MBA students at the Desautels Faculty of Management benefit from the integration of industry experts in management education. We offer a number of exciting activities, including:
Executives in Residence
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| CEOs and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies share their vast industry and leadership experience, while providing one-on-one mentorship to students. |
| Mr. Paul Desmarais Jr. |
Chairman and Co-CEO, Power Corporation |
| Mr. Richard Evans |
Chairman, AbitibiBowater; Past President and CEO, Alcan Inc. |
| Mr. Stephen Jarislowsky |
CEO, Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. |
| Mr. Raymond Royer |
Corporate Director, Great-West Lifeco; Past President and CEO, Domtar Inc. |
| Mr. Paul Tellier |
Corporate Director, BCE Inc; Past President and CEO, Bombardier Inc. and Canadian National Railway Co. |
Guest Lecturers and Speakers
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| A variety of high-profile industry experts are also invited as guest lecturers and at special events, providing students with an additional learning component to the classroom. Some guest lecturers have included: |
| Sir Richard Branson |
Virgin Group |
| Robert Brown |
Former CEO, Bombardier; CEO and Board Member, BCE; Chairman, Aeroplan Group |
| Alberta Cefis |
(BA'75, MBA'79) Executive VP and Head Global Transaction Banking, Scotiabank |
| Jacynthe Côté |
CEO, Rio Tinto Alcan |
| Phillip Crawley |
CEO and Publisher, The Globe and Mail |
| Joseph Iannicelli |
CEO, Standard Life Canada |
| Andrew Molson |
Vice Chairman, Molson Coors; Co-owner of the Canadiens |
| Mike Roach |
CEO, CGI |
| Calin Rovinescu |
CEO, Air Canada |
| Bob Seelert |
Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi |
| Phillipe Trudeau |
CEO, Trudeau Corporation |
Entrepreneurial Leadership (The Peter Brojde Endowment)
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Through exposure to the personal histories of extraordinary leaders in more than a dozen fields, and through the interaction with professors and administrators from other McGill Faculties, students will learn first-hand how different styles of management adapt to and contribute to evolving careers.
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| Sandra Ainsley |
Establisher of Hazelton Lanes Gallery in Toronto; leading expert in the glass community |
| Dr. William Barakett, CM |
Director of the Dep. Of General Medicine at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital |
| Tim Brodhead |
CEO, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation; Officer of the Order of Canada |
| Ronald Corey, CM |
1982-1999 President of the Montreal Canadiens; President and CEO, Carling O'Keefe |
| Roméo Dallaire, OC, OQ |
Member of the UN Secretary General Board on Genocide; Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy in Harvard Fellow at the Montreal Institute of Genocide Studies Concordia; recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal; Grand Officer of the Order of Québec; Governor General; former Officer in the Order of Canada |
| Chief Billy Diamond, OQ |
Former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees; former President, Air Creebec; President of the Cree Niskamoon, Diamond Sylvico and Waska Resources; Member of the Order of Québec |
| Jake Eberts, OC |
1976 Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co (London, England); Founder of Goldcrest Films in 1977; Chairman of the National Geographic Films; Officer of the Order of Canada since 1992 |
| Yves Fortier, CC, OQ |
1989-90 Canada's Representative to the UN Security Council; 1984-89 a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA); 1988-92 Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN; in October 1989 President of the Security Council; 1998-2001 President of the London Court of International Arbitration. |
| Marc Garneau, CC |
Canada's 1st astronaut in space in 1984. President of the Canadian Space Agency; MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie in 2008 |
| Hon. John Gomery |
Member of the Bar since 1957; 1999-2004 Chairman of the Copyright Board; President of the Comité Général des Juges de la Cour supérieure du Québec; President of the Family Law Committee from 1983 to 1993 and has been a member of the Rules of Practice Committee |
| John Hobday, CM |
2003-06 Director of The Canada Council for the Arts |
| Monte Hummel, OC |
Co-founder of Pollution Probe, builder and President of World Wildlife Fund (Canada) |
| Patrick Kenniff |
Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs 1979-84; Rector & Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University in 1984; President of Kenniff & Racine |
| Dr. Daniel Levitin |
Former President of 415 Records/Columbia Records (Sony Music) |
| Dr. Maurice McGregor |
Prof. Emeritus in Medicine; a Chair of the Technology Assessment Unit of the McGill University Health Center |
| Richard Pound, OC, OQ |
5 years as Chair of the Board of Governors of McGill, 1999-2009 McGill's Chancellor; member of the Olympic Committee; Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999-2007. |
| Hon. Pierrette Rayle |
Former Judge of the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal of Québec |
| The Rev. Bruce Stavert |
Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada since 2004; active in both Provincial Synod and General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada |
