Founded in 1972, it operates as an executive club and corporate university for a diverse set of 20 global companies including L’Oréal, Aviva, Renault, Bekaert, Valeo, AXA, GDF Suez, and TATA Steel.
[4] The initial impetus was led by L'Oréal's head of Human Resources, Guy Landon, and François Dalle, its CEO.
[7] The CEDEP campus was opened in 1971 by the then French finance minister, Valery Giscard d'Estaing,[8] who was to become France's president just three years later.
The campus interior houses a notable collection of contemporary wall carpets by the likes of Sonia Delaunay (co-founder of the Orphism movement), Ivan da Silva-Bruhns [fr] and Natalia Dumitresco.
[2] Under the tenure of Michaud's successor, Han van Dissel, CEDEP extended its overseas activities, offering off-campus programs in China, Brazil, Canada and South Korea.
This project resulted in a book, Evaluating Management Education, published by John Wiley & Sons in 1979 ( ISBN 978-0471997399).