Alexis Haynes (BCom'08) had a degree from Desautels and a plan. Then life got in the way: in quick succession, her sister and father both fell sick, and her mother suffered a seizure that required brain surgery. Ms. Haynes fought through the stress to finish her first year of law school in England, and though her mother gradually recovered, her father passed away from his illness. Ms. Haynes nevertheless completed a postgraduate diploma and a Masters in international legal practice with distinction.
Published on: 28 Jun 2017
Desautels alumnus Yves Grou (BCom鈥�77, DPA鈥�78) has been appointed to Sama Graphite Inc鈥檚 Board of Directors, effective June 14, 2017. Mr. Grou has pertinent experience, which makes him a good fit for the position: he is on the boards of several companies that operate in the energy and natural resources sectors.
In 2013, he founded Algold Resources Ltd., where he serves as Executive Vice Chairman. Before that, he founded management consultancy firm Groupe Conseils Grou, La Salle, Inc. in 1980 and mining company Semafo in 1995.
Published on: 28 Jun 2017
According to an op-ed in The Chronicle Journal, Desautels alumnus Peter Cundill (BCom鈥�60) was an investor鈥檚 investor. He was inspired by Benjamin Graham鈥檚 investment philosophy, and used it to become extremely successful. He eschewed market trends in favour of weighing a company鈥檚 stock value against its liquidation value; he would check out the country with the worst-performing market of any given year, then place some money there against future recoveries; he was a true value investor, with the patience required to play the long game and make a killing at it.
Published on: 28 Jun 2017
Desautels alumnus Fadi Kassatly (BCom'95) has been promoted to senior VP for the Middle East and North Africa area of management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. He brings two decades鈥� worth of experience to the role, having worked previously as principal and VP at Booz, and as a management consultant at Deloitte. He also mentors B-School students and young entrepreneurs in the Middle East.
Published on: 21 Jun 2017
The 2017 inductees into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame have been announced. Since the Hall鈥檚 inauguration in 1996, there have been 139 inductees named; this year鈥檚 slate of six includes two Desautels alumni.
Published on: 20 Jun 2017
Jaclyn Ling (BCom鈥�14) writes for Betakit.com that the future of retail looks entirely different, and you can glance at what鈥檚 happening in the chatbot space to see where we鈥檙e headed. She points to chat apps with added payment functionality, as well as the development of brand-specific shopping chatbots, for proof that the future of shopping is mobile.
Published on: 15 Jun 2017
In a recent piece for Food NewsFeed, Desautels alumnus Josh Ostrega (BCom'98) says that today鈥檚 slumping full-service restaurant scene needs to get its groove back. Pressured on one side by fast-casual eateries and on the other by home-delivery apps, the traditional sit-down restaurant is in an uncertain place.
Published on: 13 Jun 2017
The former senior project director for Finance and Administration at the McGill Faculty of Medicine, Gracie Pardillo (BCom'89, DPA'91) is the new controller at Concordia University, replacing outgoing interim controller Lyne Bouret as of August 7. She comes to the job with almost 30 years鈥� experience in management, including over a decade in post-secondary education. She is a chartered professional accountant and certified as a fraud examiner and internal auditor.
Published on: 13 Jun 2017
In a recent piece for Retail TouchPoints, WorkJam鈥檚 Joshua Ostrega (BCom鈥�98) discusses the difference between millennials and Generation Z, and how employers should be prepared to mould their management style to suit this important and emerging workforce.
Published on: 8 Jun 2017
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Darshan Jain (MBA鈥�88) and Harsha Rajamani (BCom鈥�06) as its latest Desautels Global Experts.
Published on: 7 Jun 2017
Jamie Robinson (BCom'03) is in as the new CFO of Liberty Leaf Holdings, and is replacing outgoing CFO and Director P. Joseph Meagher.
Mr. Robinson is a chartered accountant with experience in auditing and financial analysis at Deloitte, Whistler Blackcomb, and Corinex Communications. He is joining a company that supports the cannabis sector on several fronts, including growing, research and supply-chain solutions.
Published on: 5 Jun 2017
Cannabis company INDIVA Corporation is actively navigating the process of becoming licensed to cultivate medical marijuana. As part of its business activities, the company has entered into a reverse-takeover deal with Rainmaker Resources Ltd., which includes equity funding of $15 million that is partly earmarked for helping INDIVA expand its production facilities.
INDIVA was founded by President and CEO Niel Marotta (BCom'96) who previously served as a resource-company executive and an investment banker. The new company aims to be listed on the TSX.
Published on: 5 Jun 2017
Philippe Johnson (BCom'92) is a newly-minted Managing Partner at the Montreal offices of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. But he could easily have gone down the business route.
In fact, he did: A love of finance first landed him at Desautels as an undergraduate, then moving on to work for HSBC in Vancouver.
So how did that turn into a law degree and a high-profile job at a key Canadian business law firm?
Published on: 2 Jun 2017
A two-person team from Quebec has brought home first place at the annual Championnat de d茅bat francophone at the 脡cole Normale Superieure in Paris.
One of the team members is Desautels student Djavan Habel-Thurton (BCom'17), who was VP of the First Year Council 2014-2015, as well as President of the Jeux du Commerce McGill in 2016.
Published on: 1 Jun 2017
On May 23rd, the Malaysia Canada Business Council鈥檚 25th anniversary Business Excellence Awards Gala took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur. This year鈥檚 awards recognized companies that have been transformative in the Malaysian market, and which have helped strengthen Malaysian-Canadian trade.
Published on: 26 May 2017
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