5N Plus Holds Its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Appoints New Chairman of the Board
5N Plus Inc., the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products, held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders yesterday in Montreal, Quebec.聽
CEO Relearns, Rebuilds After Brain Injury
On Aug. 17, 2011, everything changed for Jonathan Goodman (MBA'94).
The aggressive, hard-driving executive - at the time the CEO of hugely successful drug distributor Paladin Labs Inc. - had just sealed one of Paladin's biggest acquisitions. Taking a celebratory bicycle ride with fellow employees in the hills north of Montreal, he fell off his bike and hit his head. Despite wearing a helmet, the result was a serious brain injury.
Column: There Was No One Else Like Herb Gray
Nothing so became Herb Gray (BCom'52) than the manner in which he left the House of Commons, where he was the third-longest serving parliamentarian in our history.
... Gray was proud to be Canada鈥檚 first Jewish cabinet minister. He grew up in a Canada that was not always kind to people of his ilk, but he succeeded nonetheless, studying commerce at 海角社区 and law at Osgoode Hall.
海角社区 Lawyers Converge at SCC for Kazemi Case
What are the odds that a dozen of our graduates would converge at the Supreme Court of Canada arguing for different intervenors in a single, high-profile case? On March 18, 2014, those odds were good indeed.
Hot List 2014
Who's moving and shaking Canadian HR? We're showcasing this country's high achievers as the industry faces growing challenges and success.聽Three EMBA alumni are featured in this list:聽
Florent Francoeur (EMBA'11) 鈥� Pr茅sident-Directeur general, Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agrees (page 19)聽
Giulia Cirillo (EMBA'11) 鈥� Corporate Vice President, Human Resources, Bombardier Recreational Products (page 22)聽
Immobilier r茅sidentiel: printemps post-茅lectoral 脿 Montr茅al
Maintenant que la saison froide - et surtout la campagne 茅lectorale - est termin茅e, l'industrie immobili猫re anticipe un certain redressement du march茅 ce printemps 脿 Montr茅al.
Canada鈥檚 Bensadoun Becomes Billionaire Selling Aldo Shoes
Tanya Graber, a resident of Switzerland, researched fashion retailer Aldo on the Internet before her vacation to New York City.
鈥淲e saw these handbags and we wanted to buy these handbags,鈥� Graber said, gesturing to the camel-colored leather model on the checkout counter at the company鈥檚 store on Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.
Paladin Labs Founder Finds a New Knight
贰苍迟谤别辫谤别苍别耻谤蝉听Jonathan Goodman (MBA'94)聽and Mark Beaudet built Paladin Labs Inc. from zero into a $3.2-billion international pharmaceuticals distributor in only 19 years.
Now Goodman, chairman of Paladin Labs when it was sold to Pennsylvania-based Endo Health Solutions Inc. on Feb. 28, has founded Knight Therapeutics Inc. in Montreal.
LG Electronics changes tack for smartwatch battle with Samsung
Wearable devices are just starting to take off and global electronics companies are racing to release smartwatches ahead of rivals to capture a bigger slice of the emerging next-generation market.
Woulfe Mining Appoints Michel Gaucher as Chief Executive Officer
Woulfe Mining Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of聽Michel Gaucher (MBA'69)聽as Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Gaucher replaces Hubert Marleau as CEO although Mr. Marleau remains a member of the Company's Board of Directors. The Company wishes to extend its gratitude to Mr. Marleau for his tenure as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on How to Change the World with a Little Code and Some Internet
Alexis Ohanian is many things: a dedicated entrepreneur who is an ambassador for the prestigious Y Combinator program he graduated from; a political and social web activist; the founder of Reddit; the author of Without their Permission; and as it turns out, extraordinarily tall.
Thanks to the McHacks organizing committee, and 海角社区鈥檚聽Desautels Faculty of Management, he came to speak to a jam-packed room in the center of Montreal.
Career Rocket Fuel: Whether You're a Millennial or Eyeing Retirement, Here's What You Really Need to Get Right about Work
Ogilvy One's聽Brian Fetherstonhaugh (BCom'79)聽spends a lot of time thinking and talking about careers. Here, he offers a detailed plan for each stage of work life, designed with long-term success in mind.
Having spent over 35 years in business in global firms, I have seen tens of thousands of career trajectories--from the first steps of entry-level millennials to the long journeys of Fortune 500 CEOs.
Rami Aslan Appointed as T眉rk Telekom CEO
T眉rk Telekom, the leading communications and convergence technology company in Turkey, announces the restructuring of its leadership by combining the roles of the Group CEO and the General Manager into a single CEO position. Rami Aslan (BCom'94, MBA'97), who has been serving on the board of T眉rk Telekom and as CEO of Oger Telecom, is appointed as CEO of T眉rk Telekom as of December 10, 2013.
La collaboration en entreprise, une tendance qui est l脿 pour rester? Genevi猫ve Rossier et Marie-Jos茅e Lareau aux Grands Communicateurs le 27 novembre
Tr猫s tendance dans les organisations aujourd'hui, la collaboration est pr茅sent茅e dans les 茅coles de gestion comme un facteur de cr茅ation de valeur en entreprise, une qualit茅 essentielle pour tout gestionnaire moderne qui se respecte.
Des projets dans la Ville reine
Ing茅nieure en b芒timent, Nadine L茅onard (EMBA'11) a 茅t茅 promue vice-pr茅sidente r茅gionale l'an dernier chez Pomerleau. Fra卯chement install茅e 脿 Toronto, on lui a confi茅 le mandat d'y g茅rer le nouveau bureau de l'entreprise qu茅b茅coise de construction.
