Chantal Souligny (IMHL’14) has been selected as the new Director of Nursing for the ۲ݮƵ University Health Centre (MUHC), effective March 19, bringing considerable experience in the health care sector to the role.
Apollo Music Store, founded by Philippe-Aubert Messier (EMBA’13) is embarking on a new venture through the introduction of a web application, which will allow users to search a growing repertoire on Canadian and international music through a refined music keyword search, among other features.
Hugo Delorme (EMBA’16), Director of Corporate Services at CN has been recently named a Board Member for Loto-Québec.
For a third consecutive year, Altrum de Saint-Martin has been recognized among the best managed private enterprises in Canada – an honour that its General Director, Louis-David Bourque (EMBA’11), is especially proud of.
If Mathieu Darche (BCom'00) accomplished his life-long dream of playing hockey in the NHL years ago, his current experience as Vice-President, Sales and Marketing (Canada) for Delmar International is no less thrilling.
He recently sat downwith Le Journal de Montréal to talk about his current career aspirations, how his ۲ݮƵ degree continues to serve him well, and his personal life as a family man.
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Jean-Claude Tshipama (EMBA’16) has been appointed CEO Broadband for Eutelsat SA overseeing Africa.
His latest position builds on his international experience in business development, marketing, as well as sales and distribution, particularly in Africa, North America, Europe and the Pacific region.
Most recently, he was Managing Director at Canal+ RDC and served as Chief Executive Officer of Zympala Inc.
Since the 1980’s, Groupe Deschênes has secured 29 acquisitions to establish itself as the main Canadian distributor of plumbing, heating, electrical, water, and sewer supplies.
Building on its history, François Deschênes (EMBA’10), the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Deschênes Inc., has guided the company toward one of its most pivotal acquisitions to date - Corix Infrastructure.
Coinciding with International Women’s Day, Radio-Canada featured EMBA alumna Manon Jeannotte (EMBA’ 16), Chief of Gespeg and the recipient of the EMBA program’s inaugural scholarship for indigenous managers, to discuss the path to reconciliation and her role in politics.
The Desautels Faculty of Management is delighted to recognize members of its community who have recently received awards of excellence.
Please join me in congratulating them for their continued and inspiring commitment to Desautels and ۲ݮƵ.
Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou
Dean & Professor of Finance
Desautels Faculty of Management
Ian Shaffer, BCom’96, President and CEO at Galliant Advisors
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
Mr. Shaffer guest lectured with our Honours in Investment Management students. He discussed his career path since graduating from ۲ݮƵ and his decision to found Galliant Advisors.
He talked about his firm’s investment approach and their expertise in US stock picking. Finally he gave a few investment examples including; Wyndham Worldwide, McDonald’s and Amazon.
Sarah Neilson, MBA’04, Portfolio Manager at RBC Global Asset Management
Monday, March 12th, 2018
Guest Lecture with MBA students in Modern Corporate Finance and BCom students in Corporate Finance – both with Sujata Madan
Aspire Food Group, a manufacturer of food products made from crickets co-founded by former MBA studentMohammed Ashour, announced that it has acquired Exo, a producer of protein bars made from crickets.
According to Ashour, “There was such a great meeting of minds it very quickly evolved into Aspire acquiring Exo. The synergy and logic just make sense”.
The former Cisco Systems CEO, John Chambers, has emerged as a public advocate for the Aspire Food Group’s edible cricket foods.
What’s more, he has pledged to invest in the promising company co-founded by former Desautels MBA studentMohammed Ashour. For the record, his favorite flavor is sea salt and vinegar.
Benny Cohen, BCom’82 , President and CEO, KPI Digital Solutions & Lewise Hiltz, Head of Digital Marketing at KPI Digital Solutions
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
Guest Lectures in Customer Insights (MRKT 657) with Prof. Ash Mukherjee
Mr. Cohen & Ms. Hiltz guest lectured in Customer Insights with the MBA students here at ۲ݮƵ. Their presentation focused on the power of data but more importantly, how to analyze and effectively develop business solutions through proper use and understanding of data.