42 Notable Alumni of ESCP Europe [Sorted List]

Leïla Slimani

Born in: Morocco
Years: 1981-.. (age 43)
Occupations: writerjournalist
Biography: Leïla Slimani is a Franco-Moroccan writer and journalist. She is also a French diplomat in her capacity as the personal representative of the French president Emmanuel Macron to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. In 2016 she was awarded the Prix Goncourt for her novel Chanson douce.

Michel Barnier

Born in: France
Years: 1951-.. (age 73)
Occupations: diplomatpoliticianinternational forum participant
Biography: Michel Barnier is a French politician who served as the European Commission's Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom (UK Task Force/UKTF) from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as Chief Negotiator, Task Force for the Preparation and Conduct of the Negotiations with the United Kingdom under Article 50 TEU (Task Force 50/TF50) from October 2016 to November 2019.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Born in: France
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Jean-Pierre Raffarin is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005.

Christophe Barbier

Born in: France
Years: 1967-.. (age 57)
Occupations: editor-in-chiefjournalist
Biography: Christophe Barbier is a French political journalist and columnist who was chief editor of L'Express from 2006 to 2016.

Roxana Maracineanu

Born in: Romania
Years: 1975-.. (age 49)
Occupations: politicianswimmer
Biography: Roxana Maracineanu is a Romanian-born French politician, former swimming champion and television consultant who served as Minister Delegate in charge of Sports in the government of Prime Minister Jean Castex (2020–2022) and as Minister of Sports under Édouard Philippe (2018–2022).

Christophe de Margerie

Born in: France
Years: 1951-2014 (aged 63)
Occupations: industrialistbusiness executiveinternational forum participantentrepreneur
Biography: Christophe de Margerie was a French businessman. He served as the chairman and chief executive officer of French oil corporation Total S.A.

Stéphane Diagana

Born in: France
Years: 1969-.. (age 55)
Occupations: sprinter
Biography: Stéphane Diagana is a retired, French track and field sprinter and hurdler. His specialities were the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 x 400 metres relay.

Olivier Blanchard

Born in: France
Years: 1948-.. (age 76)
Occupations: economistuniversity teacher
Biography: Olivier Jean Blanchard is a French economist and professor who currently serves as the Robert M. Solow Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and as the C. Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund from September 1, 2008, to September 8, 2015. Blanchard was appointed to the position under the tenure of Dominique Strauss-Kahn; he was succeeded by Maurice Obstfeld. According to IDEAS/RePEc, he is one of the most cited economists in the world.

Arnaud de Puyfontaine

Born in: France
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: international forum participantbusinessperson
Biography: Arnaud de Puyfontaine is a French businessman who has been the chief executive officer of Vivendi since 2014.

Miriem Bensaleh-Chaqroun

Born in: Morocco
Enrolled in ESCP Europe: Studied in 1980-1984
Occupations: businessperson
Biography: Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun is a Moroccan businesswoman. She is CEO and vice-chair of Oulmes Mineral Water of Groupe Holmarcom. She is the president of Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc from 2012 to 2018. She received the Wissam Al-Moukafa Al-Watania (Order of National Merit) in 2013, the Order of Civil Merit in 2017 and the Legion of Honour in 2020.

Irma

Born in: Cameroon
Years: 1988-.. (age 36)
Occupations: songwritersinger
Biography: Irma Pany, better known as Irma ( French: [iʁma]), is a Cameroonian singer-songwriter living in France.

Patricia Barbizet

Born in: France
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: international forum participantbusinessperson
Biography: Patricia Barbizet is a French businessperson who served as executive director of Groupe Artémis from 1992 to 2017. She was also the chief executive officer of Christie's from 2014 to 2016.

Laurent Jacobelli

Born in: France
Years: 1969-.. (age 55)
Enrolled in ESCP Europe: Studied in 1992-1993
Occupations: audiovisual directorpoliticianspokesperson
Biography: Laurent Jacobelli is a French politician. In 2022, he was elected member of the National Assembly as a member of the National Rally for Moselle's 8th constituency.

