On September 10th, the new EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal cohort, made up of 44 leaders, managers and entrepreneurs met for the first time. Once the feeling of being an imposter was slightly eased, the presentations were made, and the first words and laughs were shared, the energy in the class was palpable. Already, it was clear: this group is unique.
Besides the energy level, the group’s diversity certainly contributes to its uniqueness. These new EMBA participants come from 21 different industries. The class is 36% women and 18% entrepreneurs. 44% of the participants speak three languages or more. With an average age of 41 years, an average of 17 years of work experience and 12 years as managers, we have no doubt that, at the end of the program, they will all have benefited from the 750 years of cumulative experience in their class.
We are pleased to present these 44 new members of the EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal family:
- Geneviève Auclair, Chef du département de médecine, Centre de santé Inuulitsivik
- Denis Bernier, Directeur général, Destination Sherbrooke
- John-Sebastian Bignell, Chef inventaire réception centre automatisé de Terrebonne, Sobeys Québec
- Hugo Boisclair, Vice-président Finances, Produits Belt-Tech inc.
- Patrick Bolduc, Conseiller Sénior, Développement des affaires Gaz Naturel Liquéfié, Gaz Métro
- Suzanne Brouillard, Vice-présidente, finances et ressources humaines, Ædifica Inc.
- Nathalie Campeau, Chef de la protection des renseignements personnels, Directrice du Bureau de l’accès à l’information et protection des renseignements personnels, Agence Canadienne d’inspection des aliments
- Mariana Chucri, Directrice des finances, Eidos Interactive Corporation Inc.
- Jean-Christophe Coppenrath, Co-owner and Senior Consultant, Newscape Development and Technology
- Martin Costa, Engineer, Air Canada
- Stéphane de Meurville, Managing Director, Moët Hennessy
- Isabelle Drainville-Talbot, Directrice de comptes, Manuvie
- Mélanie Dubé, Présidente, Alvea Pharma Inc.
- Xavier Duprat, Director, Logistics and Production Planning, Cascades
- Victor Duro, Consultant en Marketing, Numérique et eCommerce, Trivoc
- Virginie Fortin, Directrice, affaires juridiques, EBC inc.
- Mark Gillespie, Creative Director and General Manager, YOA Orchestra of the Americas
- Zahida Intwala, Senior Manager
- Scott Jones, President, Ad Display Group
- Kim Kornechook, Director, International Business Development and Marketing, Solutions Hospitalis
- Sophie Lachance, Associée, Normandin Beaudry
- Nadim Ladha, Branch Manager, RBC Royal Bank
- Sébastien Laliberté, Directeur général, Caisse Desjardins de Longueuil
- Steve Larocque, Director – Business Applications, Uni-Select Inc.
- Lai-Ling Lee Rodriguez, Director, Americas at the Canadian Red Cross
- Marc Ménard, Senior Manager, Demers Beaulne
- Robert Mercuri, Territory Manager and Quebec Lead Heart Failure, St. Jude Medical
- Julie Normand, Avocate
- Marie-Lucie Paradis, Vice-présidente Opérations – Indemnisation Québec, Intact Corporation Financière (ICF)
- Kristine Renic, Director General Transformation of Pay Administration, Public Works and Government Service Canada (PWGSC)
- Michael Rogers, Regional Vice President, Sales and Recruiting (Québec), Desjardins Financial Security
- Fabien Rossini, Live Team Director, Eidos Interactive Corporation Inc. (part of Square Enix Group)
- Richard Saad, Marketing Consultant, Richard Saad Inc.
- Rémy Saqué, Central West Africa Cluster Finance Manager, Maersk Nigeria Limited
- Christian Sawaya, Service Business Manager, Nokia
- Sean Sefsik, Rail Operations Manager, Tata Steel Minerals Canada Limited
- Clyde Sharpe, General Manager, Elasto Proxy Inc.
- Iván Sierra Castro, Account Director, ZTE Corporation
- Benoît Suire, Chef, Déploiement des activités à haut risque, CBC Radio-Canada
- François Tremblay, Program Manager, Bombardier Business Aircraft
- German Eduardo Triana Lopez, President and Consultant, Asesoramos Consultores Asociados S.A.
- Steven Vetrone, Store Manager, Home Depot Canada Inc.
- Alyson Wood, President, Knock on Wood Design
- Kim Zakaib, Vice President Retail Project Management, Ædifica Inc.