On the occasion of the renewal of the Foundation's Executive Committee, 3 new members, all graduates of KEDGE Business School, have joined the management team, under the chairmanship of Emeline BOURGOIN. They all join the Committee's Collège C, made up of qualified members.

A graduate of the class of 1997, Laurent Cohen originally followed the Programme Grande Ecole at KEDGE Business School, a prestigious diploma that ranks 10th in the Sigem (Système d'intégration aux grandes écoles de management) ranking. At the helm of the family business for over 20 years, Laurent Cohen boasts exceptional expertise in business development and international marketing. Indeed, Corania, founded in Marseille by the Cohen family over half a century ago, is a remarkable company that to this day offers original, high-quality cosmetics, featuring Provençal savoir-faire for a distinctive approach to perfumery.

Benjamin Gaignault also joined the Grande Ecole program at the end of 2000. He completed a work-study program in sales at SFR, a telecommunications operator, in Aix-en-Provence. After graduating, he co-founded Ornikar, the well-known platform that is revolutionizing driving. Dynamic and hard-working, he succeeded in bringing this successful entrepreneurial project to fruition. Now an angel investor in a number of start-ups, Benjamin Gaignault is keen to play an active role in financing new innovative companies with great potential!

Murielle Vuong is a KEDGE alumni with a degree in marketing. Currently responsible for sustainable development at Veepee, an e-commerce company offering online private sales, Murielle Vuong is in charge of deploying the group's CSR strategy. The group is also committed to our students, having officially become a sponsor of the 4th class of the MS Digital Marketing & Data program.

By becoming members, Mr. Gaignault, Mrs. Vuong and Mr. Cohen :

• Become spokespeople for the Foundation
• Vote funds towards positive-impact projects
• Select projects for support
• Contribute to fundraising, events and communications activities
• And contribute to the Foundation's strategy!

With this new impetus, the Foundation aims to raise its profile and expand in the field, spreading its message of equal opportunity and inclusion loud and clear.

The KEDGE Business School Foundation, under the aegis of the Fondation de France, was created in 2010. It is a social and solidarity-based initiative that aims to promote access to higher education thanks to the support of donors.

• Scholarships for students entering the "Ecole Entrepreneuriale" program, a philanthropic project aimed at young entrepreneurs.
• Social scholarships, since 2011, which aim to provide occasional assistance to KEDGE students in precarious situations.
• Entrepreneurial grants for start-ups incubated at the KEDGE Business Nursery.

But the KEDGE Foundation is also about setting upan emergency fund for our students who have been victims of the health crisis, a WELLNESS scheme whose mission is to improve the quality of life and health of students, and regular research funding for pedagogical innovation and the modernization of teaching structures.