“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.“
Confucius
Objective
“Rerum cognoscere causas.”
“To understand the causes of things.“
Motto of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
My objective was to understand our digital and global modern society disrupted by digitalization and globalization.
While a teenager studying at the Collège and Lycée Charlemagne in Le Marais in Paris (one of the best public high schools in France, founded by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1804), I designed early on a special curriculum to develop some core competencies through a unique academic background (below) and professional experience, in order (1) to fulfill my lifelong passions every single day, (2) to answer the current and future needs for specific hard skills and soft skills in the creative economy and (3) to accompany creative organizations and people in their digital transformation and internationalization.
Four global universities
I studied at four of the best universities for arts, humanities, social sciences and management in the world, for a truly global experience.
These world-leading teaching and research institutions are among the most prestigious universities in the English-speaking world, the French-speaking world, the Spanish-speaking world and Asia:
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- 复旦大学 (Fudan University)
As a professional, I also studied later at one of the top communication schools in France, EFAP, and at one of the top language schools, INALCO.
Five main disciplines
I received a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education in many academic disciplines of the social sciences and humanities:
- Management, business administration, strategy, organization, human resource management, marketing and media management
- Economics, business economics, accounting, finance, international trade, polical economy, socioeconomics and media economics
- Law, philosophy, history, postcolonial studies, gender and women’s studies, political science, public policy and media regulation
- Communication, journalism, advertising, foreign languages, semiotics, semiology, Internet, new media and media studies
- Sociology, social theory, social research, global studies, anthropology, ethnology, ethnography and cultural studies
Six social science degrees
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Often misattributed to the great Mahatma Gandhi.
I have six degrees including 4 master’s degrees (Master of Management, Master of Science, Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration):
- 2016-2017 : EFAP Specialized MBA in Digital Marketing & Business, ranked #2 in Digital Marketing and e-Business in France for many years.
- 2008-2009 : Fudan MA in Global Media and Communications, ranked #1 in Corporate Communication in Asia for many years.
- 2007-2008 : LSE MSc in Global Media and Communications, ranked #1 in Corporate Communication in Europe for many years.
- 2006-2007 : Sorbonne Master’s degree in International Strategic Management, ranked #2 in Strategy and Consulting in France for many years, ahead of HEC Paris, ESCP Business School, emlyon business school and EDHEC Business School.
- 2005-2006 : Complutense Master of Management (1st year out of 2), Marketing concentration (Erasmus student exchange program, non-degree).
- 2004-2005 : Sorbonne Bachelor’s degree in Management, Marketing option.
- 2002-2004 : Sorbonne Associate degree in Economics and Management, Management major.
University rankings
The London School of Economics and Political Science
The London School of Economics and Political Science (informally the London School of Economics or LSE) is the best university in the UK ahead of Oxford and Cambridge according to the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 and 2026. The LSE is usually ranked as the best university in London and in the Top 3 in the United Kingdom, just after Oxbridge. Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College, King’s College and UCL form the “Golden Triangle” of the UK elite universities. The London School of Economics, part of the University of London, has been considered for many years as the leading institution for Social Sciences and Management in the world, only competing with Harvard University. As of 2017, 26% (or 13 out of 49) of all the Nobel Prizes in Economics have been awarded to LSE alumni and current and former staff. As of 2024, 20 Nobel Prize laureates in economics, peace and literature are recognised by the school as being LSE alumni and staff. Two for Literature, three for Peace and 15 for Economic Sciences. Since 1990, the London School of Economics has educated 24 heads of state or government, the second highest of any university in the United Kingdom after the University of Oxford. The London School of Economics is in the World Top 5 of the favorite universities of employers with Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and MIT. In terms of incomes, LSE graduates are earning more than those from any other UK university, including more prestigious ones like Oxford and Cambridge. Out of all universities in Europe, LSE has educated the most billionaires according to a 2014 global census of dollar billionaires. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in the United Kingdom. The LSE Media and Communications Department was ranked for many years as the best in the UK and in Europe and 3rd in the entire world, just after USC and Berkeley. LSE offers joint degrees with Columbia University (New York), NYU (New York University), USC (University of Southern California), Peking University, Fudan University (Shanghai), HEC Paris, Sciences Po Paris, etc.
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide has ranked LSE as the best university in the UK ahead of Oxford and Cambridge two years in a row, in 2025 and in 2026, and named the London School of Economics as its ‘University of the Year 2025’.
