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EMBA alumna joins ranks of Hammerson as CEO

EMBA alumna Rita-Rose Gagné (EMBA’12) will be joining real estate investment trust company Hammerson as CEO and executive director at the end of this year.

Gagné has most recently served as president of growth markets for real estate company Ivanhoé Cambridge, where she was responsible for $7.6 billion of real estate assets across Asia Pacific and Latin America.

“The retail and real estate sectors are going through a period of unprecedented change which makes this a very exciting time to be joining the business,” Gagné comments.

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
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Published on: 1 Oct 2020

MBA alumnus Philip Jenkins pays it forward with leadership and diversity scholarship

“Talent is equally distributed across the population but unfortunately opportunity is not,” says Phil Jenkins, a Â鶹AV Engineering and MBA graduate who established the Philip Earle Jenkins MBA Leadership & Diversity Award in 2018 to create more business and management education opportunities for visible minorities.

“I started this scholarship because it’s my firm belief that access to education has always been and will continue to be a significant contributor to reversing the institutional inequities that have existed throughout time.”

Classified as: alumni, MBA Alumni, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Sustainability
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Published on: 18 Sep 2020

MMA students support Montreal Children’s Hospital during pandemic

Students from the Â鶹AV Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program recently teamed up with the Montreal Children’s Hospital to analyze telehealth services and plan personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies. As part of the program’s MMA Gives initiative, Omar Chehab, Katia Sory, Victoria McKeown and Kyle Gomes (MMA’20) gained meaningful experience helping the hospital plan and adapt to their new reality brought on by COVID-19.

Classified as: Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), MMA Alumni, Shoeb Hosain
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Published on: 25 Aug 2020

Desautels alumni appointed CFO of Patriot One Technologies

Alumna Karen Hersh (BCom’88) has been appointed as CFO of Patriot One Technologies. Hersh brings to the role more than 20 years’ experience in finance including several senior leadership roles, most recently serving as CFO for a global private equity company focused on cybersecurity technologies.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni
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Published on: 21 Aug 2020

Challenging systemic racism through entrepreneurship

Professor Karl Moore interviews Frantz Saintellemy (EMBA’20), the co-founder and chairperson of the Board of Groupe 3737, an organization set up to help members who identify as visible minorities start their own business. Saintellemy shares how he is challenging systemic racism through business incubators.

Classified as: Karl Moore, EMBA Alumni, Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Strategy and Organization, Sustainability
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Published on: 21 Aug 2020

EMBA graduates named in Poets and Quants’ Best & Brightest

Two recent graduates from the Â鶹AV-HEC MontrĂ©al EMBA program, and , have been named in Poets and Quants’ 2020 Best & Brightest EMBAs.

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, Â鶹AV-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), Sustainability
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Published on: 29 Jul 2020

EMBA student partners with Netflix to amplify voices of Black filmmakers

Fabienne Colas (EMBA’21), president and CEO of the Fabienne Colas Foundation, has announced new support for the program from presenting sponsor Netflix, in collaboration with National Bank, and the support of Canada Media Fund.

Classified as: Â鶹AV-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), EMBA Alumni, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Sustainability
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Published on: 23 Jul 2020

In conversation with valedictorian Elizabeth Chima

The Â鶹AV Reporter sits down with Elizabeth Chima (BCom’20), Valedictorian for the Desautels Faculty of Management. A recent graduate with a double major in Finance and International Management and a minor in Economics, Chima sheds light on life at Â鶹AV and finishing her degree during a pandemic.

“The Desautels Faculty of Management is a community of doers and truly a force to be reckoned with,” says Chima.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni, covid-19
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Published on: 13 Jul 2020

C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence awarded to GCPA student

Erin Janna (BCom'19, GCPA'20), student of the Graduate Certificate in the Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, has been selected among her graduating class as this year’s recipient of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence.

The prize, which is valued at $3,000, is named after Douglas Mellor, the first Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec, now the Ordre des comptables agrĂ©es du QuĂ©bec, and is awarded each year to honour Mellor’s enduring contributions to both Â鶹AV and his profession.

Classified as: Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA Program), GCPA Alumni, BCom Alumni
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020

Police departments in need of reform, says EMBA alumnus

Protestors across the world are calling for the dismantling of the police force, but for Longueuil police chief and Desautels alumnus Fady Dagher (EMBA’12), police departments need to be reformed to develop a culture of proximity within their communities.

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, Â鶹AV-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
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Published on: 1 Jul 2020

$1-million gift accelerates student mental health effort at Desautels

A generous donation from Gisèle and Neil Murdoch (BCom’81) has accelerated student mental health efforts at Desautels, creating a new Local Wellness Advisor position in the Faculty.

Classified as: Â鶹AV Giving, International advisory board, Liette Lapointe, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni
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Published on: 23 Jun 2020

New Montreal company joins race to produce reusable masks

In the race to produce masks amid the current health crisis, Montreal brothers Mark and Jordan Owen (BCom’16) and friend Sean Tasse founded Bien Aller, a mask manufacturer with a sustainable edge.

Professor Karl Moore speaks to the founders of Bien Aller about forming a business during a pandemic and how their business model aims to give back to the community.

Classified as: Karl Moore, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni, Strategy & Organization
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Published on: 12 Jun 2020

Desautels alumna honoured by the Association des femmes en finance du Québec

Desautels alumna and vice president of RBC RH&N Kathy Fazel (BCom’91) has received the Inspiration-Andrée-Corriveau Award from the Association des femmes en finance du Québec.

Fazel, whose finance career spans 25 years, credits her early career mentors with ensuring she never felt disadvantaged as a woman in a field still dominated by men. She is now inspired to give back through causes close to her heart.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni
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Published on: 8 Jun 2020

National Bank appoints EMBA alumna as Chief Information Officer

EMBA alumna Julie Lévesque (EMBA’16) has been promoted to Chief Information Officer at National Bank. Lévesque brings an abundance of experience to the table, having held various executive roles in IT at National Bank and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board across her extensive career.

Classified as: Â鶹AV-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), Â鶹AV-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), EMBA Alumni
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Published on: 29 May 2020

Protecting our frontline health workers

In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Dr Joanne Liu (IMHL'14) campaigns for the protection of frontline health workers, emphasizing the need for more personal protective equipment, psychological support, and transparency from government officials.

Classified as: International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL), IMHL Alumni, covid-19, Karl Moore, Strategy & Organization
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Published on: 28 May 2020

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