EMMANUEL LAGARRIGUE (AMP ’10), EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
“Access to electricity is a human right”
So said Emmanuel Lagarrigue (AMP ’10) to the MBA students on January 20 at IESE's Barcelona campus. “Unfortunately,” he said, “this right is still not universal or sustainable.” It is not sustainable, he said, because the electricity available today is generated mainly by polluting fossil fuels that are increasingly scarce. Lagarrigue said that Schneider Electric’s strategies must address
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, at a session of the MBA Global Leadership Series.
the three major issues facing the industry: increased demand for electricity; decarbonization, coupled with the growth of renewable energy; and increased digitization. RECOGNITION FOR IESE PROFESSORS
ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS AND INFLUENCERS Prof. Pedro Nueno received l the career award, given by China Club Spain. The award was pre-
GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA
Profs. Argandoña and Pereira: 50 Years at IESE lThe Chancellor of the University of Navarra awarded the university's gold medal to Profs. Antonio Argandoña and Fernando Pereira in recognition of their body of work over 50 years of professional life at IESE. During the ceremony, which took place in the Aula Magna
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of IESE Barcelona on December 22, silver medals for 25 years of service at IESE also were awarded to María J. Cabello, Prof. Antonio Dávila, Prof. Alberto Fernández Terricabras, Enric Florit, Mercedes González-Aller, Camino González, María del Mar Ortega, Prof. Ahmad Rahnema and Prof. Guido Stein.
sented by the Chinese Ambassador to Spain, Lyu Fan, at a ceremony on December 1 in Madrid. Profs. Nuria Chinchilla and Jordi Gual were included by the newspaper ABC on its list of the 100 most influential people of 2017. Prof. Chinchilla was cited for her commitment to policies on work-life balance, and Prof. Gual for his work as head of CaixaBank in contributing to Spain's economic recovery. Prof. Robert W. Gregory received the Early Career Award from the Association for Information Systems for his analysis of new IT-related phenomena, ranging from digital transformation to human-machine symbiosis.
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