Press review about the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 (national ranking):
Why LSE is the Sunday Times University of the Year 2025 (The Times)
LSE beats Oxford and Cambridge to top spot in UK university rankings (The Independent)
LSE Named UK’s Best University for the First Time in History (South West Londoner)
LSE has been named the best university in the UK by The Times and Sunday Times (The Tab)
LSE beats Oxford and Cambridge to top spot in UK university rankings (London Evening Standard)
Press review about the Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026 (national ranking):
LSE named as top university in the UK (LSE)
London School of Economics named UK’s top university as Oxbridge pushed out of top three for first time (London Evening Standard)
Oxford and Cambridge pushed out of top three UK university rankings for first time (The Independent)
The Times Good University Guide 2026 is out, and Oxbridge aren’t the best UK unis anymore (The Tab)
The London university that is officially better than Oxford and Cambridge for 2026 (Time Out)
LSE is ranked globally (QS and THE world rankings):
- #2 for Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in the UK)
- #2 for Geography in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in the UK)
- #3 for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #5 for Sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in the UK)
- #5 for Politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in the UK)
- #6 for Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in the UK)
- #6 for Social Sciences & Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #6 for Law & Legal Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #6 for History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #7 for Social Policy & Administration in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #8 for Economics & Econometrics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in the UK)
- #8 for Accounting & Finance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #9 for Economics in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities – “the Shanghai Ranking” (#1 in the UK)
- #9 for Social Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #10 for Business and Economics in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #11 for Anthropology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in the UK)
- #12 for Business & Management Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in the UK)
- #18 for Marketing in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in the UK)
- #31 for Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025
- #50 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025
- #54 for Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025
- #56 in the QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities
Fudan University
复旦大学 (Fudan University or informally Fudan) is the best university in Shanghai and is ranked in the Top 3 in China, just after Beida (Peking University) and Tsinghua. Fudan is a world leading university in social sciences and management. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in China. The Fudan Journalism School, with its four departments of Journalism, Broadcasting, Communications and Advertising, is regarded as the oldest, the most famous and the best School of Communication and Journalism in China, only competing with Renmin. Fudan offers prestigious double degrees with Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in international economics and globalization, with the London Business School and Università Bocconi in international management and globalization, with Sciences Po Paris in international relations and globalization and with the London School of Economics and Political Science in international communication and globalization (I was part of the first cohort of this innovative LSE-Fudan dual degree launched in 2007).
Fudan is ranked globally (QS and THE world rankings):
- #12 for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #20 for Politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #22 for Modern Languages in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #22 for Classics & Ancient History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #23 for Library & Information Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #26 for History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #27 for Business and Economics in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in China)
- #29 for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in China)
- #30 in the QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities (#3 in China)
- #31 for Economics & Econometrics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #36 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025 (#3 in China)
- #37 for Accounting & Finance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #37 for Geography in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#5 in China)
- #38 for Marketing in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #39 for Computer Science and Information Systems in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#5 in China)
- #40 for Social Policy & Administration in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in China)
- #41 in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities – “the Shanghai Ranking”
- #41 for Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#5 in China)
- #44 for Business & Management Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in China)
- #44 for Archaeology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in China)
- #45 for Sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in China)
- #49 for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #58 for Social Sciences and Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #79 for Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in China)
- #98 for Social Sciences in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in China)
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
The University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (informally la Sorbonne or just Paris 1) is the leading university for arts, humanities, social sciences and management in France and is famous in the entire Francophone world. It resulted from the 1970 partial merger of the Faculty of Law and Economics (Panthéon) and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sorbonne) of the University of Paris dating back from the 11th century, the oldest or second-oldest university in the world. The University of Paris 1 has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in France. Paris 1 has been known for many years for its leading research and degrees of high excellence in the fields of history/law/economics/management of the arts, culture, heritage, cinema, audiovisual, communication, media and digital media. Paris 1 is the best university for the study of arts and humanities in France, only competing with Sorbonne Université (formerly Université Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne and Université Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie). Paris 1 is the best university for audiovisual, cinema and film studies in France, only competing with the Université Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle. The Sorbonne Law School is the best law school in France, ranked as the 20th best university in the world for Law and Legal Studies in 2025, only competing with the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas in France (ranked between the 101-150 positions). The Sorbonne Department of Political Science is the best in France, only competing with Sciences Po Paris. The Sorbonne School of Economics, a founding member of the Paris School of Economics (PSE), is the best in France, only competing with the Toulouse School of Economics (Université Toulouse 1 Capitole). The Sorbonne School of Management is ranked in the Top 6 for teaching and research in business and management in France, competing with INSEAD, HEC Paris, ESSEC Business School, ESCP Business School and Université Paris Dauphine. Paris 1 has around 600 international partnerships and offers double degrees with Oxford University, Columbia University (New York), Cornell University, Fudan University (Shanghai), King’s College (London) and now Queen Mary University of London, Humboldt (Berlin), Complutense (Madrid), Florence, Cologne, HEC Paris, Sciences Po Paris, etc. Columbia University and Paris 1 created the Alliance Program in 2002. Paris 1 and Cornell Law School founded the Cornell-Paris 1 Summer Institute. Panthéon-Sorbonne was part of the Europaeum for many years, gathering the most prestigious European universities (Oxford, Bologna, Complutense,…) and is now part of Una Europa and Sorbonne Alliance (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Université Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, ESCP Business School and INALCO).
