The Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board also helps link the Faculty to their own global networks, connecting us to leading companies and executives who bring industry expertise into our classrooms, hire our students, and provide sponsorship and participants for our executive programs.
Vice-Chair
Mark A. Hantho (BCom'81)
Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory, Citigroup Inc.
Board members
| Rami Aslan (BCom'94, MBA'97) | CEO, Board Member & Investor |
| Alex Banh (BCom'93) | Partner at IPV Capital |
| Alain Bellemare (MBA’93) | President-International, Delta Airlines |
| Benoit Lacoste Bienvenue (BCL’00, LLB’00) | Partner, National Service Line Leader, Canadian Corporate Tax, KPMG Canada |
| Franca Ciambella (BCom’84) | CEO-Riau (Canada) Inc. and Lawyer/Advisor, Global Law Alliance |
| Robert Fetherstonhaugh (BCom'78, DPA'80) | President of Belvoir Investments Corporation |
| Anil Gondi (BCom’98) | Co-Founder, 6elm Capital |
| Mark A. Hantho (BCom'81) | Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory, Citigroup Inc. |
| Ali Hedayat (BCom’96) | Managing Partner, Maryana Capital |
| Roy Kabla (BCom’99) | Managing Director, Barclays Investment Bank |
| Martin Kon (BCom'93) | President & COO, Cohere |
| Elliot Lifson | Vice-Chairman, Peerless Clothing Inc. and Professor of Practice, Strategy and Organization, McGill University |
| David McAusland (BCL’76, LLB’77) | Senior Partner, McCarthy Tétrault |
| Neil Murdoch (BCom'81) | Former President, Ashton Hill Asset Management Inc. |
| Michel Pettigrew (BCom’76) | Executive Chairman, Ferring Holding Inc. |
| Rima Qureshi (BCom’87, MBA'96) | Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Verizon |
| Samer Saab (BEng'93, MBA'96) | Chief Executive Officer, eXplorance Inc. |
| Samira Sakhia (BCom’90, DPA’94, MBA’01) | President and Chief Executive Officer at Knight Therapeutics Inc. |
| Mark Smith (BCom'82, DPA'83) | President, Pandion Investments Ltd. |
| Steven Sonnenstein (BCom’96, DPA’98) | Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge Investment Management |
| David J Stenason (MBA’80) | Founder & Managing Director, Rempart Asset Management |
| Sharon H. Stern (BA'07) | President, Eastmore Management and Metro Investments |
| G. Richard Thoman (BA'66) | Managing Partner, Corporate Perspectives |
| Susanna Tisa (BCom’82) | Board member, Treliant LLC |
| Luce Veilleux (BCom'77) | President & Chief Executive Officer, ANAi Global Technologies |
| Gregory Vit (BCom’80) | Associate Professor (Professional), Strategy & Organization (Retired); Board Advisor, The John Dobson Foundation; CEO, Vit Innovation Thinking Inc. |
| Bill Webb (MBA ‘93, Dip Man'93) | Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Waypoint Investment Partners |
| Rody Yared | Managing Director, Trussbridge |
Lifetime members
| Aldo D. Bensadoun (BCom'64, LLD'12) | Executive Chairman and Founder, The Aldo Group Inc. |
| John Cleghorn (BCom'62, LLD'04) | Retired Chairman and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada |
| Marcel Desautels (LLD'07) | President & Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Credit Management Foundation |
| Paul Desmarais Jr. (BCom'77, LLD'12) | Chairman and Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada |
| David Laidley (BCom'67) | Chairman Emeritus, Samson Belair Deloitte & Touche |
| Donald Lewtas (BCom'75) | Former Managing Director, Onex Corporation |
| J. Robert Swidler (BCom'68) | President, J. Robert Swidler & Associates |
For more information, contact susanne.major [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Inquiry%20about%20the%20Desautels%20International%20Advisory%20and%20Advancement%20Board) (Susanne Major)
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