Desautels scores win at CBS Case Competition 2017
Congratulation to Desautels undergraduates Amir Fawzy Guirguis,  Charles Lavoie-Aubuchon, Maria Power, and Samantha Simpson for winning the 2017 CBS Case Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as to Amir Fawzy Guirguis, in particular, for securing the award for Best Speaker.
Desautels alumnus to be honoured at SmartCEO Future 50 Gala
SmartCEO magazine has named asset management firm Star Mountain Capital to its 2017 New York Future 50 awards list. Star Mountain founder and CEO Brett Hickey will be presented with the award at the Future 50 Gala on March 16. Mr. Hickey was previously President of Aegis Capital Group and an investment banker at Citigroup.
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 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’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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s RSEQ championships, with 13 medals. Highlights included a sweep of the butterfly events by Samuel Wang and Kate Wist. Wang’s 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’s also the brainchild of Desautels Faculty of Management student Kilian Rosier, who got the idea while travelling in Asia — and who wanted a pair of shoes he could wear everywhere, from the beach to the café. 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 (BCom'95) has been named as one of the 35 Most Influential Women in Mid-Market M&A in Mergers & Acquisitions magazine’s January 2017 issue. She was also recognized in 2016, which was the list’s 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 McGill University, Desautels Faculty of Management. He is pursuing a double major in Finance and Information Systems.
Read full article: Shanghai Daily, January 26, 2017Â
Hi-Rise Capital Announces Appointment of Michael Kraft as Chief Executive Officer
Hi-Rise Capital Ltd. (“Hi-Rise” or the “Company”), a mortgage broker and administrator focused on funding high quality real estate development projects in the Greater Toronto Area, is pleased to announce today that it has appointed Michael Kraft as Chief Executive Officer.
Indigo announces CFO’s pending departure and appointment of interim successor
Indigo Books & Music Inc. (TSX: IDG), Canada’s largest book, gift and specialty toy retailer has today announced the forthcoming departure of Ms. Laura Carr, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, who will be returning to the UK for personal reasons following the completion of the Company’s 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 Jaimie Auger, Budd Newton, and Uros Milekic as new Partners, effective 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 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 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 Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) on January 1, 2017, succeeding James Cherry, who retires at the end of the year.
Rainville holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and is a chartered professional accountant (CPA). 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.Â