Paris 1 is ranked globally (QS and THE world rankings):
- #15 for Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France). According to QS: “Many of the top universities in this area of teaching are in English-speaking countries with Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne the highest-ranked exception (up four places this year to 15th)”.
- #15 for Archaeology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #19 for History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #20 for Law & Legal Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #21-50 for Art History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #22 for Classics & Ancient History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #25 for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #32 for Philosophy in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #34 for Geography in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #44 for Hospitality & Leisure Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in France)
- #46 for Anthropology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #50 for Modern Languages in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in France)
- #53 for Social Sciences & Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in France after INSEAD and HEC Paris)
- #60 for Economics & Econometrics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in France after the Paris School of Economics – PSE, of which Paris 1 is a founding member)
- #61 for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #66 for Politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in France after Sciences Po Paris)
- #79 for Sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in France after Sciences Po Paris and EHESS)
- #93 for Accounting & Finance in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#5 in France after HEC Paris, INSEAD, PSL and ESSEC)
- #101-150 for Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #101-150 for Social Policy & Administration in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in France after Sciences Po Paris)
- #145 for Performing Arts in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in France after Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon and Sorbonne Université)
- #151-200 for Architecture & Built Environment in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in France)
- #151-200 for Art & Design in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#4 in France after Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs/ENSAD, École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle/ENSCI – Les Ateliers and École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris/ENSBA/Beaux-Arts de Paris)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM or informally “la Complu” or “la Docta”) is regarded as the most prestigious university in Spain and famous in the entire Hispanophone world (LATAM). La Complutense is the best university in Spain according to the QS World University Rankings 2025. It is, with the Universities of Paris (1045), Bologna (1088), Oxford (1096), Salamanca (1130) and Cambridge (1209), one of the oldest universities in the world (1293) and the largest university in Spain. Of the eight Spanish Nobel Prize winners, seven studied or were professors at the Complutense University. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in Spain. The Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science is usually considered the most famous and the best in Spain, especially for careers in audiovisual, film, journalism, press, media, communication, advertising and PR. The Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is constantly ranked in the Top 6 for business and management teaching and research in Spain, competing with the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), ESADE/Universitat Ramon Llull (private), IESE/Universidad de Navarra (private) and IE University (private). La Complutense has international partnerships with more than 900 universities located in 77 countries, including its longstanding relationships with the most prestigious institutions in the USA (Harvard, Chicago, Berkeley), in England (Oxford), in France (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and in Italy (La Sapienza). Complutense has 2 centers abroad: the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard University founded with Harvard University in 1990 and the Collège des Hautes Etudes Européennes Miguel Servet in Paris created with the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne in 1993.
