Amelie Vidal-Simi, President and CEO of Henkel France, is awarded the 2014 Prix EDHEC

Ms Amelie Vidal-Simi received the 2014 Prix EDHEC – an annual award presented by the EDHEC Alumni Association – at the EDHEC Rendez-Vous on the business school’s Paris campus. 

Since 1983, the award has been presented to the alumna our alumnus who, through their professional or personal actions, has done the most to promote EDHEC’s reputation locally, nationally and internationally. 

Ms Vidal-Simi started her career with Henkel in 1990 as a product manager overseeing different brands of detergents. She was named head of marketing in 1996, and she was named director of marketing in 2000. As part of her mission as head of sales, she also oversaw key international accounts such as Carrefour World Trade, Auchan International and IRTS. 
In October 2009, she was named general director of the division of glues and adhesives for the public as well as building professionals, and joined the executive committee for Henkel France. 
Since 2012, Ms Vidal-Simi has also managed glues and adhesives for the public and professionals for Henkel Benelux. 
With the acceptance of the 2014 Prix EDHEC, Ms Vidal-Simi succeeds last year’s winner Michael Burke, EDHEC 1980, the President and CEO of Louis Vuitton.

 “Amélie Vidal-Simi embodies the success and adaptability of our graduates in international companies that we hope to instil in our graduates. Our Alumni are the best ambassadors we have as they exemplify the superior quality of the EDHEC Business School education and the values of responsibility and innovation our school has passed on to its graduates for more than 100 years,” said Olivier Oger, Chairman and CEO of the EDHEC Group.