Celebrating the Master in Management Class of 2025

On 19 June 2026, ESCP Business School welcomed 1,443 graduates from the Master in Management (MiM) Class of 2025 into the ESCP alumni community.

Representing 52 nationalities, the Class of 2025 gathered at the Palais des Congrès in Paris with family, friends, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters from across the School to mark the end of their MiM journey. More than 3,300 participants attended the ceremony and behind the scenes, with over 100 ESCP staff members from across campuses helping to make the day possible.

Asked to reflect on what unites his class across cultures, cities and nationalities, valedictorian David Bergmann gave a simple answer: curiosity. From Paris to Madrid, Berlin to London, Turin to Warsaw and beyond, this cohort has experienced the full scope of the ESCP journey, studying across campuses, working across cultures and staying curious along the way.

“In my cohort, you saw people heading in very different directions: consulting, finance, luxury, startups,” said Bergmann. “Some had known exactly what they wanted to do from day one, others figured it out along the way. What everyone shared was a genuine curiosity about the world, about themselves, about what they wanted to do.”

For Bergmann, that sense of curiosity and adventure brought him to ESCP and took him from Paris to Madrid, and a semester studying abroad in Tokyo. “The most defining feature of the programme is that you never quite know what is coming next, and the excitement never fades,” he said. “Each semester brought so many experiences and was a highlight on its own.”

For him and his fellow students, it also meant exploring different campuses, specialisations, sectors and career paths with an openness to discovery. “I hope everyone keeps that curiosity alive, no matter what they end up doing after the MiM,” said Bergmann.

When asked what he will carry from the MiM into his next chapter, Bergmann pointed to two things.

“The first are experiences that enriched me personally: the cities I lived in, the cultures I was exposed to, and a network of great people and close friends,” he said. “That is something no other Master would have made possible in the same way.”

The second was practical: learning how to work with people who think, communicate and approach problems differently.

“Because the cohort comes from every part of the world and all types of educational backgrounds, every group project brought together truly diverse profiles that bring different languages, ways of thinking, and working styles,” Bergmann said. “Learning to navigate that, recognise the strengths everyone brings, and leverage them is a real skill.”