Alan Desnoyers (BCom'85) a 茅t茅 promu vice-pr茅sident et directeur g茅n茅ral pour le Qu茅bec de BMO Banque priv茅e Harris. M. Desnoyers, qui dirigera une 茅quipe d'une centaine de personnes, sera responsable de la mise en oeuvre de la strat茅gie globale de cette entit茅 qui offre aux plus fortun茅s des services bancaires et fiduciaires, ainsi que des services de gestion de placement, de planification successorale et philanthropiques.
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Published on: 6 May 2013
The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance issued the following news release: Please take five minutes to view the of TELUS President & CEO, Darren Entwistle (MBA'88), who was interviewed recently by Hart Hillman, CATA National Leadership Council member, on the importance of innovation and mentorship to creating Canada's competitive innovation nation.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2013
Few people have the confidence to apply for a job - especially a high-level position - without meeting the main criteria for the role. But John Varley (IMPM'00) did and was offered the job.
He then suffered two or three sleepless nights agonising over whether to accept it.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2013
Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone鈥檚 life.
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Published on: 15 Apr 2013
The Women in Capital Markets Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Reynolds (MBA'98) as President, effective April 22, 2013.
... Ms. Reynolds received her MBA from 91社区, where she had earlier obtained a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Political Science. She is currently Chair of the Board of the Microskills Business Incubator. She is also a Director on the Board of Studio 180, and a member of Canadian Women in Private Equity.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2013
'Total Diving - Montreal Scuba', a PADI Career Development Center, is announcing the opening of a new dive shop to serve scuba divers in the East-End of Montreal.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2013
Azure Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage information technology and internet companies, announced today the opening of its Canadian office in Calgary, Alberta. Headquartered in San Francisco, Azure has extensive relationships in Silicon Valley, which it has leveraged by investing almost half of its funds outside of the Bay Area across North America over the past thirteen years.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2013
The Golub Group LLC is proud to announce the addition of two equity analysts to its research team: Michael Kon (MBA'04) and Matt Gordon, both CFA charterholders.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2013
Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG) announced that W. Brook Hamilton (BCom'78) has been named President of the William L. Bonnell Company (鈥淏onnell鈥�), effective June 1, 2013. Mr. Hamilton, who currently serves as Bonnell鈥檚 Director, Business Planning, will succeed Duncan A. Crowdis, who will retire June 1, 2013.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2013
芦Votre emploi ne devrait pas vous d茅finir, vous d茅finissez ce que vous faites, rappelle Tolulope Ilesanmi (MBA'05), cofondateur de l鈥檈ntreprise d鈥檈ntretien m茅nager Nettoyage Z茅nith. 脢tre homme de m茅nage ne me d茅finit pas, mais je le fais d鈥檃bord parce que j鈥檃ime 莽a.禄
C鈥檈st pendant ses 茅tudes au MBA 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 91社区 que le Nig茅rian d鈥檕rigine a eu la piq没re et o霉 l鈥檌d茅e de lancer une telle compagnie, avec la complicit茅 de sa femme Ibironke Oyekanle, a germ茅, parcours 茅tonnant s鈥檌l en est. Le point sur ce domaine des plus m茅connus.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
Anyone who鈥檚 experienced the absurdity and terror of being nearly run over by one of Montreal鈥檚 little sidewalk snowplows will certainly relate to the feature debut of screenwriter Marc Tulin (MBA'02).
Co-written with and directed by Tulin鈥檚 long-time creative collaborator Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais, Whitewash premieres April 19 at New York鈥檚 Tribeca Film Festival, with additional screenings April 21 and 27.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
Ann-Sophie Bettez (BCom'11), a 91社区 graduate and former BLG Award winner as athlete of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, has been selected by the CIS as their nominee for best individual female university athlete honours for the third annual FISU Gender Equality - Sport Awards gala.
As the Canadian representative of the F茅d茅ration internationale du sport universitaire, CIS has put Bettez's name forward as well as a nomination for the University of Victoria's "SheKicks" campaign, which has been nominated in the special projects category.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
Two Vancouver-based CEOs are among 10 Canadian bosses to receive top approval ratings by employees in a website survey.
Telus CEO Darren Entwistle (MBA'88) received an 84-per-cent rating 鈥� seventh overall 鈥� while Lululemon CEO Christine Day got an 83-per-cent rating, or ninth overall.
The two business leaders were rated on the website Glassdoor, a job and career site where employees anonymously dish on the pros and cons of their companies and bosses.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
MOOC, an acronym that's odd to pronounce, stands for Massive Open Online Course. In a nutshell, a MOOC allows free access online to top courses and teachers from elite universities.
"MOOCs are probably the most profound development in higher education in the past year," says Arshad Ahmad (MBA'81), an associate professor of finance at Concordia's John Molson School of Business. The experts envision classes of 100,000 students or more, from around the globe, taught by top professors with all the latest presentation tools.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2013
The Association of Supplier to the Paper Industry (ASPI) has awarded Alexander Toeldte (MBA'86), President and CEO of Boise Inc., with the ASPI 2013 Customer Executive of the Year Award.
The Customer Executive of the Year Award is the highest honor that ASPI bestows on an individual. It is granted to a paper industry executive who has demonstrated extraordinary effectiveness in working with a range of suppliers to enhance productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness of his or her company using a wide spectrum of supplied products and services.
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Published on: 26 Mar 2013
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