Dominique Turpin

Who is Dominique Turpin?

Dominique V. Turpin was born in Tours on 12 January 1957. He spent his childhood and adolescence in France and obtained his baccalaureate of Sciences with distinction in 1976. He studied at ESSCA from 1976 to 1980 and as part of his curriculum he spent an academic year at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid to study political marketing. Subsequently, he earned his doctorate in economics from Sophia University in Tokyo. Professor Turpin has been honoured famous alumnus of Sofia university and is an alumnus of the IMD "International Program for Board Members".

Between 1986 and 1991 Dominique Turpin was successively appointed Post-Doctorate Fellow and Assistant Professor at IMEDE in Switzerland and Visiting Professor at Keio Business School in Japan. He became a full marketing professor at the International Institute for Management Development in 1991, and was appointed President of IMD in July 2010.

Dominique Turpin’s areas of interest include brand management, marketing strategy and communications.