INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN
BIOGRAPHY
Professor Vincenzo Vinzi has been the dean and president of ESSEC Business School since January 2018. He holds a doctorate in Computational Statistics from the University of Naples Federico II as well as a Master’s in Business and Economics from the same institution. In 2007 he joined ESSEC as a professor of statistics and was elected dean of faculty in December 2011. As the dean of academic affairs and a member of ESSEC’s executive committee, he was responsible for faculty management and development. Recognised internationally for his expertise, Vinzi is the author of approximately 80 scientific articles that have received more than 19,000 citations, published in international journals on topics ranging from big data to business analytics. Between 2012 and 2015, he was president of the International Society of Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS). Vinzi also sits on several boards of directors: namely, CentraleSupélec Engineering School, the Alliance Française Ile-de-France Paris (AFPIF), the American Chamber of Commerce in France, the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) and l’Ecole. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Solvay Business School and Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona School of Management and an honorary member of the board of France Digitale. In addition, Vinzi is a member of the OECD Business for Inclusive Growth (B4IG) partnership, as well as president of the Diversity Commission of the CGE and Concours Sésame, a competitive entrance exam for French business school undergraduate programmes. He is also acting president of the CDEFM (Conference of Directors of French Business Schools)
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