The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Sameer Deen, (BCom鈥�98), Senior Vice President of Univision Digital, as its latest Desautels Global Expert.
In his positions, Mr. Deen is responsible for establishing and leading the digital strategy of Univision Digital to reach new audiences by enhancing the user experience across UCI鈥檚 growing digital and mobile portfolio, expanding digital offerings and maximizing digital-linear TV integration.
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Miranda Keating Erickson, Vice-President, Markets for the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), as a Desautels Global Expert.
Guest Lecture in IT in Business with Diego Mastroianni
8:30 AM 鈥� 10:00 AM听Guest Lecture in Alternative Investments (FINE 455) with Prof. Jan Ericsson
1:00 PM 鈥� 2:30 PM听Guest Lecture in Derivatives (MMF Class - FINE 682) with Prof. Jan Ericsson
As business schools adapt their programs to address the grand challenges of our time, McGill鈥檚 Bensadoun School of Retail Management stands out as an initiative that will respond to the needs of a rapidly changing retail industry.
With many programs to be created at all levels over the next few years (Undergraduate, Masters, PhD), the School aims to equip students with the tools needed to succeed in an ever-evolving retail world,听explains Charles de Brabant (BCom'83), Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative.
Rima Qureshi (BCom鈥�87, MBA鈥�96), former president and CEO of Ericsson North America, has been named executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Verizon Communications Inc., effective November 6, 2017.
In this role, she will take over responsibility for the development and implementation of Verizon's overall corporate strategy, including business development and strategic investments.
Charles de Brabant (BCom'83), Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative, says that popular perceptions of a declining retail industry are misleading; the reality is actually far more complex.
If the industry is undergoing major transformation, it is also experiencing tremendous growth. One of the challenges, according to de Brabant, is that the change is occurring at such a fast pace. Today鈥檚 consumers are looking for efficiency and ease, along with an immersive and personalized experience; and some retailers simply do not have enough time to adapt.
Ann-Sophie Bettez (BCom'11) sat down to talk about her inspirations and the moments that defined her path toward becoming a professional hockey player for the women鈥檚 league of the Montreal Canadiens.
Above all else, she cites her family as a motivational source and credits her success to a lot of hard work.
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Plumpton College in East Sussex, UK has strengthened its wine business and production teaching team with the appointment of Lindsay Holas (BCom'12)听as wine business lecturer.
To this new role, Holas will bring extensive international marketing experience from her time working for Jascots Wine Merchant (UK), Domaine Select Wine Estates (USA), and Wine Intelligence (UK).听
Knight Therapeutics has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, as the company鈥檚 president and Desautels International Faculty Advisory Board member, Samira Sakhia (BCom鈥�90, DPA鈥�94, MBA鈥�01), takes on the additional responsibility of CFO.
In doing so, Sakhia will leverage her 14 years of prior experience as CFO for Paladin Labs Inc.
In response to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) put forward by the United Nations, Unleash 2017 assembled youth from across all continents to Denmark for ten days of untethered ideation to help resolve some of the world鈥檚 most persistent issues.
Podcasts have become an integral part of people鈥檚 daily media browsing, and the Business of Fashion鈥檚 Founder and Editor-in Chief, Imran Amed (BCom'97), is set to expand into this influential platform.
The BoF podcasts will comprise new and archival conversations with a cast of designers, executives and other industry insiders whom Amed has spoken to since the blog鈥檚 inception in 2007. The six initial episodes are currently available for download, with new content to be featured weekly moving forward.
Desautels alumna and Global Expert, Monica Ruffo (BCom鈥�86), has launched Well Told Health to respond to an alarming gap in the market for organic supplements that are made without any synthetic ingredients.
After considerable market research, which included partnering with a researcher at 香蕉视频, Ruffo has crafted supplements that are Non-GMO Project certified, vegan, and free of synthetics, fillers and isolates.
In the age of technology with growing emphasis on sustainable living, many in the fashion world, including Desautels Global Expert, Imran Amed (BCom'97), have questioned the continued prevalence of paper fashion show invitations.
It turns out that wastage permeates every facet of the fashion industry, from excessive fabric waste spurred by fast fashion, to unsustainable product packing.
D. Jennifer Rhee (BCom鈥�88, DPA鈥�89) has been named Chief Financial Officer at Loop Industries, a manufacturer of environmentally responsible Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG). Ms. Rhee has over 25 years of finance, accounting, international tax and management experience, having worked, most recently, as a partner with Richter LLP since January 2007.
