{"id":9306,"date":"2014-09-24T14:53:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/?p=9306"},"modified":"2022-12-07T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T20:00:05","slug":"introducing-the-new-mcgill-hec-montreal-emba-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/en\/2014\/09\/24\/introducing-the-new-mcgill-hec-montreal-emba-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the 2016 McGill \u2013 HEC Montr\u00e9al EMBA class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/?attachment_id=8482\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8482\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8482\" src=\"http:\/\/www.embamcgillhec.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Class-2016_opt1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Class-2016_opt(1)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On September 17<sup>th<\/sup>, the McGill \u2013 HEC Montr\u00e9al EMBA Program welcomed 40 nervous but excited new participants. It takes a lot of courage and humility to return to class when you already hold an important managerial role, as these participants do.<\/p>\n<p>The average age of the class is 41 years old, they average 16 years of work experience and 11 years in a managerial role. They no longer have to prove themselves. Indeed, 43% of them have a title of VP or higher.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re pleased to present this new class as they embark on their 15 month EMBA journey. As you review their titles, you\u2019ll see how diverse their profiles are, both in terms of industry (21 industries represented) and responsibilities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Allen\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Vice President, Qu\u00e9bec and Maritimes \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Applied Industrial Technologies<\/li>\n<li>Joe Argento \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 President \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Gestion Marigec inc<\/li>\n<li>Antoine Attara \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Head of Procurement &#8211; Canada \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)<\/li>\n<li>Marc-Andr\u00e9 Beaulieu \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Director &#8211; Consulting, Technical Services and Engineering \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Dassault Syst\u00e8mes<\/li>\n<li>Edouard Biot \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 General Manager and Exportation Commissioner \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Export Outaouais<\/li>\n<li>Laurent Blanchard \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Vice President &amp; Online Brokerage General Manager \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Desjardins Securities investment, Disnat Online Brokerage<\/li>\n<li>Martin Carrier \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Vice President, Studio Head \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Warner Bros. Games Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li>Rodrigo Carvajal \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Senior Vice President, Strategic Development &amp; Management \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Mono Serra Group<\/li>\n<li>Steven Chamberland \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Director and Professor, Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Delorme \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Partner NATIONAL Public Relations<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9e Duplessis \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 President \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 RECYC-QU\u00c9BEC<\/li>\n<li>Nicolas Fortin \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Pharma executive<\/li>\n<li>R\u00e9mi Fournier \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 VP Sales &amp; Engineering and co-founder \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Fibrenoire<\/li>\n<li>Paul Furfaro \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Brand Director, Authentic Brands \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Imperial Tobacco Canada<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Philippe Gagnon \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Managing Director &#8211; 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HR \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 National Bank<\/li>\n<li>Solange Mai-Xuan \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/ \u00a0\u00a0 Strategy Manager<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Morin\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director, Internal and Corporate Communications \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge<\/li>\n<li>Roger-Ketcha Ngassam\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plant Manager &#8211; Technical Operations \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sandoz Canada inc<\/li>\n<li>Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Pag\u00e9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Product and Service Strategy Director \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fordia<\/li>\n<li>Nadine Proulx \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Director, HR, IT &amp; Organizational performance \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 National Bank<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Rajotte \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Head, Investment Services \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Standard Life Investments Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Markus Reubi \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Head of Swiss Business Hub Canada \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA<\/li>\n<li>Louise Richer \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Executive and Educational Director \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00c9cole nationale de l&#8217;humour<\/li>\n<li>Chantal Robitaille \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \/\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director of Human Resources, Montreal &amp; 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It takes a lot of courage and humility to return to class when you already hold an important managerial role, as these participants do. 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