Annick Renaud-Coulon

In 2005, with the strong support of several multinational companies, Annick Renaud-Coulon launched the Global Council of Corporate Universities, GlobalCCU, a global organization linking Corporate Universities Directors from all continents. She organized the first truly global event on Corporate Universities in France in April 2008. Participants from 24 countries and five continents met for three days at Campus Veolia Environnement, in Jouy-le-Moutier near Paris and Sorbonne University in Paris to work together around the theme: Make your Corporate University a lever of your Corporate Responsibility. The seminar was supported by the United Nations Global Compact, with participation from Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Director of the Global Compact in New York. For more information go to: www.globalccu.com

In 2002, Annick Renaud-Coulon launched The European Club of Corporate Universities.

Earlier, she conducted a large study on corporate universities. For the first time, an in-depth study presents the phenomenon of corporate universities from across the planet, with detailed facts on their strategic and operational aims. This study introduces 75 cases of corporate universities from 17 countries. Annick sat on the advisory board of judges from Corporate University Best In Class (CUBIC AWARDS) from 2002 to 2004 (she was the only non american judge).

She has been a keynote speaker at numerous events including: the Global Corporate University Week in June 2002, at Euro Disney in France, at Disneyworld in November 2003 and,in April 2003, in Amsterdam. She ran a session at the Global Corporate University Week in November 2004, at the WACUC meeting in January 2005 in Washington DC and at the Symposium of the Presidents of The University of Québec in Montréal in October 2005. She was invited by the Algerian Minister of Petroleum in November 2005 in Oran to introduce the concept of Corporate Universities, etc.

She has published six books. The last one written in English is entitled, ‘Corporate Universities a lever of Corporate Responsibility’. GlobalCCU Publisher, 2008. In 'Universités d'entreprise', Pearson Education, Village Mondial, 2002, she develops an understanding of what constitutes the New Generation of Corporate Universities. In 'The Next Generation of Corporate Universities' - Mark Allen, Ph.D. Pfeiffer - 2007, she has written a chapter entitled: 'Branding your Corporate Universities'. She has also written a chapter in the 'Handbook of Corporate Universities', a work under the direction of Mark Allen, Ph.D. Amacom Press, May 2002.

She advises firms with the design of corporate institutes and universities.

Annick Renaud-Coulon received a National Order of Merit at the rank of Knight, on 18 September, 2008. This state honour rewards a distinguished military or civil merit given to the French nation. She received her decoration from Mr. Belloc, Advisor to the French President, at a private ceremony held at The Senate in Paris. The honour is given in recognition of Annick’s passionate work within the field of Corporate Education.

For more information on Annick Renaud-Coulon go to: www.renaud-coulon.com