The Complutense University of Madrid has been ranked as the best university in Spain in the QS World University Rankings 2025:
La Complutense, primera universidad española en el Ranking QS tras ascender hasta el puesto 164 del mundo (La Vanguardia)
Las mejores universidades del mundo según el ranking QS 2025 (gradoMania)
Las 10 mejores universidades de España en 2025 según QS (Marketing Educativo)
The Complutense University of Madrid has also been constantly ranked as the best university in Spain by the prestigious newspaper El Mundo: http://www.club-mba.com/2015/05/17/ranking-el-mundo-2015-las-mejores-universidades-de-espana/
In the 2025 edition, the 10 Spanish universities with the highest presence in El Mundo’s ranking are:
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
- Universidad de Barcelona
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
- Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
- Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Universidad de Navarra
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
- Universidad Ramón Llull
Source: Ranking El Mundo 2025 con las mejores universidades de España para estudiar 50 grados universitarios
La Complutense is ranked globally (QS and THE world rankings):
- #48 for Modern Languages in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #51-100 for History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #51-100 for Classics & Ancient History in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #51-100 for Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad de Navarra)
- #51-100 for Archaeology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- #51-100 for Anthropology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona)
- #51-100 for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat de Barcelona)
- #60 for Arts and Humanities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #72 for Arts and Humanities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- #76 for Law & Legal Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #80 for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain)
- #93 for Education & Training in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in Spain after Universitat de Barcelona)
- #101-150 for Politics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
- #101-150 for English Language and Literature in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#1 in Spain tied with Universitat de Barcelona)
- #101-150 for Sociology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- #101-150 for Geography in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#2 in Spain after Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- #101-150 for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in Spain after Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
- #151-200 for Art & Design in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 (#3 in Spain after Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/UPC and Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and on par with Universidad Politécnica de Madrid/UPM)
INALCO (Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales)
The National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (informally “Langues O'” or INALCO) resulted from the merger of the Ecole des Jeunes de Langues founded in 1669 by Colbert and the Ecole Spéciale des Langues Orientales founded by Lakanal in 1795, to train French expatriates of diplomacy and international trade. It is the oldest European and World academic institution totally devoted to teaching and researching non-Western European cultures, that started in France under King Francis I of France in 1530 thanks to Guillaume Budé with the creation of the Collège des Trois Langues (now Collège de France). INALCO is the best institution for the study of more than 100 languages (this is unique in the world) and the most difficult place where to learn oriental languages in France with prestigious departments such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. Teaching Russian since 1817, it has the largest Russian department in France and in all Europe, with over 700 students every year following Russian studies. Inspired by INALCO, the University of London finally created the equivalent in 1916 to serve the British empire: SOAS, the School of Oriental and African Studies.
EFAP
EFAP (formely known as the Ecole Française des Attachés de Presse), created in Paris in 1961 by the Sorbonne alumnus, philosopher and entrepreneur Denis Huisman, is one of the leading and most famous French communication schools. It has the most prestigious reputation in the cultural and creative industries in France (especially in the advertising and PR industry, in the media and entertainment industry and in the fashion and luxury industry). The school has campuses in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, New York and Shanghai. According to the rankings published by the reference magazines Stratégies, L’Etudiant or Le Figaro Etudiant, EFAP is ranked in the Top 5 communication schools by French communication professionals, competing with public schools such as CELSA (Sorbonne Université) and Sciences Po Paris and other private schools such as ISCOM and Sup de Pub.
Education History
2016-2017: Specialized MBA (Master of Business Administration) in Digital Marketing & Business (valedictorian/major de promotion)
EFAP and HUB Institute with IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), MMA (Mobile Marketing Association), Fevad, ACSEL, UDA, AACC,…
- EFAP (top communication school), the HUB Institute (the first digital think tank in France, helping companies to successfully achieve their digital transformation) and Sorbonne alumnus Vincent Montet (the founder and former director of the oldest French MBA in Internet marketing and e-commerce dating back from 1997) combined their 20 years of experience in the digital education of students and in the digital training of professionals to create the first MBA in France specialized in the digital transformation of our contemporary economy and society with prestigious partners representing the entire French digital ecosystem: IAB France (Interactive Advertising Bureau), MMA France (Mobile Marketing Association), UDA (l’Union des annonceurs), AACC (Association des Agences-Conseil en Communication), Fevad (la Fédération du e-commerce et de la vente à distance), Acsel (l’Association de l’économie numérique et hub de la transformation digitale), Sncd (le Syndicat national de la communication directe), CPA (le Collectif de la performance et de l’acquisition), EuraTechnologies (the leading startup accelerator and incubator in France and in the European Top 10 located in Lille), Darwin (tech startup hub of Bordeaux), La Cuisine du Web (tech startup hub of Lyon).
- The MBA DMB is the official partner of the biggest digital events in France and in Europe: Microsoft Experiences (former TechDays), HUB Forum, etc. It is the only French master’s degree with such exclusive partnerships #InsideDigitalRevolution.
- Exclusive Master Classes by prestigious guest speakers (CEO, CMO, CDO, CDMO) from the GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft) and from Twitter, InMobi,… For example: the General Director of Facebook France and Regional Director of Facebook Southern Europe, the General Director of RTL.net, the Chief Digital Marketing Officer (CDMO) of Microsoft France, the Brand Strategy Lead of Twitter France, the Content Strategy Director of Orange, etc.
- As the first MBA specialized in digital transformation in France, this very intensive program covers all the areas of digital marketing (including Internet marketing, mobile marketing, search marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, programmatic marketing, RTB, CRM, analytics,…), e-business (including e-commerce, m-commerce, digital project management, user experience design, customer experience, social selling, web-to-store,…) and cutting-edge technologies (NFC, 3D printing, IoT, big data, cloud, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, chatbots, voice search, e-health, augmented reality, virtual reality, blockchain,…)
- The classes are taught by professionals, all rock stars in their fields (SEO, SEA, SMM, emailing, mobile apps, UX, CX…). Only recognized professionals and no academics.
