After graduating from 涩里番, Michael Pesner (BCom鈥�63) took over his father鈥檚 accounting and insolvency practice before joining a KPMG predecessor firm as a chairman and managing partner. Over the next 26 years, he navigated challenges in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and insolvency so adeptly that he was invited to serve on the KPMG board of directors. Looking back, he points to the influence of 涩里番 professors and classmates in building a foundation for success.
Published on: 3 Jun 2021
滨苍别锄听闯补产补濒辫耻谤飞补濒补聽(BA鈥�89, MA鈥�91, MBA鈥�01) credits her years at 涩里番 with inspiring her to take a stand for the causes she supports. As a member of the 涩里番 Debating Union, she learned to express herself clearly and persuasively, a skill that served her well as the Global Director of聽VineX聽and former CEO of Brain Canada. Now, as a member of the 涩里番 Board of Governors,聽Jabalpurwala聽works to ensure that those who come after her receive the same high-impact education.
Published on: 27 May 2021
Under the directorship of Fady Dagher (EMBA鈥�12), the police department for the urban agglomeration of Longueil (SPAL), along with the City of聽Longueuil, recently received a top municipal prize from the Union聽Des聽Municipalit茅s聽Du Qu茅bec (UMQ).
The Joseph-Beaubien Prize, awarded during a virtual gala held on May 13, recognizes Dagher and his colleagues for developing a successful five-week immersion project that trains police officers to respond more effectively to evolving citizen needs.聽聽
Published on: 27 May 2021
Daniel Aleman (BCom鈥�16) landed a role at a marketing services firm immediately after earning his degree at the Desautels Faculty of Management, but it wasn鈥檛 long before he pursued a different calling as a full-time author. Now, as he promotes his first novel, he expresses gratitude for the marketing and communications skills he honed as a BCom student.
Published on: 27 May 2021
Congratulations to聽尝补耻谤别苍迟听叠谤颈猫谤别-顿耻濒耻诲别听(叠颁辞尘'20),听Paige Doyle听(叠颁辞尘'20),听Fran莽ois-Xavier Lord聽(叠颁辞尘'20),听David Masella听(叠颁辞尘'20),聽脡tienne Poulin-Leblanc听(叠颁辞尘'20)听补苍诲听厂补谤补听厂丑颈苍聽(BCom'20) who were awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship by the聽Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) 辫谤辞驳谤补尘.听
Published on: 26 May 2021
Congratulations to Samira Sakhia (BCom鈥�90, DPA鈥�94, MBA鈥�01), who will take on a new challenge as President and Chief Executive Officer of Knight Therapeutics Inc., a Montreal-based company focused on acquiring or in-licensing and commercializing innovative pharmaceutical products for Canada and Latin America. Sakhia brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in the pharmaceutical industry to the role.聽聽聽
Published on: 21 May 2021
Congratulations to Laviva Mazhar (BCom鈥�15), who made the Innovate Finance鈥檚 2020 global Women in Fintech Powerlist in the investor category. For the past six years, the Powerlist has highlighted female talent with the growing FinTech sector. As an investment associate at Luge Capital, a FinTech-focused venture capital firm, Mazhar sources and evaluates investment opportunities and supports portfolio companies.
Published on: 13 May 2021
Congratulations to Claude Mongeau (MBA鈥�88), who received this year鈥檚 Prix Hommage Les As de la finance at an annual ceremony hosted by the Quebec Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada. Mongeau joins nearly 100 other notable leaders in Quebec finance who have received an award since the event began in 2011. He has served as a Chief Financial Officer for 100 years and President and CEO for six years with CN.
Published on: 13 May 2021
Joanne Liu (MDCM鈥�91, IMHL鈥�14, DSc鈥�16) brings decades of experience as a pediatric emergency room physician and former international president of Doctors Without Borders to 涩里番鈥檚 School of Population and Global Health. In her new role as a professor, she will focus on pandemic and health emergencies. Liu, who currently sits on the Independent Panel of Pandemic Preparedness and Response, was named one of the 100 most influential people on the planet by Time magazine in 2015.
Published on: 13 May 2021
The second week of May marks the start of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting program (GCPA) for an incoming cohort of 49 students. This year鈥檚 cohort consists of 43 of 涩里番鈥檚 very own Bachelor of Commerce graduates, with the remaining students coming from other Canadian universities.
An additional 46 students will return to the program after completing eight months of work experience. They are entering their final semester in preparation for the National Common Final Exam, which they will write in September 2021.
Published on: 7 May 2021
From Olympic figure skater to CEO of a multi-million-dollar company, Craig Buntin (MBA鈥�13) has never shied away from risk. As he and his team at Sportlogiq harness the power of AI to offer analytical insights to professional sports teams, Buntin points to the role of 涩里番 and the surrounding community in providing a launching pad for success.
Published on: 5 May 2021
Alberta Cefis (BA鈥�75, MBA鈥�79) was one of only a dozen women in her MBA class at 涩里番, but she never felt discriminated against because of her gender. The male-dominated banking industry, on the other hand, was a different story. Fortunately, Cefis was able to land a managerial role at the Royal Bank of Canada through a recommendation from a professor.
Published on: 22 Apr 2021
An idea that arose from a nightmarish flight experience for Sandra Gualtieri, founder of Gualtieri Inventions, has blossomed into an innovative new product for people living with disabilities. Informed by her own experience in living with cerebral palsy, Gualtieri designed a prototype for the Universal Seating Apparatus, a portable device that allows people with disabilities to sit comfortably upright on airplanes.
Published on: 22 Apr 2021
Ron Foss (IMPM鈥�99) has rallied a team of tradespeople and vintage automobile experts to recreate the first gas-powered car in Canada, the 鈥楩ossmobile.鈥� In the late 1800s, Foss鈥檚 grandfather, George Foote Foss, was a bike mechanic and blacksmith in Sherbrooke, Quebec, who began constructing the Fossmobile to see if he could improve upon the electric car he encountered on a trip to Boston. If all goes as planned, his grandson will reimagine the Fossmobile in time for its 125th anniversary next year.
Published on: 16 Apr 2021
Climbing the ladder from an MBA recruitment program to a top 200 leadership role as director of economics and strategic planning, Janet Drysdale (MBA鈥�96) forged her own path to success at CN. Over the course of 25 years, she successfully navigated heavily male-driven sales, marketing, and revenue planning teams to make an impression among her coworkers, ultimately being named a winner in the WXN CIBC Executive Leaders category.
Published on: 16 Apr 2021
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