Yann CRAMER

Professor of Management Practice
department: Management
Campus de Cergy
Entrepreneurship
Career
Biography

Professor of Management Practice, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at ESSEC Business School

Teaching life with ESSEC Business School & ESSEC Executive Education, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, EMLV, Club de Paris des Directeurs de l'Innovation.

Startup life with 20+ startups either as non-executive (entrepreneur mentor, board member) or C-level executive.

Corporate life with grounding experience in various operational jobs, followed by senior global leadership positions in marketing, strategy, innovation at a large B2B multinational firm in energy & mobility

Ingénieur de l’Ecole Polytechnique, MSc, Saclay, France

Certified Board Member, Sciences Po/IFA, Paris, France

Certified Business Coach, Coach U, Oregon City, USA

Exec Ed programs at INSEAD, Singapore/France, and London Business School, UK

Diplomas

  • 2018: Business administration, Certified Board Member (Sciences Po Paris France)
  • 1988: Master of Engineering, Mathematics, Sciences, Economics (École Polytechnique France)
Career
Other Academic Appointments
    • 2023 – 2024 : Head of pedagogy Programm CPI (ESSEC Business School France)
Full-time academic appointments
    • 2023 – Now : Professor of Management Practice, Entrepreneurship & Innovation (ESSEC Business School France)
Professional appointments
    • 2020 : CEO (interim) (Interface Polymers United Kingdom)
    • 2019 – 2022 : Board member, then Deputy CEO (SINTERMAT France)
    • 2018 – Now : Startup investor (DIFFERENT HORIZON France)
    • 2010 – 2017 : General Manager Innovation, Science, Technology Sourcing (Shell France)
    • 2006 – 2010 : General Manager Supply Chain methods & learning, Technology Sourcing, Procurement Board (Shell United Kingdom)
Distinctions
Research
Teaching
Other activities