Terry Kocisko (BCom鈥�87) has been appointed to the audit committee and Board of Directors of Quebec-based mining company Yorbeau Resources. He comes to the job with three decades-plus of experience under his belt, as well as a degree in Accounting and Finance from Desautels. Yorbeau is a gold mining company that operates in Quebec and is currently concentrating on its Rouyn Property, which is 4 km south of Rouyn-Noranda in the Abitibi region. The 12-km property boasts promising underground gold deposits.
Published on: 7 Sep 2017
Brianna Mendes (BCom鈥�20) is no ordinary student. The Bermuda High School graduate comes to Desautels with the kind of academic background that most of us can only dream of: She received the Doris Trott Butterfield Scholarship, which awards those with the highest attainable GPA, as well as the Dudley and Deborah Butterfield Scholarship, which brings high-performing Bermudan students to study at 鲍鱼直播.
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Published on: 5 Sep 2017
Quebec celebrity news site envedette.ca recently posted a list of stars who hold degrees that have nothing to do with show business.聽 Some of the stars are pure over-achievers (James Franco has BA in English from UCLA, a doctorate from Yale, and has done arts and writing studies at NYU and Columbia), while others are head-scratchers (Brad Pitt quit journalism school two weeks before graduation to become an actor).
Published on: 1 Sep 2017
A piece in Breaking News Pakistan announces the appointment of Nadia Rouchdy (BCom鈥�09) as Head of Sustainability & Social impact at Careem, the Dubai-based rideshare company. Her appointment shows the company鈥檚 interest in sustainability as a business practise. Ms. Rouchdy has experience in environmental and social development, including climate change, energy efficiency and sustainability practises.
Published on: 24 Aug 2017
Canadian Jewish News profiles William Shatner (BCom鈥�52, DLitt鈥�11) as part of its series on prominent Jewish Canadians. The Shakespearian actor鈥檚 career was catapulted into the stratosphere when he was hired to skipper the USS Enterprise on Star Trek. The profile traces his history from a 鲍鱼直播 BCom student through his early stage work at the Stratford Festival and Broadway before the role that changed his life forever. Mr. Shatner built on Captain Kirk to work in many TV shows, including his equally seminal T.J.
Published on: 23 Aug 2017
A recent piece at AdvocateDaily.com looks at the career of Toronto-area labour lawyer Stefan Rosenbaum (BCom鈥�10). While Mr. Rosenbaum鈥檚 Desautels education equipped him well for boardroom work, his professional development left him with a major interest in social-justice. He learned the value of unions and worker鈥檚 rights early, and continues to love working on labour-related cases.
Published on: 23 Aug 2017
Aldo Bensadoun (BCom鈥�64) founded Aldo Shoes as a Le Ch芒teau exclusive in 1972, then opened the first standalone ALDO store in 1987. Today, the ALDO Group is a major player in the shoe field, with locations in 95 countries. Throughout, Mr. Bensadoun has maintained an interest in corporate culture as an engine for doing good.
Published on: 8 Aug 2017
A piece in Forbes co-authored by Desautels professor Karl Moore and Sandoz executive Vincenzo Ciampi (BCom鈥�94) says that it takes a sense of purpose to realise one鈥檚 career potential.
The article makes the case that spending your early career chasing bigger job titles and paycheques is all well and good, but at some point it鈥檚 not enough. The authors point to their own experiences of changing vectors mid-career, and how friends who never made the jump often show the signs of burnout.
Published on: 8 Aug 2017
According to a recent piece in the Ottawa Business Journal, David Segal (BCom鈥�04) knocked one out of the park with DavidsTea, and he bets he can do it again with salad. His new venture, Mad Radish, brings premium salad to the fast-food scene, where Canadians currently spend $24 billion per year. There鈥檚 a growing hunger for healthier choices, which is why big-calorie chains like McDonald鈥檚 have started adding salads to their menus, but Mr. Segal believes that quality will make Mad Radish stand out.
Published on: 7 Aug 2017
Clipper Round the World is an epic endurance event, a race that crosses 40,000 nautical miles and hits six continents. It鈥檚 unique in that there is no requirement to have ever stepped on a boat to crew one of the twelve 70-foot yachts. Simon DuBois (BCom鈥�10) is on a mission to be the first Quebecer to complete a round-the-world yacht race. The last attempt by a Quebecer was when solo racer Gerry Roufs disappeared in 1997 while racing in the Vend茅e Globe.
Published on: 2 Aug 2017
Geoffroy Sauv茅聽(BCom'10) built on his 2014 stint on Quebec鈥檚 La Voix music competition show to make music his full-time job and land a record contract.聽But he鈥檚 not exactly a newcomer: Geoffroy worked on the music scene鈥檚 business side for a decade, and still hires composers for advertising and film work.
Published on: 2 Aug 2017
According to a Financial Post article by Desautels professor Karl Moore and BCom undergrad Sara Avramovic, New York Times journalist Adam Bryant has spent the past eight years interviewing some of the world鈥檚 biggest-name CEOs for his column, Corner Office.
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Published on: 26 Jul 2017
George Drummond Birks (BCom鈥�40) was practically destined to go into the jewellery business. Born into a family of silversmiths, he eschewed an apprenticeship in favour of a 鲍鱼直播 Commerce degree and a stint in the Black Watch Regiment during World War II, where he served well enough to get a citation for bravery. After the war ended, he joined the family business and was running it a decade later. He was a director at Standard Life and a freeman of the City of London who kept up a lifelong association with the Black Watch.
Published on: 25 Jul 2017
The Quebec Press Council has elected Caroline Locher (BCom鈥�01) to the position of Secretary General, effective September 5th. Prior to her election, Ms. Locher was Executive Director of the F茅d茅ration professionelle des journalistes du Qu茅bec. A journalist by trade, she worked as a CBC Radio One producer, and as a bilingual reporter on the international stage at BBC World Service, France24 and Radio-Canada. Ms. Locher says she will continue to 鈥渄efend press freedom and the public鈥檚 right to information,鈥� and to promote the value of journalistic integrity.
Published on: 25 Jul 2017
eFinancialCareers.com has published a list of eight young London-based investment analysts to watch, all of whom started at their respective companies in June. The high-octane London banking scene is highly competitive, but these newly-minted pros have what it takes to make a real impact.
Published on: 24 Jul 2017
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