Bespoke executive programs

WIF provides international and inter-company programs. In collaboration with leading schools, they are delivered in virtual or in face-to-face.

On Site

Université Paris-Saclay

The Women in business: BEcome a Leader program is designed for young women with five to eight years of professional experience. With the mission of inspiring personalities (scientists, Nobel Prize winners, international leaders …), participants learn to develop their leadership and network. Since 2023, a specific six-month intercompany mentoring program has completed the training.
The next edition will be held from 8 to 12 September 2025 on the campus of the Université de Paris-Saclay.

McGill University & CentraleSupélec

Women Entrepreneurs & Leaders Program

The fourth edition of this program took place on the McGill University campus in Montreal from February 10 to 14, 2025.
Five days of immersion during which participants will benefit from the expertise and complementary cultures of McGill Executive and CentraleSupélecExed, as well as exceptional encounters and moments that make this program a unique experience.
The next edition will be held from 4 to 8 May 2026 in Montreal.

Northeastern University

Leading in the age of AI: Silicon Valley Insights

This unique WIF program for women executives provides unparalleled access to Silicon Valley’s cutting-edge innovations and insights. I In collaboration with experts from top-tier institutions and leading companies, the program provides an understanding of how AI is transforming industries and redefining leadership.
The first edition took place from Monday 2 to Thursday 5 June 2025, on the Northeastern Silicon Valley campus in San Jose.

McGill University & CentraleSupélec

Emerging Women Leaders Program

Inspired by the success of the WELP program, this new program is designed for high-potential women leaders with between seven and ten years’ professional experience and junior or intermediate managerial responsibilities. The first edition took place from May 27 to 31, 2024 on the campus of McGill University in Montreal.

CentraleSupélec, Berkeley, Stanford, Northeastern Universities

The Human Imperative in a Generative AI Era: Equip your leadership with expertise, humanity and diversity to thrive in a digital world: Become a Renaissance Leader


This unique WIF program for women executives combines the expertise, and complementary cultures, of three globally renowned institutions, the European Engineering School CentraleSupélec of Université Paris-Saclay, the US UC Berkeley, the US Stanford University and the US Northeastern University as well as the experience of executive coaches leading industrial transformations. The first edition of this program took place from June 24 to 28 on the CentraleSupélec campus.

Become AI Empowered: Practical & Creative AI for Business

The Foundation supports and funds the creation of a program created and directed by Gauthier Vasseur, Executive Director of the Fisher Centre for Data Analytics at the University of California, Berkeley.
The aim of this two-day event, which will take place in Kyiv in July, is to enable the 25 Ukrainian participants to develop their practical skills in analysis, data governance and AI/generative AI.

On Line

These international, inter-company programs are open to both men and women with the aim of promoting diversity

CentraleSupélec

Created in 2022, the Sustainable and Transformative Leadership cycle is dedicated to the deep transformation of our production and organizational systems. While CSR is a powerful tool, it must be supported by profound, renewed leadership that is also focused on the external world and the social environment in which the company operates. The next edition of this program will run in 2026, from february the 2nd to the 20th.

Stanford VMware Women's Leadership Innovation Lab

Sparking Innovation: Inclusion, Collaboration and Teams is the follow-up to the program created in 2015 with Stanford Graduate School of Business, which for five years brought together some 40 female entrepreneurs on the university’s campus each year.
The May 2025 edition brought together more than 70 participants 80 participants from around the world.

Berkeley IBI Leadership Master Classes

The first edition of this pioneering program designed with the UC Berkeley Institute for Business Innovation was held in January 2022. In 2023, seven sessions led by world-renowned leaders and professors explored concrete solutions and competitive levers for sustainable and human growth. The last edition, held in January 2025, was dedicated to technological innovations and their applications for businesses.

McGill University

Sustainable collaboration, innovation, change and growth were at the heart of « Leading a Sustainable Future » which was held from November 8 to 26, 2021.

National University of Singapore

The “Leaders of the New World” online program was created in 2020 with the leading Asian university. The new program “Placing a bet on the future: Exploring Exponential Technologies” took place from 3 October to 14 November 2023 and brought together more than 50 participants from Europe and Asia.

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Designed in collaboration with Northeastern University in the United States, this unique …