Guyot is also president of the network gathering all the French universities business schools (Institut d'Administration des Entreprises) and has been decorated as knight of the Légion d'honneur.
From 1983 to 1987 he occupied different executive positions within the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 management.
In the private sector Guyot was a lawyer at HSD, part of Ernst & Young Lyon, from 1989 to 1993.
His research and teachings focus on innovation, cross-cultural management and strategy.
Guyot is also one of the promoters of the overseas programmes taught by the IAE in other countries.