Ces diplômés SKEMA qui incarnent des trajectoires d’exception

They joined Microsoft, supported the growth of Le Bon Coin, transformed LinkedIn France, invested in tomorrow's companies, or launched their own ventures. All of them came through SKEMA Business School. Their paths don't tell a single success story, but rather several ways of building one's place in the world: taking on responsibility, changing industries, starting a business, innovating, and moving the needle. From tech to finance, from digital to impact, here's an overview of journeys that reveal a certain diversity of possibilities...

Jean-Philippe Courtois (SKEMA 1983): from Microsoft to impact entrepreneurship

A 1983 graduate, Jean-Philippe Courtois joined Microsoft France in 1984 as a sales engineer, back when the American company was still a young business. He climbed the ranks step by step and became CEO of Microsoft France in 1994.
Several strategic international roles followed, culminating in his 2016 appointment as executive vice-president and president of global sales, marketing and operations. Still deeply involved in governance and entrepreneurship, he serves as chairman of SKEMA and sits on ManpowerGroup's board as a non-executive director.
Alongside his career at Microsoft, Jean-Philippe Courtois co-founded Live for Good, an association that supports young entrepreneurs behind projects with social and environmental impact.

Fabienne Arata-Camps (SKEMA 1988): a career at the heart of the workplace's transformation

A 1988 graduate of SKEMA Business School, Fabienne Arata-Camps built a major part of her career at LinkedIn, eventually leading the company's operations in France. Her path placed her at the center of shifts in work, recruitment, and digital professional practices.
Now a member of SKEMA's board, she embodies a career centered on leadership, inclusion, and organizational change.

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Anthony Ledru (Class of 1995): President and CEO of Tiffany & Co. in New York

Anthony Ledru (Class of 1995): President and CEO of Tiffany & Co. in New York
After his Grande École program at SKEMA, Anthony Ledru started out in Argentina at CNP Assurances before moving into the luxury industry, which would define his entire career. He joined Cartier in 1997 and developed the brand in South America. Two years later, appointed Senior District Manager, he oversaw the group's product distribution across the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.
In 2001, he moved to New York to continue at Cartier, first as Director and then as Senior Director of the Wholesale Eyewear & Accessories division. He continued his rise to the position of Vice President of Retail, which he held from 2007 to 2011. He then joined Harry Winston as Global Vice President of Sales between 2011 and 2013, before joining Tiffany & Co. in 2013 as Senior Vice President for North America.
In 2014, he left Tiffany for Louis Vuitton, becoming president and CEO for the Americas region until 2017, before being named Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Activities for the house. In 2021, he returned to Tiffany & Co. as president and CEO, a role he still holds today. Since 2025, he has also sat on SKEMA's board.

Pauline Lahary (SKEMA 2012): entrepreneurial instinct in service of career paths

A 2012 Grande École program graduate, Pauline Lahary built a career marked by international experience, entrepreneurship, and encounters. After experiences spanning France, the United States, and China, she founded MyCVFactory in 2015.
Through this platform, she helps candidates showcase their skills and build their career paths. The company grew over several years before being sold in 2025 to the Interaction group.
Pauline Lahary is now developing Oliimpe, a new venture at the intersection of wealth transfer, artificial intelligence, and family support. Her path embodies a generation of alumni who create their own models, with an entrepreneurial, international, and technological approach.

Dorothée Bonassies (SKEMA 1990): a career in the automotive industry, from Renault to leading BYD France

A 1990 graduate of SKEMA Business School, Dorothée Bonassies built her career in the automotive industry. After starting out at Renault, where she held several roles in marketing, network management, and after-sales, she joined Volkswagen Group France in 2017.
There she took over leadership of Škoda France, then Volkswagen France. In 2025, she was named CEO of BYD France, tasked with driving the brand's growth in the French electric and hybrid vehicle market.

Grégoire Ambroselli (SKEMA 2015): Choco, Europe's unicorn champion of foodtech transformation

A 2015 graduate of the Grande École program and the MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Grégoire Ambroselli co-founded Choco in Berlin in 2018 alongside Daniel Khachab and Julian Hammer. The startup develops a solution designed to simplify exchanges between restaurateurs and suppliers. In an industry still marked by fragmented and sometimes old-fashioned processes, Choco offers a platform that streamlines ordering and business relationship management through a well-designed, AI-powered solution.
Now a European unicorn, the company continues to grow by integrating artificial intelligence into its tools. Choco AI aims to automate and speed up order-taking, as well as its integration into distributors' systems. Grégoire Ambroselli's journey embodies a new generation of SKEMA entrepreneurs: international, tech-driven, and focused on real-world use cases.

Anne-Laure Bardou (SKEMA 2009): from business law attorney to General Counsel at Thales

A 2009 graduate of SKEMA Business School, Anne-Laure Bardou built an impressive career spanning law, finance, and management. After several years at international law firms and then at the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF), she now holds leadership roles at the crossroads of regulation, strategy, and economic issues.
Her path brings an institutional angle to these SKEMA alumni journeys: one of responsibility, expertise, and decision-making in sectors where trust, compliance, and strategic vision play a central role.

Conclusion

From luxury to sports and automotive, from tech to agri-food, and through AI, these journeys show the breadth of careers a path through SKEMA can open up.
Behind every trajectory lies the same ability to thrive in demanding international environments and reach high levels of responsibility. Some alumni lead or have led major corporations. Others start their own companies, support social transitions, or invent new ways of doing things.
These paths don't follow a single model. Instead, they show the richness of the possible routes after SKEMA, across very different sectors, countries, and roles.