This past year saw many important milestones for the Desautels Faculty of Management, much of which would not have been possible without our loyal and vibrant community. As presented in the 2018 Impact Report, discover the strides that the Faculty has made toward advancing its four strategic pillars: Research Excellence, Student Centred, Community Impact, and Financial Sustainability.

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Classified as: impact report, Sustainability, Sustainability (R)
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes the following business leaders to its esteemed group of Desautels Global Experts (DGE): Diana Colella (EMBA’11), VP of Business Strategy & Marketing at Autodesk; Tanya Ezekiel (BCom’94), CEO of Conductive; Salvatore Iacono (MBA’89), Executive Vice President, Operations at Cadillac Fairview; and

Classified as: Diana Colella, Salvatore Iacono, Tanya Ezekiel, Jim Seethram, Desautels Global Experts
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

Ève Laurier (EMBA’11), General Manager of Edelman Montréal, sits down to share her secret to success; for Laurier, introspection is the key to learning, self-confidence, and good leadership overall.

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Classified as: EMBA Alumni, McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

Karl Moore interviews Element AI CEO Jean-François Gagné as he shares more about his entrepreneurial roots, his unconventional path, and the feat of building an AI company from the ground up.

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Classified as: Karl Moore, Strategy & Organization
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

Congratulations to Professor Sujata Madan who was named by Poets & Quants among the favorite MBA professors for 2019.

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Classified as: Sujata Madan, finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

Congratulations to Master of Management in Analytics students Anvita Shukla, Harsimrat Soin, Akash Sondhi, and Abinav Ramesh Sundararaman who won first place in the Ericsson Data Science Hackathon!

Hosted by Ericsson Montreal, participants are allocated one day to devise innovative approaches and tools to solve some of the real-world problems facing the telecommunications industry.

Classified as: Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), Case Competitions and Challenges
Published on: 4 Jun 2019

Desautels BCom student Alexander Gouyet and his McGill Engineering peers comprising McGill AERO placed 2nd in the Student Unmanned Aerial System Competition, securing a $5,000-prize and the prestige of being the first McGill group ever to crack the top five in the competition.

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Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 3 Jun 2019

After six years serving as the International President of Doctors Without Borders, Joanne Liu (IMHL’14) sits down with Le Devoir to reflect on the grand challenges that shaped her tenure with the organization, as well as her future aspirations.

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Classified as: International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL), IMHL Alumni
Published on: 3 Jun 2019

Relive the memories of McGill’s Management Convocation thanks to a photo gallery compiled by the McGill Reporter. Among the highlights was the conferral of an Honorary Doctorate to Alain Bouchard, Founder and Executive Chairman of Couche-Tard, who inspired the Class of 2019 with lessons from his entrepreneurial journey.

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Classified as: Convocation
Published on: 3 Jun 2019

An article for Financial Times on the hidden strengths of an introverted leader cites Professor Karl Moore’s work on introverted/extroverted personalities in the C-suite.

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Classified as: Karl Moore, Strategy & Organization
Published on: 3 Jun 2019

Congratulations to Amanda Abrams, Faculty Lecturer, and Elliot Lifson, Professor of Practice and Desautels Faculty Advisory Board member, who were honored at McGill’s Management Convocation ceremony for their excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels respectively.

Classified as: Amanda Abrams, Elliot Lifson, International advisory board, Accounting, Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA Program), Convocation, Faculty Awards
Published on: 29 May 2019

Corinna Ha has wrapped up her BCom degree and is gearing up to represent her graduating class as valedictorian. Sitting down with the McGill Reporter before convocation, she reflects on her life-changing McGill journey.

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Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Convocation
Published on: 29 May 2019

EMBA candidate Catherine Patry, Director, Communication and Marketing at École nationale de l'humour shares how typically conservative domains, such as business and law, are increasingly looking to humor as a means of improving the work environment.

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Classified as: McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 28 May 2019

In a feature for HEC Montréal Mag, EMBA alumni Indu Krishnamurthy (EMBA’15) and Jean-Claude Tshipama (EMBA’16) share more about their life and career trajectories.

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Classified as: EMBA Alumni, McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 28 May 2019

Moderating the C2 Montreal panel entitled, The Research of Tomorrow, Today, Professor Jui Ramaprasad explored the pace and impact of technological innovation with Sabrina Geremia, Country Director for Google.

As Geremia underscored, upskilling and lifelong learning will become the norm for members of tomorrow’s workforce.

Classified as: Jui Ramaprasad, Information Systems
Published on: 28 May 2019

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