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Benoit-Etienne started his career in 2001 with Accor overseeing different hotels in Paris as General Manager. In 2006, he joined the corporate office as Senior Vice-President Development EMEA. From 2011 to 2014, Benoît-Etienne acted as Managing Director of Accor Switzerland, overseeing a network of eight brands and 56 hotels, and leading the expansion of the portfolio in the Swiss market from 42 to 56 hotels. He is the CEO of Sommet Education since January 2017.

Adrian started his career as a Sales Manager and quickly progressed to various leadership positions at top organizations, including Laureate Hospitality Education. At Sommet Education, Adrian led the Enrolment team for South Asia, Europe and Middle East before being promoted to Vice President of Enrolment. In this role, he has been instrumental in driving enrolment growth across Sommet Education's brands, using his strategic thinking and extensive knowledge of the education industry to develop and implement successful enrolment strategies.

Dr Fabien Fresnel combines over 20 years of professional experience from the hotel, restaurant and higher education sectors. He started his career working for Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotel properties in France and abroad, where he also led food and beverage operations. Since January 2017, Fabien is responsible for providing overall operational leadership to the group, ensuring that Glion Institute of Higher Education and Les Roches Global Hospitality Education always deliver against the highest educational standards.

Dr Pierre Ihmle started his career as a researcher in geophysics with Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), before moving to McKinsey & Company. He founded two companies between 2001 and 2007 and then led the business development of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne and most recently, he worked with Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) where he acted as Vice-Dean. After joining Sommet Education as Vice-President Strategic Planning in April 2017, Pierre was appointed Chief Academic Officer in March 2018.

Marie-Claude started her career as a commercial lawyer in a Canadian business law firm, providing legal advice on a wide variety of matters, including complex contracts, financing, M&A, corporate, intellectual property, real estate, data protection and commercial litigation. From 2007 to 2016, Marie-Claude acted as Senior Legal Counsel for Lexmark. Since December 2016, Marie-Claude acts as Group General Counsel for Sommet Education, providing legal advice to the management teams both in the institutions and at the corporate level and supporting the implementation of the group’s business strategies.

Stéphane spent much of the early part of his career working for Club Med, progressing to the role of Human Resources Director, Hotels Division in 2003. During this time, Stéphane set up the new global Department of Human Resources for Club Med’s village resorts. From 2007 to 2017, Stéphane held several senior roles in human resources at AccorHotels. In June 2017, Stéphane was appointed Vice-President Human Resources at Sommet Education.

After a first career path as an auditor with PwC in Paris and London, Valérie joined its Transaction Services division where she led during more than 15 years due-diligence missions as part of transactional operations (buy/sell-side) and financing/refinancing  processes, focusing on operating model analysis and growth levers identification. During her last assignment, Valérie was Group CFO and Excom member of Evernex, an international leader in IT maintenance services, where she led the financial and administrative departments at group level. In September 2022, Valérie Truelle was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Sommet Education.

Eric Wyttynck spent a significant part of his early career with Accenture. From 2000 to 2010, he managed and implemented IT, CRM and roadmap systems for FMCG clients such as Carrefour, Casino, Venteprivée.com, Simply Market and FNAC as Senior Manager. He later moved to Infosys to set up the organisation’s newly created Front Office activities in France. In 2011, Eric joined AccorHotels as Senior Vice-President Customer Service, E-Commerce, Architecture and Innovation before being appointed Chief Technology and Innovation Officer in 2015, managing different IT teams and a staff of 150 people. In July 2017, Eric was appointed Chief Information, Innovation and Digital Officer at Sommet Education.