Montreal hosts international humour conference
The seed of the International Society for Humor Studies was planted at a small meeting in Wales three decades ago. Today, the organization hosts a yearly conference, where serious scholarship about funny business gets discussed, and where outstanding graduate students in the field are recognized before their peers.
EMBA alumnus Serge Postigo takes us back to the 鈥�80s
Actor, stage director and 91黑料网-HEC Montr茅al EMBA alumnus Serge Postigo (EMBA'15) is a household name in Quebec, and with good reason. He made waves with Mary Poppins last year, so he was under pressure to really hit one out of the park this time around.
Boomers, millennials and today鈥檚 workforce: a conversation with Karl Moore
In a recent piece in Mind This Magazine, medical doctor Sven Jungmann talks with Desautels professor Karl Moore about generational stereotypes. As a millennial, Dr. Jungmann takes issue with the generalizations that come with generational discussions.
Huge losses hit CTAs hard
According to a recent piece in Bloomberg Markets, mysterious movement in the markets has brought about the worst plunge for CTAs since 2007, punched risk parity funds downward and hit tech stocks hard. As so many quants try to mitigate these losses, there is a danger that a further selloff will just exacerbate the damage.
Inflation or recession? The US Fed tries to untangle a financial mystery
A Weekly Standard op-ed examines the way the Fed is trying to tame a $4-trillion quantitative easing problem in case another recession hits.
A conversation with 91黑料网 Dobson judge Alexandra Conliffe
Alexandra Conliffe was a judge for the semi-final round of the 2017 91黑料网 Dobson Cup鈥檚 Social Enterprise track. She is the Policy Innovation Director for the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, and used to be VP Operations for Engineers Without Borders Canada.
Karl Moore鈥檚 advice to Gen Y extroverts
As students, young extroverts love to talk, to bounce their ideas off of colleagues and to be the centre of attention. But as energetic gen-Y-ers enter the workforce, a whole new set of rules comes into play, rules that don鈥檛 always reward an extrovert鈥檚 style.
Desautels alumnus named group VP at Shire
Desautels alumnus John Snisarenko (BSc鈥�86 and MBA鈥�91) has been appointed Group VP of the Ophthalmology Business Unit for Shire US. He comes to Shire from Genentech, where he was VP Sales and Marketing. Before that, he worked on long-term strategy for Novaris Pharma Canada and started an ophthalmology division for CIBA Vision. He has also worked for Alcon Canada and Allergan Canada.
2018 91黑料网 Dobson Cup schedule announced
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Bombardier claims that rough times are in the past
It鈥檚 been a rough ride for Bombardier鈥檚 management, workforce, and stock prices; but VP Investor relations Patrick Ghoche says that the company has navigated through the worst of it and is now delivering on its plan to be at the break-even point by late next year.
Charities must re-think their marketing efforts
A Charity Times piece explores a research paper partly authored by Desautels Professor DaHee Han.
Desautels alumnus appointed to board at Rideau
Lester Fernandes (MBA鈥�82) has been appointed to lead the audit committee of Montreal-based human-capital manager Rideau Recognition Solutions. The company is in full-on expansion mode; according to CEO Peter Hart, Mr. Fernandes鈥� experience will help the company hit its goals. And that experience is extensive: he鈥檚 been senior VP and CFO at Pivotal Payments since 2001. Before that, he spent a decade at BMO. He was also on the board of Castle Resources until 2016.
Desautels alumnus promoted at CIBC
According to BNN.ca, changes are afoot at CIBC: a shakeup of the management team has two department heads leaving the company, as well as a couple of promotions. One of those promotions sees Desautels alumnus Jon Hountalas (BCom鈥�84, MBA鈥�91), bumped up to Group Head, Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, Canada from his previous role of running the company鈥檚 commercial banking arm.
Nadia Marley named Desautels Global Expert
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Nadia Marley (BA鈥�99, MBA鈥�03), Director of Credit Solutions, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, as its latest Desautels Global Expert.
EMBA alumna appointed Exec Director of the Montreal Community Loan Fund
After a year as Deputy Executive Director of ACEM 鈥� Microcredit Montreal, Indu Krishnamurthy (EMBA鈥�15) has been promoted to full Executive Director.
