Patrice Houdayer

Patrice Houdayer is Executive Vice-President Global & Academic Affairs International at SKEMA Business School.

Patrice Houdayer is Executive Vice-President Global & Academic Affairs International at SKEMA Business School. He is a member of the school's Executive Committee.

His role within SKEMA is to ensure the coherence of the programme portfolio, the academic excellence of the 7 campuses, the qualitative development of international partnerships, the maintenance of the international accreditations held by SKEMA as well as the development of services dedicated to student life.

Before joining SKEMA, Patrice Houdayer was Vice-President until 2014, and in charge of academic programmes at EMLyon. Prior to that, he taught strategy and innovation management from 1996 to 2004 at several French business schools.

With a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from ESSEC Business School and University Paris Ouest, he also holds the MDP from Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Patrice Houdayer is the author of several research publications devoted to entrepreneurship and strategy in higher education and the Grandes Ecoles.