Josée Duplessis, a 2016 graduate of the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA, has been appointed to the position of Senior Director, Public Affairs - Canada, CN - the Canadian National Railway Company and its rail subsidiaries. Just 18 months after graduating, she has been able to achieve her objective: "I was drawn [...]
June 13th, 2017 at 6 PM: EMBA Panel on Governance Good corporate governance is of great value to organizations. There are many dimensions to good governance, including, among others, consideration of the different stakeholders of the organization, and contribution to its strategy, risk and performance management. Avec ce type de [...]
"You can be trained by the best communication specialists, read all the books on the subject and watch the best speakers in action, but if you really want to improve, you have to practice," says Michel Filion. “And that’s what Toastmasters focuses on." The McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA Program has been [...]
The McGill – HEC Montréal EMBA program aims to reduce the distance between the classroom and the organization, and between the classroom and the business community. The advisory board, launched in 2015, fits with this philosophy and helps to ensure that the program continues to stay connected to the realities [...]
Industrial Alliance recently welcomed Joe Argento, EMBA 2016, as Director of Construction and Technical Services, Real Estate Investments. One of his first tasks in his new role will be to assist and ensure standardization of project management and procurement procedures. "I think many aspects of my EMBA will be useful [...]
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) recently announced the new composition of its board of directors. Martin Carrier, Head of studio and founder of Warner Brothers Games Montréal, who graduated from the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA program last spring, has been appointed as Chairman. "I am pleased to join BAnQ's [...]
Guillaume Lavoie who graduated from the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA program this past spring, has gotten his second vote of confidence from his firm since starting the EMBA. In 2015, while he was studying, he was promoted to partner at Lavery, the well-know Quebec law firm in Quebec, where he has [...]
An example of the "reduction of the distance between the class and the working reality of EMBA participants" Daleyne Guay is a serial entrepreneur. When he began the EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal in September 2014, he started the development of his future venture: New Deal Brewery, a brewery dedicated to the [...]
What does it take to manage change? Les gestionnaires d’aujourd’hui font tous face, à un moment ou à un autre dans leur carrière, à une situation où ils doivent gérer le changement. Selon Roman Oryschuk, président du CA de la Fondation Evenko, ancien CEO de GE Capital Canada et de [...]