Conferences 2021

On Friday at 6pm, our chair alumni and the new cohort attended the cocktail party, exchanging ideas on the topic this year and sharing previous experiences in the chair.

On Wednesday at 6pm, L’Oréal hosted a Keynote both on campus in the Grand Amphi and remotely to present the L’Oréal Group and all the opportunities for ESSEC Students, notably the 2 Chairs:

- The Leadership & Diversity Chair, which will be partnering this year with Yves Saint Laurent Beauté

- The recently launched Global Circular Economy Chair, which co-partners with EssilorLuxottica

The speakers include:

- Stephan BEZY, International GM YSL Beauté & ESSEC Alumni

- Stefanie MESSNER, Talent Acquisition Director L’Oréal France

- Pierre-Emmanuel SAINT-ESPRIT, Founder & CEO of ZACK

- Junko Takagi, Teaching Professor ESSEC and Head of Leadership&Diversity Chair 

On Tuesday, chair alumni from the cohort 2020-2021 attended the Chair Forum, sharing their experiences and answering questions to new students who are interested in the Leadership and Diversity Chair, as well as discussing the topic this year: Inclusive Beauty.

After the exciting debate of Les Mardis de l'ESSEC, the chair welcomed Nicolas Hieronimus and the L'Oréal team in the Learning Lab. Our students shared their thoughts and had an insightful discussion with Mr. Hieronimus about the future of inclusive beauty and other topics related to Diversity & Inclusion, as well as Corporate Social Responsibility.

The Leadership and Diversity Chair in association with UNITE of ESSEC is organizing a roundtable discussion and workshop on:

“LGBTQ+ in Finance, Experiences, Challenges and Best Practices"

Tuesday 18 May at 18:00 online

with UBS, BNP Paribas and Morgan Stanley

On April 6th, the Leadership and Diversity Chair participated in the Handicap and Talent Certificate. Professor Junko Takagi did an online conference on "What's allyship: The role of allies in the process of inclusion".