Dr. Céline Viala is lecturer in entrepreneurship at Sorbonne University and in business schools. She has a master’s degree in finance and strategy, as well as a doctorate from Paris-Dauphine University, an Habilitation to supervise research from Sorbonne University, and an administrator’s certificate from Science-Po Paris.

She has been in charge of corporate entrepreneurship at IBM France, a consultant in a management consultancy, director of an academic incubator and managing director of a financial think tank (Financial Professions Centre, chaired by a former French Minister of the Economy). She founded Optinnov, a management and innovation financing consultancy. She set up DreamTakeoff, the 1st collaborative e-incubator for entrepreneurs, a project for which she won a national award for social entrepreneurs. Her research focuses on social entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.