- You can find the complete list of all my MBA DMB courses and professors in my 2017 LinkedIn article (in French): What is digital marketing?
The MBA DMB has been ranked #2 or #3 in the ranking of the best Masters in Digital Marketing and e-Business in France for many years by Eduniversal: https://www.meilleurs-masters.com/master-digital-marketing-et-e-business.html
2016: Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional
Google France and approved by IAB Europe
Online fundamental training program and certificate in digital marketing.
2013-2014: Russian Language
INALCO
Part-time evening course for professionals and PhD students with a beginner level (non-degree).
2012: Accenture Core Analyst School
Professional training (non-degree) for Accenture Analysts (Junior Consultants) at the Q Center (Arthur Andersen’s former training facility), St. Charles, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Project Management courses for international complex projects of business transformation, digital transformation, technology transformation and onshore, nearshore and offshore outsourcing.
- Management and Technology Consulting courses: Client-facing role, Customer Relationship Management, Listening Skills, Effective Communication, Meeting and Workshop Facilitation, Business Requirements, Gap Analysis, Problem-Solving and Decision-Making Skills, Performance Improvement, Business Process Management, Information Systems, Technology Roadmap, Change Management, Team Management, Giving and Receiving Feedbacks…
- Accenture Delivery Suite (Methods, Tools, Metrics, Architectures) and Accenture Values and Ethics.
2008-2009: LSE-Fudan Double Degree – MA (Master of Arts) in Global Media and Communications
Fudan Journalism School (and Department of World Economy of the Fudan School of Economics and Department of Sociology of the Fudan School of Social Development and Public Policy), Fudan University
All classes in English or in Chinese with an English interpreter.
- Journalism, Political Science, History and Media Regulation courses:
- Chinese Journalism: Ideas, Traditions and Practice (by Huang Dan),
- Covering China: Newspapers History and Regulation (by Hong Bing),
- China’s Media and Politics in the Context of Globalization (by Guolin Shen)
- Marketing and Communication courses:
- Chinese Broadcasting: an Overview of the Industry and Programming (by Ye Lu),
- Marketing Communication in China’s Market and Marketing Strategy (by Ernest Martin),
- Media and Communication in China (chaired by Peter Zhang, Editor-in-Chief of the Shanghai Daily, lectures given by top media executives, senior journalists and CEOs)
- International Economics course:
- Chinese Foreign Trade (by Cheng Dazhong)
- Sociology courses:
- Chinese Language and Culture (by Hong Guo),
- Religion in Chinese Society
This Master has been ranked multiple times as the best Master in Communication in Asia for many years by Eduniversal.
2007-2008: LSE-Fudan Double Degree – MSc (Master of Science) in Global Media and Communications
Department of Media and Communications of the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
- Media Sociology, Audience Reception, Media History, Media Regulation, Social Theory and Social Research courses (by Shani Orgad, Sonia Livingstone, Robin Mansell, Terhi Rantanen, Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou, Damian Tambini, Bart Cammaerts…):
- Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches),
- Methods of Research in Media and Communications (including Statistics, Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis),
- Media, Technology and Everyday Life (by Leslie Haddon)
- Communication, Global Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Ethnography, Anthropology and Ethnology course:
- Media and Globalisation (by Terhi Rantanen)
- Media, Global Studies, Semiotics, Philosophy, Gender Studies and Feminism course:
- Representation in the Age of Globalisation (by Shani Orgad)
- Political Economy, Media Economics, New Media, Media Convergence and Journalism courses:
- Media and Power: Political Economy of Communication (by Robin Mansell),
- Global Media Industries (by Bingchun Meng),
- The Media Seminar (chaired by Charlie Beckett, journalist, editor, producer who worked for BBC News and Channel 4, lectures given by senior journalists and top media executives)
This Master has been ranked multiple times as the best Master in Communication in Europe for many years by Eduniversal.
2007: Sorbonne Merit Award*
University of Paris Merit-based Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Achievements (including a full tuition refund from year 1 to year 5).
*Original title: Bourse au Mérite sur Critères Universitaires de la Chancellerie des Universités de Paris (incluant notamment le remboursement de l’intégralité des droits universitaires payés de la Licence 1 au Master 2).
2006-2007: MM (Master of Management, 2nd year), International Strategic Management specialization, with honors (valedictorian/major de promotion)*
Sorbonne School of Management, Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
4 months of intensive classes by both professors (40%) and professionals (60%) followed by 8 months of internship.
