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Isabelle Bajeux Besnainou

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Dean and Professor of Finance at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
📍 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou is the Dean of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, where she champions an interdisciplinary approach to business education. Her strategic vision, "The Intelligent Future, " focuses on integrating technology, data analytics, and AI. She holds a doctorate in Mathematics applied to finance from Université Paris Dauphine.

Born and raised in Paris, Isabelle moved to the U. S. with her husband to pursue a long-held dream. A mother of two, she has a personal appreciation for poetry and enjoys exploring new technology in creative ways, such as using AI to compose poems with her daughter during road trips.

Interesting fact: She and her husband, whom she met in high school, dreamed of moving to the U. S. and planned their childrens names long before they arrived.

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Current Role
Dean and Professor of Finance
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Intelligent Future
Spearheaded the school's strategic plan focusing on the intersection of business, analytics, and technology, with a human-driven approach.
Interdisciplinary Education
A career-long advocate for interdisciplinary studies, she has a track record of creating new collaborative programs at multiple universities.
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Dean and Professor of Finance
Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
Dean and Professor of Finance
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
Co-chair, Global Future Council on Consumption
World Economic Forum
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
George Washington University
Chair of the Finance Department
George Washington University
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Education
1984 - 1988
Mathematics
Ecole normale supérieure
1985 - 1989
Doctorate in Mathematics applied to finance
Université Paris Dauphine - PSL
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