Alexandre Ricard

Born in: France
Years: 1972-.. (age 52)
Occupations: businessperson
Biography: Alexandre Ricard is a French businessman and one of the grandsons of distiller and Pernod Ricard founder, Paul Ricard. He became Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Pernod Ricard, the world's second-biggest distiller by sales, on February 11, 2015. At 43, he was the youngest Chief Executive Officer of the 40 top companies on the CAC 40, the Paris Stock Market.

Catherine Barba Chiaramonti

Born in: France
Years: 1973-.. (age 51)
Occupations: angel investorentrepreneur
Biography: Catherine Barba Chiaramonti is a French entrepreneur and business executive who is active in digital retail. Her company, Catherine Barba Group, specializes in assisting retail startups with entering the digital market.

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Born in: France
Years: 1971-.. (age 53)
Occupations: film directorwriterscreenwriterdirector
Biography: Jean-Baptiste Andrea is a French novelist, film director and screenwriter. He grew up in Cannes, where he started making short films. He later moved to Paris and graduated in political science and economics. In Paris, he met Fabrice Canepa, and the two of them began writing films together. Together, they wrote and directed the cult horror film Dead End.

Andreas Kaplan

Born in: Germany
Years: 1977-.. (age 47)
Occupations: economistuniversity teachermathematician
Biography: Andreas Marcus Kaplan is president of Kühne Logistics University. He is specialized in the areas of social media, viral marketing, and the digital world in general.

Hélène Gateau

Born in: France
Years: 1980-.. (age 44)
Occupations: authortelevision columnistveterinariantelevision presenter
Biography: Hélène Gateau is a French veterinarian and television presenter. Since 2011, she presents the section dedicated to animals in the daily television program Midi en France presented by Laurent Boyer on France 3. Since September 2014, she presents the documentary series Hélène et les animaux on France 5.

Ysaora Thibus

Born in: France
Years: 1991-.. (age 33)
Enrolled in ESCP Europe: In 2013 graduated with master's degree in management
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Ysaora Jennifer Thibus is a French right-handed foil fencer, 2022 individual world champion, three-time Olympian, and 2020 team Olympic silver medalist.

Roger Cukierman

Born in: France
Years: 1936-.. (age 88)
Occupations: bankerbusinessperson
Biography: Roger Cukierman is a French banker, businessman and Jewish philanthropist. He serves as the President of the Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (CRIF) and Vice President of the World Jewish Congress.

Stéphane Valeri

Born in: Monaco
Years: 1962-.. (age 62)
Occupations: politicianbusinessperson
Biography: Stéphane Valeri is a Monegasque politician and businessman. He served as the president of the National Council, which is the most powerful elected position in Monaco, between 22 February 2018 and 23 October 2022. He is the former Minister for Social Affairs and Health in Monaco. He served three terms as a National Councillor, and then as its president, but resigned halfway through the second term so that he could serve as a Government Minister.

Thierry de La Tour d'Artaise

Born in: France
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: international forum participantbusinessperson
Biography: Thierry de La Tour d'Artaise is a French businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of Groupe SEB.

Tristan Nitot

Born in: France
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: writerblogger
Biography: Tristan Nitot is the founder and former president of Mozilla Europe.

Chékéba Hachemi

Born in: Afghanistan
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: activistwriter
Biography: Chékéba Hachemi, (born May 20, 1974) is an Afghan feminist and writer. She was the first Afghan woman to be named diplomat, in 2001. Hachemi is the President and founder of the NGO Afghanistan Libre.

Hervé Hubert

Born in: France
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: television producer
Biography: Hervé Hubert is a French TV producer who is one of the most important producers of game shows and real TV competitions in France.

Stéphan Caron

Born in: France
Years: 1966-.. (age 58)
Occupations: swimmer
Biography: Stéphan Caron is a former freestyle swimmer from France.

François Zocchetto

Born in: France
Years: 1958-.. (age 66)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: François Zocchetto is French lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Senate of France from 2001 until 2017, representing the Mayenne department. He is a member of the Centrist Alliance and caucuses with the Centrist Union. In 2019, he joined independent law firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés in Paris as a partner.