+ International business certificate with honors of the French Foreign Trade Advisors**
- Strategic Management courses:
- Fundamental Strategy Course: Strategic Diagnostic and Strategic Decisions in Multinational Corporations – business case studies on international expansion strategies (by Alain Ducray, former director of Strategy and International Business Development of Matra-Hachette/Lagardère Media Group, president of Afplane/the French Business Strategy Association, business consultant and lecturer at HEC Paris),
- Economic Intelligence and Strategic Information: Business Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Knowledge Management, Risk Management and Cybersecurity (by Gérard Coulon, pioneer of Economic Intelligence in France, former General of the French Army, former special advisor of the French Prime Minister, strategy consultant and lecturer at HEC Paris),
- Analysis of the World Economic and Financial Situation: Trends and Forecasts (by a chief economist advising the Cabinet of France and other international organizations, disciple and friend of Maurice Allais, Nobel Prize in Economics)
- Modeling and Decision-Making Support Tools: Computer Modeling and Simulation (by Hubert de La Bruslerie, leading scholar in Finance, former dean of the Sorbonne Management School, creator and former director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Consulting, International Management and Strategy and Finance professor at Paris Dauphine University),
- Investment Strategy (by Roland Gillet, leading scholar in Finance, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Financial Management and Taxation, visiting fellow at Havard Business School and MIT Sloan School of Management, former lecturer at EDHEC and Solvay Business School),
- Financing Strategy (by a senior banker advising multinational corporations)
- International Management courses:
- Fundamental Internationalization Course: International Business Development, International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment (Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, Post-Merger Integration…) and Cross-Cultural Management – business case studies on international expansion strategies (lectures given by the CCE, Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France, international top executives, corporate lawyers, IP lawyers, business consultants, marketers, logisticians, entrepreneurs, CEOs and expats)
- Management and International Economic Relations (by Leslie Thompson),
- Negotiation and Conflict Management (by Alice Le Flanchec, leading academic in Human Resource Management, Organizational Theory, Labor Relations, Negotiation and Mediation, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Consulting, International Management and Strategy, former lecturer at Reims Management School/NEOMA Business School, and disciple of the leading French scholar of HR, Organization and Negotiation, Professor Emeritus Jacques Rojot),
- Crisis Communication and Crisis Management (by Jean-marc Lehu, leading academic in Marketing, Brand Strategy, Communication, Customer Loyalty, Product Placement, Celebrity Marketing and Branded Entertainment, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Logistics, Marketing and Distribution, lecturer at ESCP Europe and disciple of the leading French scholar of Management and Marketing, Professor Emeritus Pierre Grégory),
- Logistics, Supply Chain Management and e-business (by Patrice Vol, business consultant in Strategic Management and Organization)
- Law courses:
- Public Law – Administrative Law in France: Relations between Public Bodies and Corporations (by Marcel Pochard, member of the Conseil d’Etat, the French surpreme court for administrative justice, former general director of the French Administration and Civil Service, former advisor of French Government Ministers, former president of the French Alliance of National Museums/RMN, president of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris/CIUP),
- Legal History and Comparative Law – History and Principles of the Common Law: Case Law in England and in the United States (by a French attorney, member of the New York and Paris bars),
- Comparative Law and Private Law – European Legal Environment and Common Law: a comparative perspective of Securities and Financial Regulation (by Alain Pietrancosta, leading academic in Business Law, director of the prestigious Sorbonne Master in Financial Law, founding member of the ENA-ESCP Europe-CNAM-Sorbonne School of Economics-Sorbonne Law School research lab on Financial Regulation, founding editor of the Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review, permanent member of the AMF, the Financial Markets Authority, equivalent of the SEC in the US, former consultant at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, one of the world’s biggest law firms, and currently consultant at Orrick Rambaud Martel)
*Original degree title: Master Gestion, à finalité Professionnelle, mention Sciences du Management, spécialité Management Stratégique International (M2 MSI), mention bien, major de promotion – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
**Original degree title: Certificat des Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur de la France, mention honorable – Comité National des CCE
This Master has been ranked #1 or #2 multiple times in the ranking of the best Masters in Strategy and Consulting in France for many years by Eduniversal, ahead of the best private business schools HEC Paris, ESCP, emlyon and EDHEC: www.meilleurs-masters.com/master-strategie-et-consulting.html
2005-2006: MM (Master of Management, 1st year), Marketing and Sales Management concentration, with honors*
Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (and Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising of the Complutense Faculty of Media and Communication Science), Complutense University of Madrid
Erasmus, the European Union student exchange program (non-degree). All classes in Spanish.
