Our latest "Alumni" stories

“There was only one spot, and I went for it.”

If he had to throw a bottle into the sea, he would put a message inside to reassure future generations along the lines of: “you may run aground, but you will grow so much.”

“As a student, I didn’t fit into any of the boxes. Even though I sometimes have to justify it to myself, I find it very rewarding: it proves that other paths are possible. “

“I don’t know how to do it? Well, I’ll learn!” “

“People say that in my field, it’s easy to have ideas. Not only is that not true, but it’s more important to know how to apply them. “

“Whenever I felt like I was out of alignment, I was never afraid to take one step back to take two steps forward again.”

“When I was a student, La Maison Ladurée was already thrilling me!”

“Kindness has remained one of my great strengths at work.”

“I’ve always been very ‘all-in’ in my operation!”

“It’s simple, I didn’t want to stop learning.”

“I want to affirm that such a path is possible, without turning into a yes-sayer.”

“No pain, no gain. With equal skills, it’s all the investment you put into your work that makes you stand out.”

“There was only one spot, and I went for it.”

“I wondered if this was really what life was all about. The crucial issue remains to be aligned with yourself, and to know how to respect yourself.”

From Taipei to San Francisco, from Brazzaville to Warsaw and across five continents, you testify to our group’s raison d’être. Through education, we provide the keys to enable each and every one of you to grow and develop throughout your lives. The 180,000 people you represent started out in our schools. With this publication, we would like to express the pride we have in reading you, and in discovering your career paths […] A special thank you to the first 13 alumni who agreed to participate in this inaugural edition of Alumni Stories that we will disseminate to our institutions, our employees, students, and beyond.

“I believe in karma, so I always carry a little pepper, just in case… And the postcard from my mother, displayed in my office, reminds us of the importance of living up to one’s ambition.”

After receiving her science-focused baccalaureate in Mexico, Mathilde Noble returned to France to enroll in a preparatory class for the French grandes écoles (French higher-education institutions requiring a competitive exam for admission). She was admitted into a “Letters and Social Sciences” program at the Institution des Chartreux. […] She obtained a triple degree: a BBA from INSEEC Lyon in France, a BBA from Linköping University in Sweden and a Master of Science in Information Technology from DePaul University in the United States.

“Working with different people, who have different ways of thinking, I learn something new every day!””

When he was 17, Frédéric Rombaut’s dream was to be a sound engineer. A music and radio enthusiast, he created his own radio when he was still in high school. […] This is how Frédéric Rombaut graduated from ECE in 1988. The engineering school opens the field of electronic and computer sciences to him. “I realized that what motivated me was technological innovation,” he explains.

“The degree is what you do with it that matters. INSEEC gave me a toolbox that I used to create my company. I use it every day for its development. I know how to use the right tool to solve each problem,” explains Joseph-Olivier.