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On May 23rd, the Malaysia Canada Business Council’s 25th anniversary Business Excellence Awards Gala took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur. This year’s awards recognized companies that have been transformative in the Malaysian market, and which have helped strengthen Malaysian-Canadian trade.

Classified as: BCom Alumni
Published on: 26 May 2017

HEC Montreal Associate Professor Cyrille Sardais recently led a panel on leadership and management in today’s business world, specifically seen from a female perspective.

The panel was made up of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Montréal EMBA alumni Geneviève Comtois (EMBA'12), who is a director at Shell International, Guylaine Bergeron (EMBA'13), who is a director at the CBC, and TD Direct Investing Associate VP Francine Laurin (EMBA'11).

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 24 May 2017

UbiMobility is a program run by Bpifrance and Business France to give companies in the connected and autonomous car space a leg up in the United States. The program can boast several successes: Of the 16 startups from the 2015 and 2016 editions, 11 have opened US operations.

Among the 2017 startups, is CS Communications and Systems Canada, which is developing a software validation method for embedded systems that promises to reduce testing costs and speed up the process.

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 24 May 2017

A Montreal Gazette op-ed co-authored by Just For Laughs co-founder (and Desautels Global Expert) Andy Nulman (BCom'83) makes the case that the new lights on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, which were switched on for the first time on May 17th for Montreal’s 375th birthday, will help remake the bridge as a city landmark on par with the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Desautels Global Experts, Andy Nulman
Published on: 18 May 2017

Andrea Courey (BCom’82) was newly divorced, with three kids to feed and no money in the bank when she started Grandma Emily’s Granola. She credits her BCom education with giving her the tools she needed to get through the early days of her business, but notes that real-world experience is a very different thing than classroom knowledge.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Gregory Vit, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Published on: 17 May 2017

Dire predictions about the impending robot-worker invasion abound. It seems like every day, academics and other thought-leaders trot out statistics about how many jobs are going to be vaporized by technology.

Well, new research from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation suggests otherwise. While not all jobs are safe, there are many tasks that robots just can’t do — and technology also creates jobs, though admittedly not as many as it eliminates.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Desautels Global Experts, Brian Fetherstonhaugh
Published on: 17 May 2017

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has announced the slate of 2017 director nominees to be voted on at the annual meeting, which will be in Toronto on June 21, 2017. Among the list of nominees is Charles B. Main (BCom’79), who has three-decades of mining and finance experience, including positions at Yamana Gold, Normandy Mining, TVX Gold and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Classified as: BCom Alumni
Published on: 12 May 2017

J. Pearce BuntingÌý (BCom'52) grew up during the Great Depression, then rose through the ranks of his father’s brokerage firm to become president in 1967. Ten years later, he became president of the TSX and modernized the operation by introducing a computerized trading system.

The technology was immensely unpopular with old-guard floor traders, but times were ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ—and Mr. Bunting is now remembered as having been good for the exchange. Patrick Mars, who ran Bunting’s old company, said that “Under his watch the exchange prospered and did well.â€

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 11 May 2017

Lebanon native Fady Dagher (EMBA'12) has lived in Montreal since 1986. When he took over from Denis Desroches as chief of the Longueuil police in February, many on the south shore force didn’t want another Montrealer in charge.

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
Published on: 11 May 2017

Rima Qureshi (BCom'87, MBA'96) knows all about learning to adapt. In an interview with Desautels Professor Karl Moore, she says that as a highly analytical, self-contained decision-maker, her position as senior VP and North American head of Ericsson has taught her the importance of listening, getting others involved in decision-making early, and finding a common position to build on.

Classified as: Karl Moore, Strategy & Organization, BCom Alumni, MBA Alumni, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 11 May 2017

Deron Triff (MBA'98) has had an enviable career; he’s worked for PBS, TED, and Scholastic. Now, he’s founded a new media incubator with another former TED executive, June Cohen.

Wait, What? specializes in creating VR series, apps, and video for social media. The company’s latest creation is a 10-episode podcast called Masters of Scale. Each episode sees host and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman explore the ways that iconic founders grew their companies into major players, often from nothing.

Classified as: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, MBA Alumni, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Published on: 9 May 2017

On May 2nd, 300 guests gathered at Montreal’s Omni Mont-Royal Hotel for this year’s ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Alumni Association Awards. All told, 17 members of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ community were honoured for outstanding service to the university and society.

Desautels International Advisory Board member Mark A. Hantho (BCom’81) and his wife, Monica (BEd’81), were given the Award of Merit, in part for service to the Desautels Faculty of Management and for setting up the Hantho Family Fund for Sustainability and Environmental Management.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, International advisory board, Mark Hantho
Published on: 5 May 2017

After four years as VP and Director at Valeurs Mobilières Desjardins, Luc Papineau (BA’81, MBA’91) thinks it’s time to kick his game up a notch by doubling VMD’s Montreal-area advisors and diving further into the opportunities offered by the allophone market.

Classified as: MBA Alumni, Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Published on: 4 May 2017

Michael Boychuk (BCom'77, DPA'78) is the new Chair of the Advisory Board at Fengate Real Asset Investments, a board that he’s been on since 2014. Mr. Boychuk’s experience in capital markets is an asset at a time when Fengate is undergoing a period of huge growth. He served as Senior VP Treasurer at BCE until 2009, then President and CEO at Bimcor until 2015.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Michael Boychuk, International advisory board
Published on: 4 May 2017

The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Brahm Spilfogel (BCom’91), Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Canadian Equities at RBC Asset Management Inc.,Ìý as a Desautels Global Expert (DGE).
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Mr. Spilfogel has worked in the financial-services industry since 1991. In 1993, he joined RBC, where he worked as a portfolio manager in the Private Client group and later moved to RT Investment Counsel to concentrate on portfolio management.
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Classified as: BCom Alumni, Desautels Global Experts, Brahm Spilfogel
Published on: 2 May 2017

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