In the race to produce masks amid the current health crisis, Montreal brothers Mark and Jordan Owen (BCom鈥�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.
Desautels alumna and vice president of RBC RH&N Kathy Fazel (BCom鈥�91) has received the Inspiration-Andr茅e-Corriveau Award from the Association des femmes en finance du Qu茅bec.
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.
Congratulations to Jason Binette-Adams (BCom'19), Alexandra 颁丑茅苍茅 (BCom'19), Sadaf Zaywari (BCom'19), Kriti Jain (BCom'19) and Saranjot Kaur (BCom'19) who were awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship by the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program.
We know that networking is crucial to career growth, and that university plays a key role in forming professional relationships. DesautelsConnect聽simplifies the networking process by making it easy for members of the #DesautelsFamily 鈥� students, alumni, staff, and faculty 鈥� to connect with one another.
Muriele Colimon聽(BCom鈥�14) shares with us her experience of meeting relevant alumni in her field and staying connected with the #Desautelsfamily through DesautelsConnect.
The first week of May marks the start of the GCPA program for a new incoming cohort of 48 students. Joining the cohort are 37 graduates from 香蕉视频鈥檚 very own Bachelor of Commerce graduates, seven Concordia graduates, and four from other Canadian universities. The cohort is comprised of 25 female students and 23 male students.
An additional 53 students will return to the program after completing eight months of work experience. They are entering their last semester in preparation for the National Common Final Exam, which they will write in September 2020.
Maya Gold & Silver Inc. has appointed Benoit La Salle (BCom鈥�76) as its new CEO and president, effective immediately. La Salle brings to the role more than 25 years of experience as a corporate executive of mining companies, most recently as the founder and executive chairman of SRGGraphite Inc.
As seasoned extroverts now navigating the challenges of working from home, Professor Karl Moore and Kathleen Garcia-Manjarres (BCom鈥�16) offers five practical suggestions to help extroverts settle into their new work environments.
In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Canadian freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Heil (BCom鈥�13) reflects on the determination and resilience that led her from the Canadian prairies to the Olympic podium.
Her drive has followed her into her career off-slopes, where she wants to provide opportunities and support for others to follow their own sporting dreams.
In 2008, McGill alumnus David Segal (BCom鈥�04) found success with his first entrepreneurial endeavour, DavidsTea. Recognizing diet as one of today鈥檚 biggest health issues, Segal鈥檚 latest calling Mad Radish aims to elevate salads from mere side dish to an exciting, flavourful meal.
For Segal, business is a vehicle for change, so for every order placed the company donates a serving of fresh vegetables to community food centres in Canada.
Members of the Desautels community came together on February 7, 2020 at the Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate this year鈥檚 recipients of the Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA).
This year鈥檚 recipients included:
Jennifer Heil, BCom鈥�13, Olympian, social innovator and activist (Young Alumni Achievement Award)
Leonard Schlemm, BCom鈥�74, Entrepreneur, Chairman, Steve Nash Fitness World & Sports Club (Lifetime Achievement Award)
Congratulations to Desautels alumnus Doug Allan (BCom鈥�08), who recently received聽an Early Achievement Award from the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
The award recognizes individuals who have distinguished themselves early in their CPA careers through professional achievement and volunteer service.
香蕉视频 alumnus and Managing Director of Caisse de d茅p么t et placement du Qu茅bec Martin Laguerre (BCom鈥�95) has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Genworth MI Canada Inc.
"We're delighted to have Martin Laguerre as a new member of the Board. Martin's experience and depth of knowledge will be invaluable to our organization," said David Nowak, Chairman of the Board of Genworth MI Canada Inc.
As a native Quebecer, the new CEO and president of Bell Mirko Bibic (BCom鈥�89) has big plans for the province, with a three-prong strategy aimed at increasing market share.
The Desautels Faculty of Management recently joined forces with RBC Future Launch and The Globe & Mail to deliver the free, online McGill Personal Finance Essentials course. Philip Fine from the McGill News sits down with Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Professor Benjamin Croitoru, and Caroline Paxton (BCom鈥�93) from RBC to share how they worked together to tackle concerns around financial literacy.
Silvana Travaglini (BCom鈥�88; GCPA'89) is set to take over as Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of pressure-treated wood provider Stella-Jones Inc. With a proven record of driving strategic change, Travaglini will manage Stella-Jones鈥檚 financial operations and provide leadership in business planning, budgeting, accounting, and investor relations.
