2025 emlyon intake: 14 new professors and health focus for the academic year

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For the 2025–2026 academic year, emlyon business school announces the arrival of 14 new faculty members to strengthen the School’s academic excellence. This recruitment features high-level, international profiles with a strong focus on technology. 

As a Mission-Driven company committed to socially and environmentally responsible practices, the School will place particular emphasis this year on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.” 

Enhanced appeal with the arrival of 14 new faculty members 

Recruiting faculty is a strategic challenge for all higher education and research institutions. emlyon business school is proud to welcome 14 high-level new hires who embody the School’s values of excellence in education and research. 

This recruitment is notably international, with 11 different nationalities represented and over 20% of the profiles being American. The total number of professors at emlyon now stands at 178, with 51% international faculty and 100% holding a PhD. 

In terms of disciplines, the arrival of several professors in the tech field reinforces the School’s commitment to hybridizing expertise—connecting knowledge in management, strategy, marketing, and finance with topics such as telecommunications engineering, the anthropological effects of technology, and artificial intelligence. 

List of emlyon’s 14 new professors: 

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Jordy BONY - emlyon business school

Jordy BONY 
Private Law 
French nationality  

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Emmanuelle DUBOCAGE - emlyon business school

Emmanuelle DUBOCAGE 
Corporate, Entrepreneurial, and Green Finance
French nationality 

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Jeoung Yul LEE - emlyon business school

Jeoung Yul LEE 
International Management 
South Korean nationality 

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Arturo GUIZAR - emlyon business schoool

Arturo GUIZAR 
Telecommunications Engineering 
French and Mexican nationality 

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Siri LAMOUREAUX - emlyon business school

Siri LAMOUREAUX 
Anthropology and AI
American nationality 

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Charles LAWRY - emlyon business school

Charles LAWRY 
Luxury and Art Marketing 
American nationality 

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Ana MAO DE FERRO - emlyon business school

Ana MAO DE FERRO 
Corporate and Sustainable Finance 
Portuguese nationality 

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Yacine REKIK - emlyon business school

Yacine REKIK 
Digitalized Supply Chain and AI Optimization
Franco-Tunisian nationality 

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Jeanne ROCHE - emlyon business school

Jeanne ROCHE 
Social Entrepreneurship, Responsible Investment
French and Belgian nationalities 

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Sepehr SAFARI - emlyon business school

Sepehr SAFARI 
Cyber-Physical Systems
 Iranian nationality 

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Konan SENY KAN - emlyon business school

Konan SENY KAN 
Accounting, Corporate Governance, and CSR
Ivorian and French nationalities 

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Amanda WILLIAMS - emlyon business school

Amanda WILLIAMS 
Sustainable Corporate Strategy 
American nationality 

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Hao YANG - emlyon business school

Hao YANG 
Applied AI and Data Science for Real and Connected Systems 
Chinese nationality 

 

Isabelle Huault - emlyon business school

I am both happy and proud to welcome these 14 new professors, recognized experts in their fields. I wish them a warm welcome to emlyon. These recruitments reflect the School’s attractiveness and support our ambition for academic excellence, internationalization, and research-driven education. They ensure our students benefit from up-to-date knowledge and innovative pedagogy aligned with major socio-economic challenges

A new academic year focused on health and well-being 

This year, the start of the academic year for emlyon’s various programs will be themed around SDG No. 3: “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.”  

With mental health being France’s national cause for 2025 and the School’s “Healthcare Innovation, Technology & Society” Institute, emlyon aims to spotlight this sector and its related issues—from global pharmaceutical challenges to public health policy, mental health in elite athletes, and the risks and opportunities of AI in international disease research. 

A series of conferences will mark the institutional kick-offs, featuring speakers such as Alain Mérieux, President of Institut Mérieux, Lugan Flacher, CEO of Drugoptimal, Raymond Le Moign, Director General of HCL, Anne Kuhm (MSc alumna, former Olympic gymnast, and author on athletes’ mental health), and Clément Chauvet, Director of Strategic Engagement at the International Agency for Research on Cancer. 

Impact days featuring various social and environmental challenges and nearly 25 team-based missions linked to SDG 3 will also be part of the onboarding journey for new students.