Interview with Anne Zuccarelli on the recently launched “Talent Identification and Career Development Programme” Read next page

October 20, 2008
Banks and Financial Institutions from across Europe were invited to meet EDHEC students and present careers, job and internship opportunities last week. The event was organised to enable students to meet representatives from London-based investment banks, European and French banks and business organisations. Leading financial institutions from Europe and the UK participated in the event. Read next page

A three hour seminar on effective self Marketing was conducted by the Bill Faust in the Nice campus recently. The seminar focused on identifying and evidencing what you are employed for. Understanding the needs and motivations of the buyer, fitting your competencies and transferrable skills to position yourself in the most attractive package/brand to the buyer (employer). Read next page

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Spreading EDHEC’s outstanding reputation in the world of Finance across the Atlantic, EDHEC’s Prof Joëlle Miffre, Professor of Finance and member of the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre, conducted a Seminar on Investing in Commodities in New York last month. She was joined by Hilary Till, co-founder of Premia Capital Management, LLC, a principal of Premia Risk Consultancy, Inc., and research associate with the EDHEC Risk and Asset Management Research Centre. Prof Till, who is a practitioner, delivered a practical insight into how she manages risk and the hedging strategies she uses for her portfolio. Read next page

Each year EDHEC Business School welcomes a number of high profile students who have been awarded one of the coveted Eiffel scholarships for excellence, awarded by French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and run by EGIDE. Read next page

Industry veteran turned head hunter cum executive coach Mr Patrick Fearon was on the Nice campus on the evening of October 8, 2008 to give a guest lecture on Investment Banking career paths to the students of Msc and MBA programme. Patrick spent 16 years with JP Morgan before making a career shift to executive head hunting and executive coaching. The video telecast of the presentation was available the following day for EDHEC students to review on the School’s on-line learning platform. Read next page

Another insightful evening on EDHEC's Nice campus for the students interested in careers in Investment Banking was recently organised in a cooperation between the School's Finance department and the Careers Centre. Read next page

EDHEC's Careers Centre organised a one-day seminar on applying to Investment Banks in the UK for Graduate Training Programmes, summer internships and gap year placements. The target audience was mostly the second and third year students of Grande Ecole (Master in Management) programme, who would like to pursue a career in Investment Banking. Read next page

Jean-Louis Beffa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain, closed EDHEC’s Strategic Leadership seminar on Monday 20 October, in front of an audience of nearly 300 students. Read next page