Simon Marcotte Légaré (BCom’11, MBA’15), Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Financing at Raymon Chabot Grant Thornton has been selected by his organization to participate in the Grant Thornton Global Leadership Program, which will provide him with unique learning opportunities in Germany, Japan and Mexico next year.
Published on: 12 Mar 2019
In conversation with Professor Karl Moore, Eytan Bensoussan (MBA’09), Co-founder and CEO of NorthOne, reflects on the importance of investing in yourself and the journey of finding your true course.
“You always want to be Michael Jordan on the basketball court, not Michael Jordan on the baseball field,” he says.
Published on: 28 Feb 2019
Maria Della Posta (BCom’85, MBA’91), Senior Vice President of Pratt & Whitney Canada visited the Desautels Faculty of Management on February 19 to share her perspective on corporate leadership, the importance of adaptation amid technological advancement, and the rise of analytics in a business setting.
In conversation with four Masters of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, Della Posta also shared takeaways on the manufacturing industry and the future career landscape.
Published on: 21 Feb 2019
Montreal attracts around three-quarters of immigrants to Quebec, but many new arrivals have a hard time finding work due to institutional barriers. Frantz Saintellemy (EMBA'20), President of Groupe 3737, is part of a new city-wide initiative determined to improve this reality.
For Saintellemy, integrating new arrivals into the workforce is not just an economic matter, it’s also a question of dignity.
Published on: 20 Feb 2019
Joint Law-MBA graduate Aly Haji (BCL/LLB’18, MBA’18) shares his take on why the traditional values and incentives that underpin operations in major law firms do not appeal as strongly to millennial lawyers.
Published on: 20 Feb 2019
On this Valentine’s Day, hear from a roster of happy couples, including Andrew Maxwell and Helen Leighton (MBA’81), as they share how their love stories blossomed during their MBA studies.
Published on: 14 Feb 2019
La Piscine is the first organization in Quebec dedicated to growing a startup ecosystem around creative and cultural innovation.
Philippe-Aubert Messier (EMBA’13) of Apollo Music Store comments on the value it has brought to his music platform company.
Published on: 11 Feb 2019
Members of the Desautels community came together on February 1, 2019 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to celebrate this year’s recipients of the Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA).
This year’s recipients included:
Published on: 8 Feb 2019
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP has appointed Hubert T. Lacroix (BCL’76, MBA’81), former president and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, as its strategic counsel.
Lacroix will take on the new role of strategic counsel and will assist clients with the development of business strategies, governance, long-term planning and major deals.
Published on: 5 Feb 2019
Leaders of the youth financial literacy program PennyDrops, Victoire Gekas (BCom’18) and Antoine Francoeur (BCom’18), join Salut Bonjour to share the strides they are making with their new French program, Jeunesse Enrichie.
Published on: 1 Feb 2019
Viktoria Machanova (BCom’99) joined PSP Investments in 2008 as a private-equity analyst and has since moved up to manager of private equity.
She sits down with the Montreal Gazette to shed light on her life working for one of Canada’s largest pension investment managers.
Published on: 1 Feb 2019
Hear from Eiko Takahashi (MBA'17), a graduate of the EQUIS-accredited McGill MBA Japan, as she reflects on the value of her experience in the program.
Applications for the next cohort beginning in April 2019 are now open.
Published on: 1 Feb 2019
On January 17, 2019, the McGill MBA Japan and the McGill Alumni Association of Japan held its annual McGill Forum and Shinnenkai at The Tokyo American Club.
Published on: 28 Jan 2019
Longueuil Police Chief Fady Dagher (EMBA’12) has announced the creation of a new intervention and support team for young people who have been or are at risk of being recruited into the sex trade.
Backed by $852,102 over the next five years from the federal government's crime prevention action fund, the team will target victims of sexual exploitation aged 17 and up.
Published on: 28 Jan 2019
Roohi Saeed (MBA’06), Head of Communications at Autodesk, is no stranger to travelling for business.
In a recent blog post, she shares her top five tips for making the most of your next business trip.
Published on: 28 Jan 2019
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