José MILANO to take over from Thomas FROEHLICHER as Director General of KEDGE Business School on 1 September 2017

François Pierson, Chairman of KEDGE Business School's Board of Directors, with the full backing of Stanislas de Bentzmann, the School's future Chairman, presented Thomas Froehlicher’s successor, José Milano, to the Board of Directors, who met today to approve this proposal.

“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Thomas Froehlicher for the three years he has spent leading the KEDGE Business School Group. His legacy includes an institution recognised as one of the world's top-tier business schools triple-accredited by EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. It is a School with two Master's degrees with state approval for the maximum duration for all of its programmes”, said François Pierson.

José Milano joined KEDGE Business School on 1 January 2016 as Deputy Director General with the particular responsibility of implementing the strategic and international plan.

“José Milano has forged an excellent working relationship with Thomas Froehlicher. I have every confidence that he will ensure that KEDGE Business School continues to be among Europe's leading business schools”, added François Pierson.

José Milano is a graduate in economics and management from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan. He also holds a postgraduate degree in corporate sociology from the IEP Paris, a postgraduate degree in international economic law, and a postgraduate qualification in business law from Paris-I University, in addition to a certificate of proficiency to practise law from the Paris Bar Association. Beginning in 2012, he was Social Affairs Director for the Fédération Française des Sociétés d’Assurances (French Federation of Insurance Companies - FFSA), before joining KEDGE Business School in January 2016. Before that, he held numerous positions in the AXA Group.