At the orientation and launch event for the new participants of the Specialised Master Degree in Strategic Business Unit Management, top officials visiting from Paris included Karine Le Joly, director of innovation and academic co-ordination, and Barbara Miller, programme head for Qatar.

At the orientation and launch for new participants of HEC Paris EMBA programme, both Le Joly and Miller were again present, along with Matthew Gibb, director of Executive MBA (EMBA) at HEC Paris and Dr David Prior, executive vice-president at HEC Paris.

Guest speakers at the launch ceremony were Jean-Christophe Peaucelle, France’s ambassador to Qatar, and Nasser al-Ansari, representative of HEC Paris EMBA Class of 2013.

“We are proud to welcome to the HEC Paris community all the new participants of Class of 2015,” said Professor Laoucine Kerbache, the chief executive and academic dean of HEC Paris in Qatar.

The HEC Paris EMBA programme offers senior managers and executives a practical and intense programme, designed to provide an understanding of the social, economic, and environmental aspects of international business.

It has also been distinctly positioned to enable transformation of vision into action by specially focusing on strategy and leadership in a global business environment.

The Specialised Master Degree in Strategic Business Unit Management is aimed at enhancing the managerial skills and capabilities of high-potential professionals enabling them to innovate, detect new opportunities and implement high-performance processes.

Specifically targeted for professionals who are responsible for a business unit or profit centre within a company, or who are likely to occupy this type of position in the near future, the content and teaching methods employed in this programme were drawn from the experience and expertise of the world-renowned faculty of the HEC Paris.

HEC Paris (Hautes études commerciales de Paris) was ranked world number one for Executive Education in 2013 by the UK-based Financial Times media group.