Dr. Nicolas Péjout is Executive Vice-President of emlyon business school, after senior leadership positions at SciencesPo and Dauphine University. He is also a board member of London Interdisciplinary School.

For 15 years, he has been holding leading positions in higher education and research, following a professional experience in diplomacy (French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs) and in organizational consulting and management (Eurogroup Consulting, in defence and health sectors).

He graduated from SciencesPo in 1999, from University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) in 2000 and holds a PhD from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (2007).