Testimonials

“After an undergraduate degree, I was looking for a specialized programme that focused on my majors, corporate social responsibility and finance. During my Bachelor’s, I discovered the growing industry of socially responsible and impact investing and identified its goals and values as some I was starting to develop. Looking then for a finance programme that had sustainability in mind, I found the MSc in Sustainable Finance, which had it at its core. One of its most appealing perspective was the large share of professors and speakers who were professionals of the industry. Combined with the extensive use of case-studies, the coursework was more practical and tangible, allowing to apply the academic theory. I am since the end of the programme part of the responsible investment team at AXA Investment Managers, first as an intern in Paris and now in a V.I.E in London. Working at an active asset manager, my role within the team deals with investment research and engagement with investee companies, and has more recently focused on building research on impact in listed equities, to develop new impact-themed funds. Active ownership is a core value of the team. Our large pension schemes clients -insurers or corporates- have a long-term vision and see sustainability as a key to protect their capital by contributing to systemic issues. It is completely in line with all that I have learnt during my Master’s degree.”

The stakes for the coming years will be outstanding, because they will be both global and local, disruptive, environmental, collaborative, societal, etc. and the training of new managers who know how to handle all those paradigms simultaneously, then becomes essential to meet those challenges. In this context, we strongly believe that driving innovation and boosting entrepreneurs at the national and international levels are essential. Therefore, we support KEDGE’s initiative in launching this MSc degree. Developing relevant skills will enable young people to get an entrepreneurial spirit, both to create a start-up and to drive in-companies transformation and innovation projects.

At Airbus Helicopters, we are leading a transformation process to do even better in our generating value activities. We are making use of the digital dimension as a genuine tool serving the company’s business lines in order to improve the customer relationship and the efficiency of our industrial processes. The aim is to co-build these changes, meaning to boost all stakeholders’ involvement, internally and externally.  This digital transformation raises questions about skills, recruitment and in-house training. Faced with the challenge of a massive need for recruitment in the next 15 years of well-trained entrepreneurs, with strong initiative mindset and open to innovation-driven culture. In order to meet new challenges and build the future together, we support KEDGE’s initiative for this new Msc in Innovation, Digital Transformation and Entrepreneurship.

"CEA's innovation-driven culture develops technologies that ensure industry’s competitiveness across multiple markets. With 20,000 multidisciplinary researchers it combines deep expertise and world-class pre-industrialization facilities to focus strategically on global challenges such the digital transformation, clean & safe energies, health & wellness, safety & security and Industry 4.0. CEA files 600 patent applications a year, supports 600 partnerships and launches more than 220 high-tech start-ups. Its annual turnover is €5.3 billion.  CEA is identified by Reuters / Clarivate as Europe’s most innovative public research institution. KEDGE is a key partner to support CEA in this strategy."

In a highly regulated technological context, AI and Business Intelligence subjects are now found to have practical applications in companies in order to continue to give meaning to Data with an increased use of external expertise from consultancy firms. As a result, multi-skilled junior consultants are becoming a rare resource. It is therefore crucial to train rigorous, methodical collaborators with a business orientation who are sensitive to the problems and opportunities offered by Machine Learning. The specialisation offered by KEDGE perfectly meets this challenge. By combining the pedagogical excellence offered by its faculty with the relevance of practical case studies, this MSc will train the future Data Marketing consultants who will meet the expectations of firms in this field.