Desautels undergraduates secure a win at PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian for winning the聽PRMIA Risk Management Challenge, marking a third consecutive victory for the Faculty. The team will advance to the International Risk Management Challenge in London, UK on April 7th, 2017 for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 USD.
Athenex names McGill alumnus as Chief Financial Officer
Biopharm company Athenex has tapped independent consultant and McGill Commerce alumnus J. Nick Riehle (BCom鈥�76) to join its executive suite as Chief Financial Officer, pending Board approval. Mr. Riehle brings a lifetime of experience to the position, having previously served as CFO of Chelsea Therapeutics and Haht Commerce. Before that, he spent 17 years at Nortel Networks, and cut his teeth as an analyst at IBM from 1977 to 1979.
CEO of the Year Futures Fund Scholarship
Congratulations to BCom student Stephanie Ng-Lun, recipient of this year鈥檚 Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year Futures Fund Scholarship. Award recipients from across Canada were present in Toronto this week to attend a leadership session and special reception held in their honor, as well as to participate in Canada鈥檚 Outstanding CEO of the Year Award Gala Dinner, which recognized Calin Rovinescu, CEO of Air Canada.
Student events and the McGill context
The McGill context can be a make-or-break thing when it comes to the University鈥檚 ability to take disciplinary action in the case of breach of the Code of Student Conduct at an event that is only peripherally McGill-related. In the latest McGill Tribune, Dean of Students Christopher Buddle points out that events held off-campus by faculty student societies (which are separate legal entities) may not be McGill jurisdiction.
McGill finishes second at RSEQ swim championships
Team captain and Desautels BCom senior Keelan Marks led a remarkable McGill swim team to a second-place overall finish at this past weekend鈥檚 RSEQ championships, with 13 medals. Highlights included a sweep of the butterfly events by Samuel Wang and Kate Wist. Wang鈥檚 medal count was two golds, one silver and one bronze, while Wist claimed three golds and a personal best in the 400 free.
McGill management student puts his best foot forward
Patara is a fairtrade, sustainably-produced shoe line made by a small factory in Thailand. It鈥檚 also the brainchild of Desautels Faculty of Management student Kilian Rosier, who got the idea while travelling in Asia 鈥� and who wanted a pair of shoes he could wear everywhere, from the beach to the caf茅. From there, it was just a small jump to the concept of a fairtrade travel shoe with the green production methods possible.
McGill alumna honoured by Mergers & Acquisitions magazine
Christine Tiseo聽(BCom'95) has been named as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A in Mergers & Acquisitions magazine鈥檚 January 2017 issue. She was also recognized in 2016, which was the list鈥檚 inaugural year.
SCIS grooming success stories as students excel
Florian Wong, Hongqiao class of 2016, IB score of 41
Wong is currently a freshman at 香蕉视频, Desautels Faculty of Management. He is pursuing a double major in Finance and Information Systems.
Read full article: Shanghai Daily, January 26, 2017聽
Hi-Rise Capital Announces Appointment of Michael Kraft as Chief Executive Officer
Hi-Rise Capital Ltd. (鈥淗i-Rise鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�), a mortgage broker and administrator focused on funding high quality real estate development projects in the聽Greater Toronto Area, is pleased to announce today that it has appointed聽Michael Kraft聽as Chief Executive Officer.
Indigo announces CFO鈥檚 pending departure and appointment of interim successor
Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX: IDG),聽Canada鈥檚聽largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer has today announced the forthcoming departure of Ms.聽Laura Carr, the company鈥檚 Chief Financial Officer, who will be returning to the UK for personal reasons following the completion of the Company鈥檚 third quarter results announcement in February.
In line with recent growth, FL Fuller Landau LLP Appoints Three New Partners
FL Fuller Landau LLP, a full-service chartered professional accounting and business advisory firm, is proud to announce the appointment of聽Jaimie Auger,聽Budd Newton, and聽Uros Milekic聽as new Partners, effective聽January 1, 2017.
Here are all the UK tech figures named in the Queen's New Year's Honours list
Imran Amed is founder and CEO of The Business of Fashion, the online news site for the fashion industry.
Amed started his site in 2007聽as a blog about the fashion industry, but it has become one of the leading sources of news in the fashion world. The site raised a Series A funding round in 2015 from investors including聽Index Ventures, LVMH, Carmen Busquets, and Felix Capital.
Aeroports de Montreal (ADM) Appoints new presidents and CEO from within
Philippe Rainville will become the new president and CEO of A茅roports de Montr茅al (ADM) on January 1, 2017, succeeding James Cherry, who retires at the end of the year.
Rainville holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from 香蕉视频 and is a chartered professional accountant (CPA).聽 He started his career as an auditor and financial analyst with an accounting firm, going on to hold similar positions at Provigo (Delixo) and Pepsi-Cola.聽
Philippe Rainville 脿 la t锚te d'A茅roports de Montr茅al
Apr猫s 15 ans 脿 la t锚te d鈥橝茅roports de Montr茅al (ADM), James C. Cherry prendra sa retraite 脿 la fin de l鈥檃nn茅e et il sera remplac茅 par Philippe Rainville, qui occupait les fonctions de vice-pr茅sident, charg茅 de gestion et de la r茅alisation du programme d鈥檌mmobilisations.
Broome Capital Inc. Enters into Option Agreement to Acquire KLR Property
Matthew Anderson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from 香蕉视频 and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 2008. Matt is a Senior Consultant with Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company that provides accounting and administrative infrastructure to junior public companies.
