Congratulations to Laviva Mazhar (BCom鈥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.
A recent blog post by Steven Kramer (BCom鈥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聽improved employee engagement and retention, according to Kramer.
YouTube has tapped Martin Kon (BCom鈥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鈥檚 Technology, Media & Telecoms practice, based in BCG鈥檚 New York City office.
Congratulations to Jessica Delucilla (BCom'18), Audrey Langlois, Malcolm Sharpe, and Yu Wei Pan聽(BCom'18) who were awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship by the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program.
In the memory of Lionel Pelham Kent, CA, this scholarship was established in 1998 to recognize academic excellence and strong communication skills among students entering the final year of the GCPA program.
Sophie Boulanger (BCom'03), founder of retail sensation BonLook, dishes on her mentors and mantra for success, as well as the trials and tribulations of disrupting the eyewear industry.
Former Canadiens player and Desautels alumnus Mathieu Darche (BCom鈥00) has been announced as the Tampa Bay Lightning鈥檚 new director of hockey operations, bringing his rich experience in sports and business leadership to bear.
Howard Leibovich (BCom鈥90, BCL/LLB鈥94) Director of the Crown Law Office 鈥 Criminal, at the Ministry of the Attorney General in Toronto, has been appointed as Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, and a Judge ex officio of the Court of Appeal for Ontario.
Celebrated Canadian Olympian Jennifer Heil (BCom鈥13) knows very well the positive impact that sports can have on a girl鈥檚 confidence, personal growth, and success.
As VP Sport Development at viaSport, she is on a mission to ensure that stereotyping and discrimination are a thing of the past for women athletes.
Professor Karl Moore interviews Anna Chif (BCom鈥12), Co-founder and COO of Dialogue, as she shares more about her entrepreneurial roots, her drive to connect people with better care, and the value of creativity in her role.
Leslie Raenden (BCom鈥86, DPA鈥87), stepdaughter of the late Peter N. Thomson, a financial investor and co-founder of the Power Corporation of Canada, has made a $5.6-million gift to support Concordia鈥檚 Fine Arts Department and its emerging artists.
Raenden has made the gift to fulfill Thomson鈥檚 last wishes to support deserving artists and their creative endeavours.
Simon Marcotte L茅gar茅 (BCom鈥11, MBA鈥15), Senior Director, Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Financing at Raymon Chabot Grant Thornton has been selected by his organization to participate in the Grant Thornton Global Leadership Program, which will provide him with unique learning opportunities in Germany, Japan and Mexico next year.
Leaders of the youth financial literacy program PennyDrops, 痴颈肠迟辞颈谤别听骋别办补蝉 (BCom鈥18) and Antoine Francoeur (BCom鈥18), join Salut Bonjour to share the strides they are making with their new French program, Jeunesse Enrichie.
Viktoria Machanova (BCom鈥99) joined PSP Investments in 2008 as a private-equity analyst and has since moved up to manager of private equity.
She sits down with the Montreal Gazette to shed light on her life working for one of Canada鈥檚 largest pension investment managers.
With the launch of her latest Spring collection, Toronto-born聽designer Tanya Taylor (BCom鈥07) talks about her inspirations and future brand directions.
Taylor's collections are inspired by her travels and feature a colorful spectrum of fabrics. Color is often mixed with another favorite: bold prints, which first begin as a hand-painting.
Bernard Stotland聽(BCom鈥57), President of the Jewish General Hospital Board of Directors from 2009 to 2011, has been honoured with a 150th Anniversary Medal by the Senate of Canada, in recognition for his achievements as a leader at the hospital and his support for arts and cultural organizations in Montreal.