Philippe Very is a Professor of Strategy at Edhec Business School. He has authored numerous articles and a dozen books, and regularly contributes to the media. His research mainly focuses on transnational mergers and acquisitions and criminal risks. He was awarded the title of "Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecturer" by the University of Colorado at Denver (USA). He chaired the AIMS (International Association for Strategic Management - 2009-2010) and Atlas AFMI (French Association of International Business Management 2020-2023). Nadine Tournois is Professor Emeritus at the University of Côte d'Azur. She was the Director of the IAE Graduate School of Management for many years and also served as Vice-President of the University and Vice-Rector of the Nice Academy. She has chaired several international conferences and developed numerous international collaborations with universities and schools worldwide (University of California at Berkeley, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ESA Beirut, etc.

), where she teaches and is invited to give lectures (e.g., Harvard Business School). Sophie Nivoix is a Professor of Finance at the University of Poitiers (France) and a member of the CEREGE (UR 13564) laboratory. She has served as the treasurer of Atlas-AFMI (French Association of International Business) since 2008 and was responsible for the Master's program in Law and Marketing at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of Poitiers from 2004 to 2020. Her research primarily focuses on profitability and risks, financial equity markets in Europe and Asia, and banking.