- Marketing and Communication courses:
- Marketing Plan (by Ricardo de Cala Castillo),
- Advertising and Marketing Communications (by Ricardo de Cala Castillo),
- History of Broadcasting, History of Television and Broadcast Programming (by Alfonso Puyal Sanz)
- Management courses:
- Internationalization and International Business Management – business case studies on international expansion strategies (intensive European Higher Education Area pilot course by Tomas Arrieta Carrillo),
- Organizational Design (by Isabel Sánchez Quirós),
- Human Resource Management (by Isabel Sánchez Quirós),
- Financial Control/Internal Control and Management Control System (by María del Carmen Díaz Martín),
- Advanced Business English
- Law courses:
- Public Law – Administrative Law in Spain (Complutense),
- Public Law – Fiscal Policy and Tax Law in France (Sorbonne)
- Corporate Law – Business Ethics and International Corporate Governance (Sorbonne),
*Original degree title: LADE (Licenciatura en Administración y Dirección de Empresas), especialidad en Dirección Comercial y Marketing, segundo ciclo (cuarto curso y quinto curso), now called MBA (Máster Universitario en Administración y Dirección de Empresas) – Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (y Facultad de Ciencias de la Información y de la Comunicación), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
The Complutense MBA has been ranked multiple times as the best MBA among public universities in Spain after the best private business schools ESADE, IESE and IE by Eduniversal: https://www.best-masters.com/master-mba-full-time-ranking/spain.html
The Complutense Faculty of Economics and Business Administration is ranked among the best public universities for management in Spain with Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona competing with private universities like Universitat Ramon Llull (ESADE), Universidad de Navarra (IESE) and Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School).
The Complutense Master in Communication has also been ranked multiple times as the best in Spain for many years by Eduniversal.
2002-2005: BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration), Management track, Marketing option, with honors*
and AD (Associate Degree) in Economics and Management, Management option, with honors**
Sorbonne School of Management (and Sorbonne School of Economics and Sorbonne Law School), University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
- Economics courses (by Annie Cot and Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline from the Sorbonne School of Economics and the Paris School of Economics):
- History of Economic Thought (by Annie Cot),
- Economic History (by Annie Cot),
- Monetary and Financial Economics (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline),
- Macroeconomics (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline),
- National Accounting (Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline),
- Microeconomics (by Pierre Médan),
- European Markets and European Integration: History, Economy and Regulation of the European Union (by Max Peyrard, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne School of Management, Ad Personam Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union and leading French scholar of international finance, international strategy, international trade, international economics, EU geoeconomics, international affairs and European integration).
- Management courses:
- Management and Organization (by Farouk Hemici),
- Organizational Theory (by Annie Cot),
- Social Psychology of Organizations and Game Theory (by Annie Cot),
- Theory of the Firm and Business Strategy (by Corentin Curchod and Régine Vanheems),
- Production Management (by Pierre Médan),
- Marketing and Sales Management (by Alexandre Baetche),
- Business English
- Law courses (by attorneys Claude Baranes, Nicolas Flachet Von Campe, Marcel Azencot, and many others, and by Gabrielle Dequesne Cudenet, Marie-Hélène de Laender, Alain Pietrancosta,…, from the Sorbonne Law School):
- Civil Law,
- Private Law,
- Business Law/Commercial Law,
- Contract Law,
- Banking Law
- Accounting courses (by Alexandre Baetche, the disciple of Pierre Lassègue, the founder of management studies in France who taught the first accounting and marketing courses at the University of Paris, Patrick Piget, Gérard Mélyon and Farouk Hemici):
- Financial Accounting,
- Cost Accounting,
- Management Accounting,
- Management Control/Financial Control/Budget and Cost Control
- Finance courses (by Erwan Le Saout, Hubert de La Bruslerie, Farouk Hemici,…):
- Financial Instruments,
- Mathematical Finance,
- Market Finance,
- Corporate Finance,
- Financial Analysis,
- Financial Management
- Quantitative courses (by Thierry Lafay from the Ecole Polytechnique, Alexandre Steyer, former professor and director of the Marketing major at HEC Paris, Héla Cherif-Ben Miled, lecturer at ESSEC, Eric Campoy, Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard, Stéphanie Hérault):
- Mathematics,
- Probabilities,
- Statistics,
- Quantitative Techniques of Management and GMAT preparation
- Technology courses:
- Computer Science (Word, Power Point, Excel, VBA, SQL),
- Business Informatics (by Colette Rolland, leading scholar in Computer Science, Information and Knowledge Systems, Database Management and Metamodeling)
*Original degree title: Maîtrise de Sciences de Gestion (MSG), parcours Gestion, option Marketing, mention assez bien – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
**Original degree title: Diplôme d’Etudes Universitaires Générales (DEUG) Economie et Gestion, option Gestion, mention assez bien – UFR06 Gestion et économie d’entreprise / Ecole de Management de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
This Bachelor has been ranked multiple times as the best Bachelor of Business Administration and General Management in France for many years by Eduniversal.