Jean-Michel Severino

Born in: Ivory Coast
Years: 1957-.. (age 67)
Occupations: banker
Biography: Jean-Michel Severino is a French banker with particular interest in sustainable development. He has held senior positions in the World Bank, and served for more than nine years as the CEO of France's government agency for international development, AFD. Since 2011 he has been CEO of an investment group, Investisseurs et Partenaires (I&P), and a board member for several private companies.

Jean-Marc Lofficier

Born in: France
Years: 1954-.. (age 70)
Occupations: journalistscience fiction writertranslatorscreenwriter
Biography: Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comics and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 3, 1953), and the reason why credits sometimes read "R.J.M. Lofficier", after the initials of both spouses.

Azza Besbes

Born in: United Arab Emirates
Years: 1990-.. (age 34)
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Azza Besbes is a Tunisian sabre fencer, five-time African champion. She took part in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th, 9th and 5th respectively.

Alban Préaubert

Born in: France
Years: 1985-.. (age 39)
Occupations: figure skater
Biography: Alban Préaubert is a French former competitive figure skater. He won six ISU Grand Prix medals and five French national bronze medals (2006, 2008–11).

Béatrice Piron

Born in: France
Years: 1965-.. (age 59)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Béatrice Piron is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who has been serving as a member of the National Assembly since 18 June 2017, representing the department of Yvelines.

Robert Clergerie

Born in: France
Years: 1934-.. (age 90)
Occupations: fashion designer
Biography: Robert Clergerie is a French men's and women's shoe designer and founder of the eponymous label, with 21 stores worldwide.

Arouna Modibo Touré

Years: 20th Century
Occupations: politician
Biography: Arouna Modibo Touré is a Malian politician. He was Minister of Youth and Sports of Mali from May 2019 to July 2020, and Minister of the Digital Economy and Communications of Mali from April 2017 to May 2019.

Thierry Michels

Born in: France
Years: 1960-.. (age 64)
Occupations: politicianmiddle management
Biography: Thierry Michels is a French politician of La République En Marche! (LREM) who served as a member of the French National Assembly from 2017 to 2022, representing Bas-Rhin's 1st constituency.

Claude Jeancolas

Born in: France
Years: 1949-2016 (aged 67)
Occupations: historianjournalistscreenwriter
Biography: Claude Jeancolas was a French writer, art historian and journalist. He is best known for his work on Arthur Rimbaud.

Jean-François Delmas

Born in: France
Years: 1964-.. (age 60)
Occupations: historiancuratorlibrarianarchivist
Biography: Jean-François Delmas is a French librarian. He is chief curator of the Bibliothèque Inguimbertine and the musées de Carpentras.

Marie Silin

Born in: France
Years: 1978-.. (age 46)
Enrolled in ESCP Europe: 2000-2004 graduated with master's degree in management
Occupations: politician
Biography: Marie Silin is a French politician from En Marche who was Member of Parliament for Paris's 12th constituency from 2020 to 2022.

Joseph Garnier

Born in: France
Years: 1813-1881 (aged 68)
Occupations: editing staffpoliticianeconomist
Biography: Joseph-Clément Garnier was a French economist and politician. He was a prolific author and a member of many learned societies. In the last years of his life he was a Senator for Alpes-Maritimes.

Jean-Michel Carboni

Born in: France
Years: 1955-.. (age 69)
Occupations: chief financial officertreasurerchief executive officerbusinessperson
Biography: Jean-Michel Carboni is a French Chief Executive Officer, senior official and senior executive in the energy sector, for EDF-GDF, Gaz de France and Engie (€65 billion in 2017) groups. Member of the management committee (Top 15) he is Deputy CEO (in charge of IT services) of Engie in 2013.

Richard Scheer

Born in: Seychelles
Years: 1974-.. (age 50)
Occupations: weightlifter
Biography: Richard Scheer is a Franco-Seychellois former weightlifter who competed in the sport for twenty years.

Olivier Barlet

Years: 1952-.. (age 72)
Occupations: journalisttranslatorfilm critic
Biography: Olivier Barlet is a French journalist, translator, film critic and researcher on African cinema and its diasporas.