History
2004
– Company creation in Paris, France by Christophe Coutat
– First “Evolution Cadres” fair at La Bourse in Paris, with 50 exhibitors and 1500 attendees.
– First Access MBA event in Paris
– First One-to-One MBA event in Copenhagen
2005
– First “l’Ouest pour l’Emploi” job fair in Ile-de-France with 115 exhibitors and
13 000 attendees.
– Second edition of “Evolution Cadres” fair in Paris
– Creation of the “Job Gates” concept, a recruitment fair with speed job interviews of 10 minutes each
– 12 Access MBA One-to-One events in Europe
– Creation of the Access MBA Tour Website and first issue of the Access MBA Guide
2006
– Second edition of the “Job Gates” fairs in Paris
– 18 Access MBA One-to-One MBA events in Europe and the Middle East
2007
– Decision to focus entirely on the Access MBA Project
– 22 Access MBA One-to-One events in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa
2008
– 26 Access MBA One-to-One events in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and North America
– 200% growth in the company’s annual company turnover since 2004
2009
– Creation of the Access Masters Tour with 3 events in Europe
– Creation of the Access Masters Tour Website
– 39 Access MBA One-to-One events in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, North Africa and North America
2010
– 48 Access MBA events in 4 continents
– 12 Masters events in Europe and Latin America
– Creation of the Access MBA Reach brand for candidate consulting
– The group expands to comprise 25 staff members of 5 nationalities in two locations
2011
– 55 Access MBA One-to-One events in 5 continents including Asia
– 16 Masters events in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East
– The website audience reaches over 1 million visitors
– The Access MBA & Masters Guide is published in 50 countries
2012
– 58 Access MBA One-to-One events in 5 continents
– 19 Access Masters events in 4 continents
– Focus on social networking media
– The group counts 170 business school clients all over the world
2013
– 64 Access MBA One-to-One events in 5 continents
– 22 Masters events in 4 continents
– Redesign of the Access MBA and Access Masters websites and logos
– Creation of Access MBA Live sessions and Access MBA Spotlight
– The company reaches 50 staff members and is recording the best year of its history
– 30 000 candidates per year register for the education fairs worldwide
2014
– 66 Access MBA One-to-One events in 6 continents including Africa
– 25 Access Masters in 4 continents
– Launching of PrepAdviser, MBA & Masters global preparation forum for candidates
– Redesign of the current Advent Group company website
– With 20% of turnover growth on average per year since the start, the group celebrates 10 years of success
2015
– 69 Access MBA One-to-One events and 29 Access Masters events in 6 continents
– PrepAdviser reaches 40 000 visits per month and 78 000 registered members
– The company’s social media following totals over 190K users on 11 pages and across 5 channels
– Advent Group opens their first office in North America (Montreal, Canada)
– Launch of @ccess Schools virtual events in December 2015
– Advent Group becomes a Google Partner, signifying that the company is healthy and has advanced Google Adwords knowledge and expertise
2016
– 77 Access MBA One-to-One events and 30 Masters events in 6 continents
– The PrepAdviser community includes over 120,000 members
– Advent Group now employs over 80 individuals
– An alliance of 8 top executive MBA programmes calls upon Advent Group to organise EMBA events in Europe
– The company reports a record-breaking 45% increase in turnover in 2016
2017
– The company now employs over 100 people in Paris, Sofia, and Montreal
– 100 Access MBA One-to-One events and 35 Access Masters events around the world
– The Premier EMBA Tour holds 12 elite events for business schools in the Top 30 Executive MBA rankings
– The PrepAdviser community reaches over 164,000 members
– The first MERIT Summit was successfully held in Barcelona, bringing together over 100 corporate learning decision-makers and 32 international business schools
2018
– Unimy, global MBA matching platform is launched
– Access Online develops its own event platform
– North American Schools on Tour is created
– MERIT Summit in Europe and Asia bringing together corporate and executive education decision makers
2019
– The Advent team grows to 150 in 5 countries
– MERIT Leadership Community is launched
– Access Online launches Women & MBA online events
– PrepAdviser grows to an online events platform for MBA and Masters admissions preparation
– Advent holds 180+ educational events globally
2020
– The Advent team grows to 160 experts on 3 continents
– Access Digital agency is launched
– Unimy Masters is created
– oolaa – virtual event platform is available
2021
– Successful in-person One-to-One events in key markets in Europe, North America and the Middle East
– New office in Kuala Lumpur strengthens our presence in Asia
2022
– Launch of a new type of Master’s recruitment events — Unimy Grad Fair with a unique School Culture Fit feature
– Launch of MBA country-specific online showcase events. The first one — Study in the UK