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HEC Paris dean Peter Todd on his plans for the business school
When Peter Todd accepted the role of dean at HEC Paris, he was aware that he would have a difficult and unusual act to follow.
The 57-year-old Canadian, the first non-French head at HEC, took over in September last year from Bernard Ramanantsoa, who had ample time to shape a powerful legacy at the business school. Prof Ramanantsoa had been in the job for 20 years before retiring last summer, a lengthy tenure even for a business school dean.
...Such initiatives began while Prof Todd was still emloyed in his previous role as dean of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal.
Read full article: Financial Times, May 18, 2016