Announcing the 2017 SEI Impact Internship Cohort
The聽Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)聽is pleased to announce the Social Economy Initiative鈥檚 Impact Internship cohort for the 2017聽year.聽Now heading聽into its fifth consecutive year, the program聽pairs聽top 69热视频 undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations&
At the CAFAs, glitz and glitterati are on parade
In some ways, it鈥檚 the party of the year. On April 7th, Canada鈥檚 biggest fashion names gathered in Toronto for the fourth Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards. The event was heavy on pizzazz, from the pre-event cocktails to the after-dinner party. The guest list was a who鈥檚 who of Canada鈥檚 glitterati, from Erdem Moralioglu to David Dixon.
Desautels achieves second consecutive win at PRMIA
Congratulations to Desautels undergraduate students: Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian who won the top prize at the prestigious PRMIA International Risk Management Challenge- marking a second consecutive victory for the Faculty at this competition.
Imran Amed honoured with Vanguard Award
鈥淚鈥檓 not looking at fashion through a Canadian lens, or even a Western lens, but a global lens,鈥� says Imran Amed (BCom'97). Indeed, he doesn鈥檛 even look at it through the eyes of someone who grew up steeped in fashion. Mr. Amed started Business of Fashion as a personal blog while he was working as a management consultant with zero fashion training. Today, his London-based site is the go-to source for news-hungry glitterati.
Desautels alumnus named Exec VP at PNG Gold
West Vancouver-based PNG Gold has announced the appointment of Wesley Marstaller (BCom'05)聽as Executive Vice President of the corporation. Before coming on board at PNG Gold, Mr. Marstaller served in several capacities at the Macquarie Group, then as COO of the Rennie Group. PNG Gold CEO Greg Clarkes praises Mr. Marstaller, saying that his expertise will help with 鈥渂uilding the management group necessary to achieve the Company鈥檚 near and long term goals.鈥�
Northleaf appoints Desautels alumnus to its infrastructure team
Northleaf Capital Partners has brought former Goldman Sachs banking analyst Simon Bibeau聽(BCom'15) on board to perform market research and asset management duties in its infrastructure team. Northleaf Capital is a Canadian private-markets investment firm with over $9 billion in private equity and offices in Toronto, Chicago, Menlo Park and London.
Karl Moore talks Hot Cities
For reading week, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore took a group of students on the ninth edition of the Hot Cities of the World Tour, which is an annual trip that gives 30 69热视频 undergrads and alumni a close-up view of the cities and towns powering some of the world鈥檚 fastest-emerging economies.
Coaching and charity front-and-centre for former Desautels student
As Kevin Donovan enters his second year as head coach of a high-school lacrosse programme, he talks about his first game with the team, improving the squad鈥檚 place in the standings, and how accountability helps student athletes develop into adulthood.
GroundIt鈥檚 CEO on her entrepreneurial journey
Business partners Audrey Bolduc and Mitalie Makhani won the 2015 Dobson Cup with their pitch to make fertilizer from used coffee grounds. Now CEO of GroundIt, Ms. Bolduc returns to judge the 2017 Dobson Cup.
Desautels case competition team lands unexpected prize
An undergraduate team from Desautels came home from a case competition in Portugal with an invite to go back for a month-long project aimed at making the city of Porto more attractive to startups. The prize is doubly sweet, as neither the team nor the officials saw it coming. Team member Aarushi Kumar says that 鈥淚t was not something we were expecting and it was not something the organizers were expecting to do, either.鈥�
Consulting Magazine names Desautels grad a 2017 rising star
Consulting Magazine has released its 2017 Rising Stars of the Profession 35 Under 35 list, and number 34 on that list is KPMG鈥檚 Matthew O鈥機onnell, who is named for Excellence in Financial Services. Mr. O鈥機onnell works in the company鈥檚 Forensic Advisory Services Practice, where he deals in anti-corruption, regulatory compliance and conflict minerals. He has taken point on several big-ticket investigations in a multitude of nations.
Desautels scores win at CBS Case Competition 2017
Congratulation to Desautels undergraduates Amir Fawzy Guirguis, 聽Charles Lavoie-Aubuchon, Maria Power, and聽 Samantha Simpson for winning the 2017 CBS Case Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as to Amir Fawzy Guirguis, in particular, for securing the award for Best Speaker.
Desautels alumnus to be honoured at SmartCEO Future 50 Gala
SmartCEO magazine has named asset management firm Star Mountain Capital to its 2017 New York Future 50 awards list. Star Mountain founder and CEO Brett Hickey will be presented with the award at the Future 50 Gala on March 16. Mr. Hickey was previously President of Aegis Capital Group and an investment banker at Citigroup.
Desautels undergraduates secure a win at PRMIA Risk Management Challenge
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian for winning the聽PRMIA Risk Management Challenge, marking a third consecutive victory for the Faculty. The team will advance to the International Risk Management Challenge in London, UK on April 7th, 2017 for a chance to win the grand prize of $10,000 USD.
Athenex names 69热视频 alumnus as Chief Financial Officer
Biopharm company Athenex has tapped independent consultant and 69热视频 Commerce alumnus J. Nick Riehle (BCom鈥�76) to join its executive suite as Chief Financial Officer, pending Board approval. Mr. Riehle brings a lifetime of experience to the position, having previously served as CFO of Chelsea Therapeutics and Haht Commerce. Before that, he spent 17 years at Nortel Networks, and cut his teeth as an analyst at IBM from 1977 to 1979.
