More than a decade ago, a group of 32 experienced leaders from diverse backgrounds began a journey that would mark the next decade of their lives.
Everyone who embarks on the EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal journey shows great courage by returning to school, but the participants of this first cohort were even more audacious. They could not count on the advice of the program’s graduates, nor could they see the potential impact that the program would have, as they were the first to go through it. They stepped out of their comfort zone and into the unknown, trusting the program directors and the reputation of the two great universities that joined forces in creating this groundbreaking program: McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montréal, affiliated business school of the University of Montreal.
In connection with the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA 10th anniversary celebrations, we asked some graduates from the first cohort the following two questions. Here are their answers: