Nutrigroupe, a farmer-owned egg-grading and distribution organization in Canada, announced the appointment of Claudia Désilets, a McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA alumna, President of Groupe Inovo Inc., as President of its board. Claudia will be the first woman to hold this significant position, a strong signal that the agrifood sector is evolving [...]
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, [...]
"I have always dreamed of being an entrepreneur, but it took me a long time to dare to take the plunge ..." On October 31, 2019, Laurent Letzter, a 2019 McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA alumnus, launched AG-Xess, a strategic partner for agricultural business development. "The idea came to me as [...]
John-Sebastian Bignell, a 2017 McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA alumnus, has recently been appointed to the position of Director National Warehousing for Lactalis Canada (formerly Parmalat Canada). "The challenges that I will face in this new role are very motivating. Firstly, I will be responsible for increasing the profitability of the distribution [...]
Claudia Désilets and Pascal Larose (EMBA 2018) among Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest EMBAs for 2018 Poets & Quants for Executives released their list of the Best & Brightest EMBAs for 2018. Among some of the most impressive Executive MBA students of the year, from 45 schools around the [...]
LEMKEN Canada, the Canadian division of the family business LEMKEN, a world-renowned professional agricultural equipment manufacturer, has experienced strong growth since 2010, when Laurent Letzter was the first and only employee of the division. The LEMKEN Canada team has grown quickly and changes were required, according to Laurent Letzter, current [...]