TEDxEDHECBusinessSchool

Speakers

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• Alec Henry

  CEO @entrepreneurs.com

  Alec Henry is a Swiss entrepreneur, business coach, and content creator. He is the founder of Entrepreneurs.com, a platform dedicated to helping French-speaking entrepreneurs grow their businesses. He is also known for hosting the show “Le Déclic”, where he interviews successful entrepreneurs. Through his work, Alec Henry promotes entrepreneurship, personal growth, and digital innovation in the francophone world.

• arthur Chanson

  Music and cinema

  He is an expert in the art of music and audio visual arts.

• Chiara operto

  CEO @edgeskills

  hiara Operto, born in August 1998, is a young French entrepreneur and business coach. She is the founder and president of several companies, including UNLIMITED, CHIARA EDGE CONSEIL, and EDGE SKILLS, all based in France. Through these ventures, she works in areas such as consulting, coaching, and business training, with a particular focus on finance, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and professional development. Chiara Operto presents herself as a “coach M&A,” known for helping aspiring finance professionals prepare for interviews and build careers in high-level corporate roles. Despite her young age, she has already established a presence in the entrepreneurial and training ecosystem in France, combining business strategy, communication, and career mentoring.

• Julien song

  International chess master

  International chess master, former business student and consultant. He is now a famous content creator, filming videos about chess.

• Martin pavanello

  CEO @mister IA

  Martin Pavanello is a young French entrepreneur born in February 1998. He is the founder and CEO of Mister IA, a company based in Paris that specializes in training and deploying solutions around generative artificial intelligence. Previously, he has held leadership roles in companies such as MPV Holding and La Maison des Mandataires.

• Quentin Couturier

  Finance Entrepreneur

  Quentin is an ex-finance guy. Now working in entrepreneuship and content creator. He rose quickly and became famous through social media such as Linkedin or Instagram.

• Simon Lamouche

  CEO @astprep

  Simon Lamouche is a French entrepreneur and founder of the company ASTPREP, which provides online preparation for the competitive “AST” admission routes to leading French business schools. He holds a DUT in “Techniques de commercialisation” and a Licence pro in “Management des activités commerciales” from the IUT of Cergy. He himself succeeded via AST to integrate EDHEC Business School, and now uses his experience to guide students through the dossier, oral and test phases of these admission processes

• Ziyad El Yaggoubi

  CEO @Derivatives

  Ziyad El Yaagoubi is a French entrepreneur, former trader, and the creator of the viral finance persona “Pierre Chartier (X2007)”. Today, he runs Derivatives, a company that trains and mentors students and young professionals aiming to enter financial markets. He produces highly popular videos on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, where he uses humor and satire to demystify the finance industry and highlight issues such as elitism, recruitment pressure, and diversity. Through his work, Ziyad blends education and comedy, helping a wide audience better understand the realities of modern finance while building one of the most recognizable finance-related characters online.