�山ǿ�� News - Women in Business

Poets and Quants celebrates �山ǿ�� MBA alumna for IWD

webfull — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:17:07 +0000

For International Women's Day last week, Poets and Quants spoke with a number of female business school graduates who have successfully started their own enterprises. Aurélie Hélouis (MBA’16), Founder and CEO of infinityQ, a quantum analog computing start-up, shared how her time at Desautels helped her discover how to apply the skills she acquired as a former senior officer and CTO in the French Navy to her entrepreneurial endeavours and develop her own business.

Published: 15 March 2022

Celebrating accomplishments of women within the Desautels community

webfull — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:18:29 +0000

On International Women’s Day we highlighted some of the outstanding and accomplished women within the Desautels community, who positively impact our students through their teaching, research, guidance, or mentorship.

Published: 10 March 2022

The gift of service

webfull — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:10:44 +0000

Soon after the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, Laura Parny Germain (BEng’15, MBA’21) moved from Port-au-Prince to Montreal with a deep resolve to use her education for the benefit of others. With engineering and MBA degrees from �山ǿ�� under her belt, she looks forward to working toward socially and environmentally sustainable solutions to the challenges her hometown faces.

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Published: 5 November 2021

Graduate spotlight: Kelly Gonzalez, MBA ’21

webfull — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:07:54 +0000

Poets&Quants recently featured Kelly Gonzalez (MBA’21) on its “2021 MBAs to Watch” list. In one of the highlights of her Desautels tenure, Gonzalez served as the president of Marketing Club. In this capacity, she teamed up with the Desautels Graduate LBGTQ+ Association to launch the first edition of the Desautels Business Challenge, a case competition focused on improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

Gonzalez will soon take on a new challenge in the Customer and Marketing unit of Deloitte’s Vancouver office.

Published: 8 July 2021

Desautels alumna becomes President & CEO of Knight Therapeutics Inc.

webfull — Fri, 21 May 2021 17:42:37 +0000

Congratulations to Samira Sakhia (BCom’90, DPA’94, MBA’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.

Published: 21 May 2021

Leading the field in food production sustainability

webfull — Thu, 13 May 2021 14:37:34 +0000

Jaquelynn Mateluna (MBA’21) is featured in Poets and Quants’ 2021 ‘Best and Brightest’ list for her commitment to advancing sustainability in local food production. As Chief of Staff for Lufa Farms, an urban farm-to-table e-commerce platform based in Montreal, the British Columbia native has played an instrumental role in supplying fresh, responsibly-sourced food to more than 20,000 families during the pandemic.

Published: 13 May 2021

Global banking executive gives back to her alma mater

webfull — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:18:44 +0000

Alberta Cefis (BA’75, MBA’79) was one of only a dozen women in her MBA class at �山ǿ��, 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: 22 April 2021

MBA alumna shapes agenda at CN

webfull — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:41:13 +0000

Climbing the ladder from an MBA recruitment program to a top 200 leadership role as director of economics and strategic planning, Janet Drysdale (MBA’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: 16 April 2021

MBA students emphasize importance of women in business

webfull — Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:49:13 +0000

Current MBA students Vivianne Yao and Emily Gogarty reflect on the importance of women in business, and their motivation for starting an advanced degree while at the top of their respective fields.

Published: 1 April 2021

MBA alumna credits �山ǿ�� connections for success

webfull — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:02:34 +0000

Aliénor Armand-Linot (MBA’17) was building her career in investment banking on Wall Street when she made the decision to join �山ǿ��’s MBA program in 2015.

After gaining a new set of skills and experiences thanks to mentors like Professors Jay Hewlin and Elliot Lifson, she went on to become a Director in the Natural Resources group at PSP Investments.

Published: 26 March 2021