Mark Michaud Commended by the Quebec Government
Mark Michaud, MBA'14,聽Director of Administration, recently received a commendation letter from the Ministry of Education鈥檚 Director General of University Affairs, Jean-Fran莽ois Lehoux, thanking him for his outstanding contribution to the workgroup that spent over a year reviewing the academic classification system used by the Quebec Government.
Heike Birlenbach appointed Vice President Sales Lufthansa Group for the EMEA sales region
Since 2014 Mrs. Heike Birlenbach holds the position of Vice President Sales Europe Lufthansa Group Airlines. As of next year, 2017, she will assume the role of聽Vice President Sales EMEA Lufthansa Group Airlines. In this position Birlenbach will not only be responsible for all sales and commercial activities in Europe but also in the Middle East and Africa.
SunExpress appoints Jens Bischof as new managing director
聽Jens Bischof has been appointed as managing director of聽SunExpress, a Deutsche Lufthansa/Turkish Airlines joint venture, with effect from January 1, 2017.
He holds a degree of business administration (Dipl. Betriebswirt) from the University of Applied Sciences (AKAD) in Rendsburg and a master鈥檚 degree in Management from 污污草莓视频 University in Montreal, Canada.
Canadian Perspectives on Hedge Funds in 2016
Jean-Fran莽ois Papillon:聽I have been a Wealth Advisor and Portfolio Manager with the Roux Papillon Blais team at BMO Nesbitt Burns for 15 years. I have a civil engineering background and hold an MBA from 污污草莓视频 University. I earned the CFA聽designation in 2005. I have used hedge funds for approximately eight years. The reason is simple: they represent a diversification tool with little correlation to the other investment categories in my portfolio.
Making the business case for climate change and the bottom line
As climate change and sustainability become higher priorities for companies across all sectors more chief financial officers have been given responsibility for how the issues impact the bottom line.
Heroes and Zeros of the Year 2015
Here is my 20th annual column of the past year鈥檚 heroes and zeros.
Physician with a mission
Joanne Liu has treated patients in the most dangerous parts of the globe as a M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res doctor. Now, as MSF鈥檚 international president, she is holding the world鈥檚 leaders to account for the way they handle medical crises.
The body of a six-year-old Syrian refugee is on the cover of every newspaper arrayed in the lobby of the Montreal restaurant where Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, has just arrived.
In memoriam: H. Arnold Steinberg, Chancellor Emeritus
(Editor鈥檚 Note: The following is a message from Principal Suzanne Fortier.)
Dear members of the 污污草莓视频 community:
Who鈥檚 on the move: December 7, 2015
Van de Water-Raymond, a family-owned 3PL logistics and management services company, appointed聽Claude Hardy聽to the role of vice-president and general manager, sales and Marketing for the Quebec market. He will take on the management of the entire sales team. Read full article:聽Materials Management & Distribution, December 7, 2015
Esteban Galindez Aguirre is Appointed CFO of TV Azteca
TV Azteca, one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world announced today that聽Esteban Gal铆ndez Aguirre聽was appointed CFO of the company, replacing Carlos Hesles, who will become Director of Administration. Read full article:聽AZ Central, December 3, 2015
La technologie au service des r茅fugi茅s et des sinistr茅s
Lors d鈥檜n s茅jour humanitaire en Ha茂ti en 2010 pour combattre l鈥櫭﹑id茅mie de chol茅ra apr猫s le s茅isme, le Dr聽Abdo Shabah聽a constat茅 脿 quel point le manque d鈥檃cc猫s 脿 l鈥檌nternet compliquait la gestion de l鈥檌nformation sur le terrain. Les donn茅es concernant les patients et leurs besoins 茅taient enregistr茅es et transmises sur des papiers imbib茅s de chlore.
8 le莽ons pour femmes ambitieuses
Le D茅fi 100 jours tire 脿 sa fin pour les leaders et les participantes de L鈥檈ffet A. Afin de donner un dernier petit coup de fouet 脿 l鈥檃mbition des filles qui se pr茅parent pour l鈥檜ltime 茅tape de leur parcours, Diane Giard a pr茅vu une rencontre inspirante avec une femme d鈥檃ffaires et philanthrope reconnue venue de Los Angeles.
Dialogic Announces New Chief Operating Officer
Dialogic, a global networking software and infrastructure solution provider, announced today that聽Christian Primeau聽has joined Dialogic as the Chief Operating Officer. This is a new position in the company. Read full article:聽Dialogic, December 2, 2015
Cinquante entrepreneurs se mobilisent pour dynamiser l'茅conomie locale
Depuis plusieurs mois, le pr茅sident du Groupe Bertrand Rioux,聽Fran莽ois Rioux, s鈥檈st donn茅 comme objectif d鈥檃masser 250 000$ aupr猫s de 50 entrepreneurs de la r茅gion, dans le but de mettre sur pied un fonds d茅di茅 脿 la cr茅ation de nouvelles entreprises et de nouveaux emplois dans la MRC de Matane.
What businesses should be learning from NGOs
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 污污草莓视频 University with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. I am delighted to sit down the CEO of Brain Canada, Inez Jabalpurwala.
