An alumnus of Cambridge University’s Trinity College and Sciences Po Paris, he holds a PhD from Columbia University in New York. He also worked for McKinsey & Company in Brussels. At INSEAD, he teaches Power & Politics. His research focuses on professional mobility, business group structures, as well as social and semantic networks. He is the author of several books, notably Unveiling Fashion: Business, Culture, and Identity in the Most Glamorous Industry at Palgrave Macmillan. The book is also available in French, Spanish, and Portuguese.