Thomas Durand is Chaired Professor of Strategic Management at Cnam Paris. A Fellow of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), former president of both the International Association of Strategic Management (AIMS) and the French Academy of Management. He has published extensively in business strategy and innovation management. Thomas was at Centrale Paris for 30 years and taught at HEC, INSEAD, Dauphine, the Stockholm School of Economics or Chalmers.