Annick Renaud-Coulon's Biography
The Global Council of Corporate Universities (Global CCU) is
founded and chaired by Annick Renaud-Coulon, who is likewise
the founder and President of the European Club of Corporate Universities,
and an internationally renowned expert in the field of Corporate
Universities.
In 2005, with the strong support of several multinational companies,
Annick Renaud-Coulon launched the Global Council of Corporate
Universities, or GlobalCCU, a world-wide organisation that links
corporate university professionals from five continents.
From here, she organised 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.
In 2002, Annick Renaud-Coulon launched The European
Club of Corporate Universities.
Prior to this, Annick conducted an extensive survey on Corporate
Universities, entitled: Corporate Universities, Corporate
Institute: International Evaluation and Comparison. A first for the industry,
Annick’s work culminated in an in-depth study that presented
the phenomenon of corporate universities from around the world.
With an exhaustive focus on quantifiable data and strategic and
operational aims, the appraisal presented 75 examples of corporate
universities from four continents.
Annick has sat on the Advisory Board of judges for the Corporate
University Best In Class (CUBIC AWARDS) from 2002-2004, where
she was the only non-American panel member.
She has served as a keynote speaker at numerous events: the Global
Corporate University Week in June 2002 at Euro Disney in France,
at Disneyworld in November 2003 in Orlando, USA, and in April
2003 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Furthermore, Annick ran sessions
at the Global Corporate University Week in November 2004 in Orlando
and the WACUC meeting in January 2005 in Washington DC ( both
in the USA) to present evidence regarding the trends of the corporate
university phenomenon, and at the Symposium of the Presidents
of The University of Québec in Montréal in October
2005. She was invited to Oran by the Algerian Minister of Petroleum
in November 2005 to introduce the concept of the Corporate University
in Algeria, etc.
Annick Renaud-Coulon has published six books, the most recent
of which in English. Her current title is Corporate Universities:
A lever of Corporate Responsibility (GlobalCCU, 2008). In Universités
d'entreprise, (Pearson Education, Village Mondial, 2002) Annick
provides an exploration of what constitutes the ‘New Generation’ of
CUs. In the collective tome, The Next Generation of Corporate
Universities, edited by Mark Allen, Ph.D. (Pfeiffer - 2007),
she has written a chapter entitled ‘Branding Your CU’,
and she contributed a chapter in the Handbook of Corporate
Universities,
again edited by Mark Allen, Ph.D. (Amacom Press, May 2002).
Annick Renaud-Coulon presents her business case for corporate
universities of the next generation in Comprehending Corporate
Universities Film, a 20-minute film, the outcome of more than
15 years of works and global research in this field. This film
is exceptionally illustrated by hand-picked images and videos
from a selection of corporate universities from five continents
that Annick has chosen amongst her personal network.
Annick Renaud-Coulon privately counsels organisations ascribed
with the design and construction of corporate institutes and
universities. For more information contact GlobalCCU.
Annick 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 an individual by the French
nation. Ms Renaud-Coulon received her decoration from Mr Bernard
Belloc, Advisor to the French President, at a private ceremony
held at The Senate in Paris. The tribute was in recognition of
Annick’s passionate work within the field of corporate
universities. |