鈥淚鈥檓 not looking at fashion through a Canadian lens, or even a Western lens, but a global lens,鈥 says Imran Amed (BCom'97). Indeed, he doesn鈥檛 even look at it through the eyes of someone who grew up steeped in fashion. Mr. Amed started Business of Fashion as a personal blog while he was working as a management consultant with zero fashion training. Today, his London-based site is the go-to source for news-hungry glitterati.

West Vancouver-based PNG Gold has announced the appointment of Wesley Marstaller (BCom'05)聽as Executive Vice President of the corporation. Before coming on board at PNG Gold, Mr. Marstaller served in several capacities at the Macquarie Group, then as COO of the Rennie Group. PNG Gold CEO Greg Clarkes praises Mr. Marstaller, saying that his expertise will help with 鈥渂uilding the management group necessary to achieve the Company鈥檚 near and long term goals.鈥
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Northleaf Capital Partners has brought former Goldman Sachs banking analyst Simon Bibeau聽(BCom'15) on board to perform market research and asset management duties in its infrastructure team. Northleaf Capital is a Canadian private-markets investment firm with over $9 billion in private equity and offices in Toronto, Chicago, Menlo Park and London.
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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聽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聽Index Ventures, LVMH, Carmen Busquets, and Felix Capital.
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Knight Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: GUD) ("Knight"), a leading Canadian specialty pharmaceutical company, today announced that Samira Sakhia, former CFO of Paladin Labs Inc. ("Paladin"), will be joining the Knight team as President and member of the Board of Directors. In her new role, beginning on August 31, 2016, Samira will report to Jonathan Ross Goodman, CEO of Knight.
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Retailers are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On top of growing competition, retailers now have to deal with new, challenging regulations and rising wages. Many retailers are struggling to keep up due to their heavy reliance on traditional, manual and top-down employee management processes. Luckily, retailers are starting to realize that operating with such outdated processes won鈥檛 cut it anymore, and more companies are turning to tech-driven solutions to help lower labor costs, drive increased sales and reduce employee turnover.
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Van de Water-Raymond, a family-owned 3PL logistics and management services company, appointed聽Claude Hardy聽to the role of vice-president and general manager, sales and Marketing for the Quebec market. He will take on the management of the entire sales team.
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TV Azteca, one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world announced today that聽Esteban Gal铆ndez Aguirre聽was appointed CFO of the company, replacing Carlos Hesles, who will become Director of Administration.
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Cogeco Cable Canada is proud to announce that President and Chief Executive Officer聽Louise St-Pierre聽has been named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) 2015 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner. This prestigious distinction celebrates the incredible accomplishments of聽Canada's聽top female executive talent as well as their organizations and networks.聽Louise St-Pierre聽will be honoured in the Scotiabank Corporate Executives category during a gala celebration at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on聽November 26.