As of 19 December 2025, Professor Marie Taillard has been appointed Dean of the London Campus for a three-year term.
The appointment follows the recommendation of the Selection Committee for the Dean of the London Campus and was subsequently approved by the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of ESCP.
As L’Oréal Professor of Creativity Marketing and former UK Head of Faculty, Professor Taillard played an important role in advancing ESCP’s reputation for innovative pedagogy by bridging academia and practice.
Recently shortlisted for THE UK’s Most Innovative Teacher of the Year award, she brings extensive academic leadership, innovative teaching methods, and proactive industry engagement to the role, contributing additional breadth of perspective to the School’s leadership as ESCP embarks on its ambitious 'Bold & United' institution-wide strategy.
I am delighted to see Professor Marie Taillard appointed as Dean of the ESCP London Campus. A recognised expert in creativity and marketing, she played a key role in launching the MSc in Marketing & Creativity, now one of ESCP’s flagship programmes. Her diverse background and long-standing commitment to the School give her a deep understanding of ESCP’s identity and ambitions. Accountable, bold and creative, she embodies the values that will be essential to strengthening the London Campus and shaping ESCP’s future.
Leon LaulusaExecutive President & Dean of ESCP Business School
It is a pleasure to welcome Professor Marie Taillard as Dean of ESCP London Campus. Marie brings a wealth of academic experience, an international outlook, and a deep understanding of the School, and I have no doubt that she will build on the strong momentum of the London Campus in recent years. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I wish her every success in her new role and look forward to working closely with her.
Lord David GoldChairman of the Board of Trustees at ESCP Business School London Campus
Professor Taillard holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a PhD from the University of London. A dual citizen of France and the United States, she brings a strong international profile, with academic and professional experience across Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region, including extensive experience in the United Kingdom.
She has held several senior leadership positions since joining ESCP’s permanent faculty in 2007, including UK Associate Dean of Executive Education, London Campus Head of Faculty, and Director of the MSc in Marketing & Creativity, a programme she founded in 2009 and which is currently ranked 3rd worldwide by QS.
In addition to her leadership roles, Professor Taillard’s research focuses on marketing management and consumer behaviour, with particular attention to communication between firms and consumers, and the ways in which consumers contribute to value creation with brands, including through her recent book on consumer creativity. Her work also explores the impact of digital technologies on relationships between stakeholders within organisations, as well as change management and digitalisation.
I am pleased to be taking on the role of Dean of the ESCP London Campus at a time when the School is strengthening its position in the United Kingdom, both as a serious academic contender, but also as a keen contributor to economic growth. Building on what has already been achieved, I aim to further develop our programme portfolio, expand lifelong learning opportunities, and build even stronger connections between our academic work, industry and the local community. Guided by ESCP’s Bold & United strategy, my ambition is to support bold and creative leadership, accelerate human-centred transformation and promote innovative pedagogy, strengthening our impact within the UK academic and business ecosystem.
Marie TaillardUK Dean of ESCP Business School London Campus
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