Anthony Giraud

Affiliate Professor

Founder and Managing Director of AknaSphere SAS

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Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Bio

Over the course of his 25-year-long career, Antony Giraud has done business on 4 continents generating hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue for Fortune 500 companies while living in places as diverse as Casablanca, Milan or Helsinki. Today he leverages his passion for knowledge sharing via his consultancy company, via teaching Master-level students and via the 2 bookshops he co-owns downtown Antibes. He is getting ready to open a third bookshop to further enhance the dissemination of culture in the region. In his spare time Antony is involved in nonprofit organizations such as Toastmasters International, where he volunteers to help Toastmasters members improve public speaking and leadership skills. In May 2022, he actually won Toastmasters Western Europe Best Speaker Award. He is also currently finishing his Executive PhD in Business Administration at Université Paris-Dauphine. He lives on the French Riviera with his wife and two sons.