariton (M01), lawyer at PRD Avocats; Vincent Menuet (E03), Secretary General for the governmental Recovery Plan; Nicolas Namias (E02), Managing Director of Natixis; Jocelyn Olive (E05), CEO of Napaqaro; Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (E02), Managing Director of the French Tennis Federation (FFT); Bertrand Picard (E05), CEO of Natural Grass; Sébastien Proto (E00), Deputy Managing Director in charge of networks at Société Générale and Crédit du Nord; Marie Sellier (M04), Vice-President of Public Affairs at Vivendi; Alexandra Serizay (E98), Office Director at Sodexo; Maxime Tassin (E06), Director of Strategy at Cdiscount; Héloïse Temple-Boyer (E00), Deputy CEO at Artemis; Benoît Verbrugghe (M99), Managing Director USA at Ardian; and Thierry Vincenty (E97), Director of Strategic Partners Europe and Managing Director France of IMG.

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