Meet the New Heads of our Clubs and Chapters

Some 600 ESSEC Alumni volunteers run more than 125 clubs and chapters around the world. Discover the new heads who recently joined this vast community!

Business clubs

Clémentine Marcelli (E19) takes over from Florence Midy (E96) as head of the Culture & Management Club. Having previously worked as an auditor with public institutions and NGOs, followed by the Philanthropy Department of the Banque Transatlantique, she currently coordinates governance and partnerships for France Museums.   

Andréa Dih Kahn (EXEC BMA 22) is the new head of the Digital & Technology Club. After several years as a financial auditor with PWC and EY, followed by a change management role at AXA, she simultaneously provided consulting in transformation and held the position of Director France for the female entrepreneurship network, WEConnect International. This business angel investor also hosts the podcast Catalyseurs Engagés des Organisations, and is an active member of several networks for women in the tech sector. Her predecessor Luca Rotoni (EXEC MBA 16) stays on as Honorary President. 

Maxime Brard (EXEC M10) is the new head of the  Real Estate, Cities & Territories Club. He has spent his entire career in real estate, initially in sales and rental with Laforêt and Nexity in Paris, then with Citi Habitats in New York. He was next appointed Sales & Marketing Director of Bouygues Immobilier, and went on to become a consultant in residential strategy and development in France, Belgium and Poland. He is currently the founding CEO of Woodblok, a pioneering construction firm for environmental and energy transition, specialised in RE2031 buildings and wood-frame Passivhaus.
Sign up to attend the handover ceremony on the evening of 27 November 

Virginie Saks (E09) has launched the Industry Club. Drawing on her varied experience in consulting with Monitor-Deloitte, in the aeronautics sector, with Constellium, and in the training of elected representatives and committed citizens, she currently runs Compagnum, a design & consultancy firm which guides industrial companies in their regional strategy and local authorities in their industrial attractiveness policy. She also provides her expertise to the Forces Françaises de l’Industrie Think Tank, BpiFrance and Start Industrie, as well as the Energy Transition Masters at the Leonard de Vinci centre, and is a columnist for Régions Magazine.
See also our interview (in French)
Meet the team of volunteers
Sign up for the launch event on 12 November

International Chapters 

Amine Hamdad (M13) has become the president of the Algeria Chapter. He has spent his entire career in Algeria, initially in advertising with BBDO, followed by marketing with Qatar Airways and communication with Renault. He is currently Managing Partner for the PR firm Prisme Advisors and Head of Strategy for the communication consultancy Prolinkom Consulting.  

Mathieu Weiss (IMHI 13) is the new president of the Denmark Chapter. Having held various general management positions for major Parisian hotels, he moved to Denmark 2 years ago, initially in the role of Workplace Manager for the sport coach network, Lenus, before creating his own company, Frenchospitality, which offers a solution for creating and managing hotels on behalf of third parties.  

Reza Pir Nazar (EXEC M11) has become the president of the Indonesia Chapter. Following more than 15 years in the fashion sector in France with Gap and then Galeries Lafayette, he has spent the last 10 years in CRM roles in Jakarta. He currently devotes his efforts to his own company, KadoKita, which develops retention and experiential marketing strategies, in addition to co-presiding La French Tech Indonesia.  

Jan Karsten (E04) is the new president of the Czech Republic Chapter. A former employee of EY and GDF Suez in France, he has spent 10 years in Prague’s energy sector, initially in general management roles for Engie, before being appointed Head of the local subsidiary of Equans Services.  

Thibaut Le Roux (E17) is the new president of the Thailand Chapter. He began his career with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield in New York and Paris, before moving to Bangkok 3 years ago, where he is currently Associate Director at Agoda, a travel booking platform.  

Michel Terestchenko (E79) has become the president of the Ukraine Chapter. He has lived in Ukraine for 20 years and obtained Ukrainian nationality in 2015. He has spent his entire career in the agro-food sector, initially as a consultant and then as Managing Director of Desnaland, which produces oil and other food ingredients. He was also Mayor of Hlukhiv in the Sumy oblast. He is currently leading the Ma’rijany Hemp industrial park project, which aims to locate Europe’s largest hemp farm for the textile industry in the Zhytomyr region, in addition to the Darleen cooperative for Ukraine’s hemp and linen producers. 

Clubs in France

Marc Coustet (E88) has taken over from Anne-Cécile de Joode (E05) to head the Alsace Club. After the roles of Sales Director for ICA International, Distribution Director for Alienor Capital in Bordeaux and Managing Director of Apojee in Munich, he has spent the last 3 years as Sales Director of Dumarey Powerglide in Strasbourg. 

Michael Bloch (M05) has launched the Centre-Val de Loire Club. After acquiring a broad range of experience in entrepreneurship, financial auditing and project management, he moved to Expectra Search in Orleans a year ago, where he recruits executives and C-Level managers for the pharmacy, cosmetic, medtech and fine chemistry sectors. 

Maud Ginalhac (E07) has taken over from Pascal Roger (E88) as president of the Pays de la Loire Club. She has lived and worked in the Nantes area for around 15 years, initially in sales & marketing consultancy and management. She currently co-manages Le Fil Vert, an agency she co-founded with Arnaud Marec to guide SMEs and mid-caps in their environmental transition and digital transformation.

Programme Groups

Vincent Kennel (M19) and Alessandra Marson (M19) have launched the SMIB programme group (Master Strategy & Management of International Business). Vincent is a consultant with Kxiop, which specialises in complex project management and system engineering applications for the defence sector. Alessandra has been with Société Générale for 5 years and currently deals with Corporate Derivatives Sales for its subsidiary SGCIB. 

Would you like to become a volunteer in one of our 125 clubs or chapters?

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