BCom student Huaide “Iris” Huang reflects on the value she’s gained from the two-week McGill Israel Study Trip.
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Published on: 8 Oct 2019
Inspired by his studies in Entrepreneurship and Managing for Sustainability, Thibault Sorret (BCom’18) has accepted a management role at a Montreal-based urban agriculture company. Lufa Farms, co-founded by alumna Lauren Rathmell, uses hydroponics to grow pesticide-free vegetables, fruits, and other plants for 17,000 local customers.
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Published on: 30 Sep 2019
After sustaining a series of injuries, 21-year-old BCom student OcĂ©ane Fillion has officially retired from competitive snowboarding. While she vows to hit the slopes as often as she can, the former Slopestyle and Big Air champion will focus on earning a business degree at Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and acting as a coordinator for the Quebec Snowboard Association.
At the height of her snowboarding career, Océane won a gold medal at the Canada Games in 2015 and a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2016.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2019
What does it take to lead one of the world’s top consulting firms? Listen in as Professor Karl Moore talks strategy, impact, and industry trends with Scott McDonald (BCom’89), President & CEO of Oliver Wyman.
Published on: 17 Sep 2019
Alumna Geneviève Maltais-Boisvert (BCom’05) will leverage 15 years of experience in global infrastructure funds management in her new role as Principal on the investment team of Digital Bridge Holdings, LLC. The Florida-based firm invests in companies that enable greater mobile and internet connectivity.
Published on: 13 Sep 2019
Mirko Bibic (BCom ’89) will succeed George Cope as the next President and CEO of Bell Canada next January.
Since he joined Bell Canada in 2004, Bibic has played a pivotal role in the company’s strategic acquisitions, including the largest acquisition in Canadian telecom history with the purchase of Astral Media in 2013.
Published on: 20 Aug 2019
Sylvain Fortier (BCom ’87), Chief Investment and Innovation Officer for Ivanhoé Cambridge, will work in tandem with newly appointed CEO Nathalie Palladitcheff to fill the void left by the company’s outgoing CEO.
Published on: 19 Aug 2019
Andy Nulman (BCom’83), Desautels Global Expert and Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Play the Future, dishes on what he’s learned from welcoming risk and taking on the supposed impossible.
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Published on: 1 Aug 2019
Driven to raise funds to improve the conditions of daycare centres in South Africa, Roderick Mackinnon (BCom’19) and Thomas Prévost (BCom’20) have just set off on a seven-day hike up Mount Kilimanjaro. You can support their initiative by visiting their fundraising page, Kili for Kids.
Published on: 25 Jul 2019
In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Robby Hoffman speaks about being an insider-outsider and how she went from studying accounting to pursuing her comedy dreams.
Published on: 25 Jul 2019
Dan Park (BCom’03), General Manager of Uber Eats Canada, comments on the much-anticipated Canadian partnership between Starbucks and UberEats, which will give customers full access to the coffee chain’s drink menu from the comfort of their home.
Published on: 16 Jul 2019
Congratulations to Laviva Mazhar (BCom’15), Investment Analyst at Luge Capital, who has been named among the top 50 women in FinTech for 2019 according to the Digital Finance Institute.
Published on: 16 Jul 2019
A recent blog post by Steven Kramer (BCom’97), CEO at WorkJam, explores how technology can be leveraged to avoid the pitfalls of managerial favoritism in the workplace. The benefits of doing so would be manifold, including improved employee engagement and retention, according to Kramer.
Published on: 9 Jul 2019
Congratulations to Kiwon Choi (µţ°ä´Çłľâ€™19), Hugo Ouimet (BCom’19 – currently in GCPA program) and Christopher Wolf (BCom’20), undergraduate scholarship recipients from the Ordre des comptables professionnels agrĂ©Ă©s du QuĂ©bec.
Published on: 2 Jul 2019
YouTube has tapped Martin Kon (BCom’93), who has worked as a tech, media, and telecoms consultant for more than two decades, as its new VP of Strategy, effective June 24, 2019.
Kon joins YouTube from Boston Consulting Group, where he was a senior partner and managing director in the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecoms practice, based in BCG’s New York City office.
Published on: 27 Jun 2019
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