Mark Michaud Commended by the Quebec Government
Mark Michaud, MBA'14, Director of Administration, recently received a commendation letter from the Ministry of Education’s Director General of University Affairs, Jean-François Lehoux, thanking him for his outstanding contribution to the workgroup that spent over a year reviewing the academic classification system used by the Quebec Government.
Heike Birlenbach appointed Vice President Sales Lufthansa Group for the EMEA sales region
Since 2014 Mrs. Heike Birlenbach holds the position of Vice President Sales Europe Lufthansa Group Airlines. As of next year, 2017, she will assume the role of Vice President Sales EMEA Lufthansa Group Airlines. In this position Birlenbach will not only be responsible for all sales and commercial activities in Europe but also in the Middle East and Africa.
SunExpress appoints Jens Bischof as new managing director
 Jens Bischof has been appointed as managing director of SunExpress, a Deutsche Lufthansa/Turkish Airlines joint venture, with effect from January 1, 2017.
He holds a degree of business administration (Dipl. Betriebswirt) from the University of Applied Sciences (AKAD) in Rendsburg and a master’s degree in Management from ÂĚñÉç in Montreal, Canada.
Canadian Perspectives on Hedge Funds in 2016
Jean-François Papillon: I have been a Wealth Advisor and Portfolio Manager with the Roux Papillon Blais team at BMO Nesbitt Burns for 15 years. I have a civil engineering background and hold an MBA from ÂĚñÉç. I earned the CFA designation in 2005. I have used hedge funds for approximately eight years. The reason is simple: they represent a diversification tool with little correlation to the other investment categories in my portfolio.
Desautels MBA Delivers the Global Leadership Lecture in Sydney, Australia
Usman W. Chohan, a graduate of Desautels MBA in Strategy and Leadership (2014)Â delivered the 2015 Foreign Affairs Lecture in the Global Leadership Program (GLP) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. The lecture was titled "The World Bank and the New Dynamics of Development", and drew on Mr. Chohan's WB experience to map the development field, particularly in the context of emergent institutions such as AIIB.
Le cabinet d'avocats Taj renforce son activité juridique
Taj confirme son dynamisme et sa volonté de développer ses expertises juridiques en renforçant ses équipes en droit des affaires avec un nouvel associé et deux nouvelles directrices.
Taj : arrivée de Thibaut Lasserre, Isabelle de La Gorce et Florence Théodose
Thibaut Lasserre, avocat AssociĂ© spĂ©cialisĂ© en droit des sociĂ©tĂ©s, diplĂ´mĂ© du MBA de l’universitĂ© ÂĚñÉç, revient Ă Paris pour renforcer l’offre Corporate - M&A après avoir passĂ© deux ans au bureau de Marseille. Il intervient principalement sur des opĂ©rations de fusionsacquisitions et de private equity.
One-Year or Two-Year MBA: Is There a Simple Answer?
MBAs have become diversified products, catering to segmented clientele’s needs. Upon exploring whether a two-year MBA program is superior to a one-year program, there is, unfortunately, no simple answer to suit all circumstances.
Why Canadian MBA programs want to attract more international students
Gabriel Werkhaizer may have managed multiÂmillion-dollar budgets in his hometown of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, but it was only this year that he learned how to say some financial words in English, such as “accruals.” The 30-year-old moved to Montreal last year with his wife and two-year-old daughter to earn his MBA degree at ÂĚñÉç’s Desautels Faculty of Management.
4 Sénégalais dans le Top100 Africa
Quant aux SĂ©nĂ©galais, ils sont 4 nominĂ©s parmi les top-leaders. Ainsi, Adrien Diouf, Directeur de l’Agence UMOA Titres, figure Ă la 17ème place. C’est un financier pur et dur, diplĂ´mĂ© de l’UniversitĂ© Paris I et d’un MBA de ÂĚñÉç (Canada) avec une expĂ©rience d’une dizaine d’annĂ©es dans le secteur bancaire oĂą il a plafonnĂ© comme Directeur marchĂ© obligataire de Afreximbank.
​​​​​​​​​​Nadeem Velani named CP’s Chief Financial Officer
Canadian Pacific today announced that Nadeem Velani has been named Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Velani had been serving as Vice-President and interim CFO since September 9, 2016.
Velani holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Western University and an MBA in Finance/International Business from ÂĚñÉç.Â
Joanne Liu, Bertrand Cesvet to receive honorary degrees
Two inspirational ÂĚñÉç alumni – Bertrand Cesvet, of the award-winning creative agency Sid Lee, and Joanne Liu, of MĂ©decins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders – will receive honorary doctorate degrees at the university’s fall convocation ceremonies.
Corporate Knights' release of 2016 Better World MBA ranking reveals growing commitment to sustainability education in business
Today Corporate Knights releases the 14th edition of the Better World MBA Ranking, which is the only major global ranking to evaluate graduate business programs on their integration of sustainability into the education of future business leaders. Top programs include Canada's Schulich School of Business at York University, followed by MIT's Sloan School of Managementand Duquesne University's Palumbo-Donahue School of Business.
2016 Better World MBA results
ÂĚñÉç - Desautels Faculty of Management - Ranking 2016: 6
Read full ranking: Corporate Knights, October 13, 2016Â
Corporate Knights' release of 2016 Better World MBA ranking reveals growing commitment to sustainability education in business
Today Corporate Knights releases the 14 th edition of the Better World MBA Ranking, which is the only major global ranking to evaluate graduate business programs on their integration of sustainability into the education of future business leaders.