Research Papers
Fudan University
The topic of my 2009 Fudan master’s thesis was “A uses and dependency research on state policies (‘society’), global media consumption (‘media’) and journalistic ideals of media students (‘audience’) in China.” researching through questionnaires the geographical and cultural origins and types of creative content, cultural products and symbolic goods (news, editorials, movies, TV series, videos, music,…) consumed via digital media and the Internet on different devices by the hyperconnected new generation of the country’s best Chinese students
- coming from all the regions of China and from very different economic, social, cultural and educational backgrounds, recently living in an urban and cosmopolitan city like Shanghai,
- on the one hand, influenced and constrained by the policies of the Chinese Government (or the Communist Party of China) like the “Great Firewall”, media censorship and political propaganda but also the emphasis on learning the English language or patriotism in this era of fierce competition between China and the USA for the title of world’s number one superpower (I realized that America is often the only country that China is comparing itself with in any subjects, making me believe in the reality of the US tropism of Chinese elites),
- and on the other hand, inspired by and balanced with Western ideals of freedom of speech and media freedom from Western Europe and North America, also taught in the prestigious Fudan departments of Journalism, Communications, Broadcasting and Advertising for a global approach of the study of traditional and new media, which I consider essential in our increasingly multipolar world.
London School of Economics and Political Science
My 2008 LSE master’s thesis focused on the digitalization and globalization of the cultural and creative industries by interviewing personally some of the most prominent scholars of digital media economics and the socio-economic study of the culture and communication industries, as well as very experienced senior media executives such as the Vice-President and Communications Director of Vivendi or the Director of the European “Telecom, Media & Entertainment” practice of the French consulting firm, Capgemini, a world leader in digital transformation.
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
I wrote my 2007 Sorbonne master’s thesis on the strategies of media convergence and internationalization of multinational media conglomerates through mergers and acquisitions, taking the example of one of the most powerful French groups, Vivendi, as a monograph.
Seven professors
Alfonso Puyal Sanz (Complutense), Ricardo de Cala Castillo (Complutense), Leslie Haddon (LSE), Jean-Marc Lehu (Sorbonne) and Terhi Rantanen (LSE) played an important part in my choice to dedicate my life to audiovisual, communication, marketing and the media. Their very interesting classes (even better than Netflix! 🙂 ) were a great source of inspiration for me and still are to this day.
Source: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, https://www.ucm.es/cap/prof-dr-alfonso-puyal-sanz (page viewed in September 2025)
Source: Diserta Conferenciantes, https://www.disertaconferenciantes.com/bios/ricardo_de_cala_bio.pdf (page viewed in September 2025)
Source: LSE, https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/visiting-and-associate-staff/leslie-haddon (page viewed in September 2025)
Source: LSE, https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/terhi-rantanen (page viewed in September 2025)
Source: Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, https://www.pantheonsorbonne.fr/page-perso/jean-marc.lehu%40 (page viewed in September 2025)
Hubert de La Bruslerie (Paris 1, Dauphine, IAE Paris), the Dean of the Sorbonne School of Management when I was a student there between 2002 and 2007 was my Albus Dumbledore 🙂 Always attentive, caring and kind to me… even though I was falling asleep all the time during his finance classes! 😀
Source: IAE Paris, https://www.iae-paris.com/fr/enseignants/annuaires/hubert-de-la-bruslerie (page viewed in September 2025)
Max Peyrard (Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne School of Management, ad personam Jean Monnet Chair of the European Union and leading French scholar of international finance, international strategy, international marketing, international trade, international economics, EU geoeconomics, international affairs and European integration) also changed my life by introducing me to the Erasmus program and by often talking during his classes about all the international opportunities we had as students at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and as future managers. He was an incredible professor, a very kind and sensitive human being and I was so heartbroken when he passed away in 2023…
Source: “La corporation des économistes. Une histoire de l’ANDESE 1953-2023” de Luc MARCO (2ème édition, EDI-GESTION, 2024).
Source: https://carnetdujour.lefigaro.fr/deces/annonces/474394105/
Source: Max Peyrard and I were friends on Facebook and this is my post on his Facebook wall when he passed away in 2023 💔
I am eternally grateful to all my professors.