Alain Ollivier is Emeritus Professor in the Marketing Department at the ESCP Business School Paris Campus. He  has been the Scientific Director of the Johnson & - Johnson Health Care Management Chair at ESCP and the Scientific Director of  the Health Care Management  Specialized Master at ESCP 

Professor Ollivier holds a Doctorate in Management from the University of Rennes, France (1978) and a graduate degree from HEC (France) and from the Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Texas at Austin.

He is a former Dean of Faculty of ESCP (1989-1994). He was a Special Advisor for the French Ministry of International Trade for 8 years.

Pr. Ollivier is a consultant and has worked for the World Bank, ILO and many multinational companies such as Vinci, Snecma, Eurovia, Sanofi-Aventis, Etam, EDF…
His current research interests are in the field of Heath Care Management, with a focus on the new status of patients, the Marketing process in technology driven companies, and on issues of Marketing control.
He is the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on Marketing, the latest being Le Marketeur, nouveaux fondements du marketing, Pearson Education, 2006 (2nd edition) and Le marketing du médicament en question(s), Vuibert 2008