Value proposition

Where minds meet, grow and succeed together


CEDEP is an exclusive, executive education club, where minds meet, grow and succeed together.

We are a unique, well-established close and collaborative learning community of like-minded international members from diverse and non-competitive industries. Our members understand the value of building long-term relationships, active participation, open exchange and leveraging our collective intelligence.

We are rooted in the real world and driven by the real-life challenges of our members. We go further and dive deeper than a traditional business school, which leads to innovative, highly relevant and actionable learning.

Our independence means we are free to bring together experts and faculty from many of the world’s top business schools and our extensive network of partners to work with our members

We co-create highly-personalised company specific programmes and our long-standing open enrolment programmes focus on leadership development in small, dynamic and highly participative groups.

We always challenge conventions and assumptions. We inspire new and empowering thinking from the inside out building internal capacity and ownership.

We are co-run by our member organisations who believe in a humanist philosophy and approach. We focus on long term and lasting organisational development.

We are based in the Fontainebleau forest and share a campus and origins with INSEAD. We were created 50 years ago by pioneering entrepreneurs as the first membership organisation dedicated to executive education. We are now an independent, not-for-profit club with over 20 international members such as L’Oreal, Renault and Tata Steel.

In an ever changing and uncertain world we choose to work together to make the world a better place for us all. Together, we are better. Together, we are stronger. Together, we are CEDEP.