Bénédicte Faivre Tavignot

Benedicte Faivre-Tavignot is an Affiliate Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. She is the Executive Director of the Society and Organizations Institute, which aims to develop a new way of thinking about the role of business in society, whether through research or teaching.

She created the HEC Paris Master of Science in Sustainable Development and also co-founded the HEC Chair Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty, which became the Movement for Social* Business Impact in 2016.

Her research focuses on reverse innovation—the processes through which Social Businesses and Base of the Pyramid business models can be a lever for innovation and strategic renewal.

Faivre-Tavignot received her PhD in Management Sciences in 2012 from University Lyon 3.

Education

• 2012 Ph.D., in Business Administration, Strategy and Management, Université Lyon III - France
• 1988 Master of Science/Grande Ecole, HEC Paris - France

Academic Appointments

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2020- Associate Professor (Education Track), Strategy and Business Policy HEC Paris
• 2015-2019 Affiliate Professor in Strategy HEC Paris
• 2003-2015 Co-founder of the Master of Science in Sustainable Development HEC Paris
• 2013- Executive Director of the Society and Organizations Institute HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 2008- Co-founder of the “Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty” Chair, presided by Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, and Martin Hirsch, Head of the Assistance Publique / Hôpitaux de Paris HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Board Member of the SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC FOUNDATION, France
• Board Member of the BOUYGUES IMMOBILIER FOUNDATION, France
• Board Member of the AIR LIQUIDE FOUNDATION, France
• Member of the sustainable Development Council of EDF