Since 1st October, Pascal Capellari has been Director of our specialist Schools (Excelia Tourism School, Excelia Digital School and Excelia) and has joined the Management Council. A definition of success in four questions.
What was your career path to this new position?
I joined Excelia in 2008 as Sales and Marketing Director. In 2014, I became Director of Masters of Science for which the number of Year 1 students has risen from 70 in 2014 to over 180 today. Having felt that I had succeeded in fine-tuning the programmes for their target markets with enthusiastic teams in place, specialists in their respective fields, I was ready for a new challenge. It was the perfect timing dovetailing with one the School's principle values, which is to give existing personnel the opportunity to evolve internally. I feel very fortunate and am so delighted with this new challenge!
Can you explain your mission?
The development potential for our specialist Schools is significant. Together with the teams involved, I want to focus on three main areas:
- Consolidate what we already have, simplify it and promote it, ensuring that companies and an international dimension are at the heart of our programmes to strengthen the notoriety and the appeal of the three Schools
- Guide and support the team (Maria Belhaj at Excelia, Marie Connac at Excelia Tourism School and Aurélien Ferlito at Excelia Digital School), streamlining their daily tasks, enabling them to achieve their goals as effectively as possible
- Provide an overall vision and stimulate creativity through new products and tracks.
What do you appreciate most in life?
Human relationships at work, what I bring to others and what they bring to me. And to keep on learning every day... just like our students!
Do you have a specific message that you would like to convey to our readers?
Don't wait around, create your own dynamism. Don't be afraid to make mistakes, success is above all about working together and helping one another. As Nelson Mandela said "We know it well, that none of us acting alone can achieve success". So, go on... make it happen!
