BCom student Huaide 鈥淚ris鈥 Huang reflects on the value she鈥檚 gained from the two-week 缅北强奸 Israel Study Trip.
Inspired by his studies in Entrepreneurship and Managing for Sustainability, Thibault Sorret (BCom鈥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.
After sustaining a series of injuries, 21-year-old BCom student聽Oc茅ane Fillion聽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 缅北强奸 and acting as a coordinator for the Quebec Snowboard Association.
At the height of her snowboarding career, Oc茅ane won a gold medal at the Canada Games in 2015 and a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in 2016.
What does it take to lead one of the world鈥檚 top consulting firms? Listen in as Professor Karl Moore talks strategy, impact, and industry trends with Scott McDonald (BCom鈥89), President & CEO of Oliver Wyman.
Alumna Genevi猫ve Maltais-Boisvert (BCom鈥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.
Mirko Bibic (BCom 鈥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鈥檚 strategic acquisitions, including the largest acquisition in Canadian telecom history with the purchase of Astral Media in 2013.
Sylvain Fortier (BCom 鈥87), Chief Investment and Innovation Officer for Ivanho茅 Cambridge, will work in tandem with newly appointed CEO Nathalie Palladitcheff to fill the void left by the company鈥檚 outgoing CEO.
Andy Nulman (BCom鈥83), Desautels Global Expert and Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Play the Future, dishes on what he鈥檚 learned from welcoming risk and taking on the supposed impossible.
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Driven to raise funds to improve the conditions of daycare centres in South Africa, Roderick Mackinnon (BCom鈥19) and Thomas Pr茅vost (BCom鈥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.
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.
Dan Park (BCom鈥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鈥檚 drink menu from the comfort of their home.
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.
Congratulations to Kiwon Choi (叠颁辞尘鈥19), Hugo Ouimet (BCom鈥19 鈥 currently in GCPA program) and Christopher Wolf (BCom鈥20), undergraduate scholarship recipients from the Ordre des comptables professionnels agr茅茅s du Qu茅bec.
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.