Prof. Eric Cornuel is the President of EFMD Global since 2000.
He holds a degree in Sciences Po from IEP Paris, an MBA from HEC Graduate School of Management in Paris, and a DEA in strategy and management from Paris Nanterre University, together with a Doctoral Certificate in Strategy from HEC Paris and a PhD in management, written on international network organisations, from Paris Dauphine University.
Prof. Cornuel started his career as an entrepreneur by setting up a hydroelectric power plant in France while he was still a student. He was also the Coordinator of the HEC Institute for Central and Eastern Europe. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Dean of KIMEP, at the time the leading business and economics school in Central Asia, where he was awarded an honorary professorship.
He has taught for over 20 years at various management schools in Europe and Asia, holding the positions of Affiliate Professor at HEC Paris and Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain.
Prof. Cornuel received several awards, including, in 2018, the Magnolia Award from the city of Shanghai and the French National Order of the “Légion d’honneur.” He also received awards from PRME and CEIBS, as well as the John Fernandes Prize for entrepreneurship in management education and the Koźmiński University personality of the year award.
In 2023, Prof. Cornuel was honoured with a Doctorate Honoris Causa from Koźmiński University, followed by another prestigious recognition from ESCP Business School in 2024.
His recent publications include Business School Leadership and Crisis Exit Planning, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022; Leading Business Schools, published by Routledge in 2023; and the forthcoming Management Education and the Rise of Uncertainty of Global Business, to be published by Oxford University Press in January 2026.