Cécile De Lisle

Cécile Lavrard-Meyer de Lisle directs the Purpose Center at HEC Paris. A graduate of Sciences Po Paris and HEC, she specialized in history and development economics. Holder of a doctorate at the Sorbonne and a post-doctorate at Harvard University, she is the author of numerous books and academic articles, particularly on Peru and Madagascar. Lecturer successively at La Sorbonne and at Sciences-Po Paris, she was also an expert at McKinsey & Company.

Education

• Post-Phd Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2009 — 2011)
• PhD Sorbonne University (2002 — 2006)
• Master's degree HEC Paris (2002 — 2004)
• Master's degree Sciences Po Paris (1999 — 2001)
• BA (classes préparatoires) Lycée Henri IV, Paris (1996 — 1999)

Companies

• Executive Director Purpose Center HEC Paris (2019)
• Social entrepreneur / Founder NYAYA Ethical gems and jewellery (2010)
• Expert McKinsey & Company (2006)
• Associate Professor Sciences Po (2004)
• ESSEC Afrique Deputy Director & Professor ESSEC Business School (2017 — 2018)
• Member Of The Supervisory Board MACC UK LIMITED (2015 — 2018)
• Associate Professor & Master's degree Director Université Paris-Sorbonne (2007 — 2014)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2009 — 2011)
• Phd Candidate Researcher CNRS (2002 — 2006)