Aurore Hochard

Aurore Hochard is a highly skilled professional with expertise in custom designing, selling, and delivering experiential educational programs tailored to academic, personal, and corporate requirements.

She possesses exceptional business development skills and legal knowledge, allowing her to negotiate effectively with commercial partners, corporate sponsors, students, and colleagues at Cass Business School.

Aurore has extensive experience in project managing large-scale educational courses and events, evidenced by her successful coordination of Cass Innovate, an annual conference that attracts over 200 attendees.

Her strong networking abilities have enabled her to establish connections within the entrepreneurship, corporate, and media sectors, including influential figures like A-list celebrities and government officials in the UK and France.

With a passion for providing guidance and consultative support to student ventures and motivating business school staff, Aurore excels in fostering professional growth and entrepreneurial spirit.

In terms of education, she holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree in Commercial and Media with a 2:1 from City University (GB), a Master's degree in Secondary Education and Teaching with a 4.0 GPA equivalent to First Class from the University of Central Missouri, and a Bachelor's degree in Applied Foreign Languages and Commerce with a 'Mention Bien' equivalent to 2:1 from Université d'Angers.

Aurore's diverse professional background includes serving as the Director of Entrepreneurship at Cass Business School, Co-Founder and Business Development role at Taskhub (a Telefónica-backed tech startup), Legal Advisor at Citizens Advice Bureau, Sales and Business Development Manager at Thomson Reuters, and as a French Teacher at both The Leigh Technology Academy and Académie Lafayette.