Michel Berry, former director of the CRG, received the Olivier Lecerf Award.

Michel Berry, the first director of the CRG, received the Olivier Lecerf Prize awarded by the Académie des sciences morales et politiques for his entire body of work.

X1963, General Engineer of Mines and Director of Research at the CNRS, Michel Berry is a specialist in management and management sciences. At the École Polytechnique, he contributed to the growth of the CRG, which he headed from 1974 to 1991. He also founded the Gérer & Comprendre series of the Annales des Mines and the École de Paris du Management in 1993. He was also a member of the Scientific Council of the CNRS from 1992 to 1997, the International Editorial Advisory Board of Organization Science (1990-2000), and chair of the Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award Committee (1999-2001).

The Olivier Lecerf Foundation aims to honor and promote achievements, works, or publications that follow in the tradition of entrepreneurial humanism exemplified by Olivier Lecerf. Each year, it recognizes one individual for their actions, work, lectures, or publications that illustrate a humanistic approach to business management by awarding them the Olivier Lecerf Prize.