Who are we ?
Our team reflects our customers: multidisciplinary and multicultural. Our team members together boast a wide range of business experience in the fields of publishing and digital technologies. Our international advisory committee of coaches and experts also brings an incredible range of skills and points of view to the table.
Our team
Françoise Tollet
Marie-France Grand-Clément
CEO
OFFICE MANAGER
She spent 12 years in industry, working for Bolloré Technologies, among others. She co-founded Business Digest in 1992 and has been running the company since 1998. And she took the Internet plunge in 1996, even before coming on board as part of the BD team.
Marie is the main contact for our customers, service providers and partners. She manages the execution of various digital community animation projects for our clients. She is also responsible for managing business development and events organized by Business Digest.
The editorial squad
A French/English bilingual journalist with more than 15 years’ experience in the press, multimedia, and publishing.
After completing her studies in civilizations and working 10 years in corporate communications, Dominique now divides her time between popularizing science, institutional communications, literary reviews, and Business Digest.
Videos are proving a more and more popular way to communicate in-house and keep colleagues motivated! Fabien creates content for major French companies and has been a Business Digest partner since 2015.
A graduate of HEC and the Master’s program in Psychology at Université Paris Cité, Marianne combines her expertise in management and human sciences to produce written content in the fields of higher education, publishing, and corporate communication. She also works as a psychologist.
Sono is an American journalist who has been living in France for more than a decade. She writes for print and digital media and is a former Editor-in-Chief at the Baltimore City Paper.
Caroline is an anglophone journalist and editor.
She contributes to our editorial strategy, writes articles, and conducts interviews with business leaders and experts from around the world
The experts
A graduate of ESSEC Business School, Jacques Levy is the founder of FDM Partners consultancy firm. His experience as an entrepreneur and manager of international companies and digital learning start-ups, renowned for their efficiency and growth models, has enabled him to build up key skills to help his customers.
Executive coach, change management expert, and author. Constantly on the lookout for the latest management and leadership trends.
Certified coach and human dynamics expert, Gaëlle draws on 25 years’ experience to provide support for individual and group development. She believes in audaciousness and optimism and provides a bridge between two often separate worlds: business and humans.
The manager of Vitaminds, Johanna is an educational engineer and certified coach. She is passionate about learning and development, creates bespoke training journeys, and provides individual and group support.
The Advisory Committee
Doctor in Cognitive Psychology. Associate researcher with the Digital Transformation Talents chair at Grenoble Ecole de Management. Co-founder of My Mental Energy Pro (France).
Managing Partner at Heidrick & Struggles, in charge of consulting activities in leadership assessment and development, and organizational and cultural transformations for Europe and Africa.
Professor of Managing People in Organizations at IESE Business School
Director of the “Carmina Roca and Rafael Pich-Aguilera Chair of Women and Leadership” (Spain).
Professor of Marketing and Consumer Sociology at Kedge Business School, Marseilles, and visiting professor at Bocconi University, Milan (France).
Professor of Strategic Management, Joly Family Chaired Professor of Purposeful Leadership at HEC Paris (France).
Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Paris (France).
Chief Operating Officer for First Transit, North America, with over 35 years in public transportation management.
Professor of Strategy and Business Policy at HEC Paris (France). Author of the approach odyssée 3.14 (ré)inventez votre business model.
Lifelong Emeritus Professor at HEC Paris and former Chairman of the Marketing and Economics departments of the HEC group. Founding member of Business Digest’s Advisory Committee. Business Manager consultant (France).
Senior Partner at Innovation Labs and Director of FutureLab Consulting (United States)
Professor of Leadership and Strategy at Hult IBS and co-founder of Ishan Advisors, LLC (United States).
Ex-CFO of Miller Electric and now founder and CEO of The Mariellie Mundy Company.
Professor of Management at EMlyon Business School, where he was Academic Director from 2014 to 2017 and, since 2017, Innovation Director (France).
Holder of the Sustainability and Strategic Innovation Chair at Nyenrode University (the Netherlands).
Navi Radjou is a New York-based innovation and leadership scholar and advisor. A Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Navi won the 2013 Thinkers50 Innovation Award. He is coauthor of 3 best-sellers: Jugaad Innovation, From Smart to Wise, and Frugal Innovation.
Jean-Florent is a Senior Advisor at Associés en Finance, an independent member of the supervisory board at Qivalio, a founding member of the French institute of administrators (IFA), and a lecturer at Sciences Po.
Consultant and tutor, expert in collective intelligence, digital management, and decisional excellence (France).
Business Digest has been a partner of Knowledge@HEC since 2005
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