Nathalie Langlois was recently appointed to the marketing team at Lassonde. She joins the team with the winning combination of an advertising background and extensive experience in the food industry. Among others, Nathalie spent 5 years at the Saputo group as deputy brand and marketing manager, as promotion, [...]
Jason is passionate about environmental issues and addressing climate change. An engineer with a public policy background, he is keenly aware of the scale of the environmental challenges we face and the limited time to address them. “We now know that simply reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will [...]
Dominique Mathieu (current EMBA McGill-HEC Montreal participant in the class of 2021) was recently promoted to Vice President, Counsel for Pratt & Whitney Canada and Corporate Secretary for Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. In this role, Dominique will provide leadership and management direction to Pratt & Whitney Canada, [...]
In the BMO Entrepreneurs category recognizing women who own and operate thriving businesses, Kate was chosen for the work as Founder and CEO of Kids Code Jeunesse. Kate Arthur leads Kids Code Jeunesse, a charity that mobilizes communities to build a better future through digital skills education. Raised [...]
Alexis Gaiptman (EMBA 2021) was named Executive Director - Canada with Humanity & Inclusion (previously known as Handicap International). This charity has a mission of working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. It stands alongside vulnerable populations, including people with disabilities, to help meet their [...]
The McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA has not escaped the disruption caused by COVID-19. Resilient, the EMBA community has been able to adapt, particularly by listening to its students and graduates. Here are three examples. Human exchange above all While most university programs resumed virtually a few weeks after the start [...]
When Jillian began her EMBA, she was in a leadership position in a Montreal startup. In March, COVID-19 changed the course of her career. She launched a mask production company with her sister and sought a new professional opportunity. She found her fit with Local Logic, a tech-real-estate [...]
Being Black in Canada, a pan-Canadian initiative from the Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Youth and Diversity Program and produced by Zaza Production, will make its Television debut this year throughout Canada. The Being Black in Canada program of the Fabienne Colas Foundation, whose objective is to improve cultural diversity [...]
“My sister and I launched our very first online shop last week. What turned out as a hobby is now becoming a full time gig,” explained current McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA participant Jillian Ruiz. In response to the current COVID-19 crisis, the sisters founded Masque & Co. in order to provide adults [...]
Amélie Faubert, a current McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA participant, recently joined Nexelis as Senior Director, Corporate Development. Nexelis is an immunology-centric contractual research organization specialized in preclinical models and clinical assay development in single and multiplex formats and sample analysis for low-, mid- and large-scale clinical testing. Nexelis contributes to [...]