It was a three-podium finish for Desautels BCom students who competed in the Affaire de Cas case competition for second-year accounting students. Congratulations to the following students:
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Congratulations to the student-led Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) who received a Catalyst Award from the 9I制作厂免费 Office of Sustainability this week under the category of Sustainability in Connectivity & Governance!
The DSN seeks to promote sustainability as a profitable opportunity for businesses. Through various events, they aim to break silos between Faculties, connecting Montreal鈥檚 professional community with students in the BCom program and beyond.
Congratulations to BCom students Michael Amar, Tanya Gandhi and Babet Nieman who took second place in the final round of the Accuracy Business Cup, which unfolded in Paris in partnership with LVMH.
Desautels was one of six teams out of 100 entrants who were selected to advance. Thank you to Roman Celac and Peg Brunelle who contributed as coaches.
Professor Karl Moore and Kenza Bennis (BCom鈥�19) share takeaways from the eleventh edition of the Hot Cities of the World Tour, which brought 9I制作厂免费 students and alumni to Japan and Thailand to study business trends in the Far East.
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.
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media recently spoke at Place des Arts in Montreal about empowering fellow women to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions without qualms, particularly in the tech sector.
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.
Over a dozen 9I制作厂免费 students participated in Accuracy鈥檚 Business Cup (ABC) this semester, with one team of Desautels BCom students winning the Canadian final.
Babet Nieman, Michael Amar, and Tanya Gandhi are headed to Paris this week for the international final that will feature representation from six countries.
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.
Desautels BCom students Charlotte Gaillard, Monica Gudernatsch, and Anne Sophie Levee are the Canadian finalists in the 2019 L鈥橭r茅al Brandstorm competition, coming in victorious over 125 participating teams.
Paulo Caputo (MBA - Global Strategy & Leadership), Sandra Chang (MBA - Finance, Global Strategy & Leadership), Aditya Chinnakonda (MBA - Business Analytics),听Lo茂c Eloy (BCom - Managing for Sustainability), Maxime Lakat (BCom - Managing for Sustainability), Mari Claire Paoli (BCom - Economics), and Priscille Raynaud (B Arts - Political Science)听recently participated in the Finance & Sustainability Initiative (FSI) Awards Ceremony
As university admissions deadlines loom, La Presse looks at which programs attract the top student talent in Quebec, with 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Bachelor of Commerce having the highest entrance standards among undergraduate management programs.
Maria Della Posta (BCom鈥�85, MBA鈥�91), Senior Vice President of Pratt & Whitney Canada visited the Desautels Faculty of Management on February 19 to share her perspective on corporate leadership, the importance of adaptation amid technological advancement, and the rise of analytics in a business setting.
In conversation with four Masters of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, Della Posta also shared takeaways on the manufacturing industry and the future career landscape.
