How did the daughter of a construction contractor with no connections, who grew up in a rural area of south-western France surrounded by cows, ever become the first female CEO of one of the most prestigious jewellery brands in the world?
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Audencia Grande Ecole , International , Reaching the top
Marie Françoise Marie-Nelly
Marie Françoise Marie-Nelly
The unwavering optimist
Marie Françoise Marie-Nelly’s life is showered with a series of events that, in hindsight, could be good premonitions.
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Audencia MSc FAM , Entrepreneur , International , Reaching the top
Beauty Manake
Beauty Manake
Botswana’s first female minister of agriculture
It took 6 months to pin her down for a promised interview, but given our subject’s status, we knew that we had to be patient and understanding
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Sun Ping is adamant that setting oneself a strict framework of rules is the key to a successful career and a harmonious life.
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Audencia ExecEd DCP , Inspiring life journey , International , Reaching the top
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Fulgence Ouedraogo
Captain Courage
Fulgence Ouedraogo is the tireless tackler and captain of the iconic Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club, in the South West of France.
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Audencia Grande Ecole , International , Reaching the top
Didier Gaffinel
Didier Gaffinel
A steadfast rise through the ranks
In 2022, Didier Gaffinel celebrates 30 years of service at Crédit Agricole. After 16 years of investment banking and its notoriously strenuous regime, he later transitioned to managerial positions, inheriting the huge responsibilities that come with heading up divisions of over 800 employees.
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Tifenn Dano Kwan has led world-class marketing strategies for some of the largest SaaS organisations, and anyone reading her LinkedIn profile will recognise that she is a highly accomplished marketing executive
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Audencia Grande Ecole , Entrepreneur , Reaching the top
Boris Couilleau
Boris Couilleau
Pioneering democratic and inclusive business practices
Boris Couilleau’s first years after graduation were not plain sailing: within half a decade, he’d experienced the consequences of a ruinous investment, a series of jobs with little meaning, the traumatic birth of his twins, and the stress of working under an abusive boss.
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Audencia Grande Ecole , International , Reaching the top
François-Xavier Roger
François-Xavier Roger
Seizing opportunities as they come along
A truly international executive, Francois Roger has lived on four continents. He learnt the ropes of high finance by joining pharmaceutical company Roussel Uclaf as controller in 1986. The Frenchman stayed in the group for 14 years, relocating as mergers occurred, and climbing the ladder to a VP Finance role at Aventis International in Tokyo.
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Like all Cambodian boys, Sorachna Honn was been raised to respect his elders and his teachers, to work hard and with integrity, to provide for his family and to remain humble and compassionate. Like many of them, he still embodies, at 40, the traditional Cambodian values, steeped in Buddhist traditions.
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