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Industry experts

MBA students at the Desautels Faculty of Management benefit from the integration of industry experts in management education. We offer a number of exciting activities, including:

Executives in Residence

CEOs and former CEOs of Fortune 500 companies share their vast industry and leadership experience, while providing one-on-one mentorship to students.
惭谤.听笔补耻濒听顿别蝉尘补谤补颈蝉听闯谤. Chairman and Co-CEO, Power Corporation
Mr. Richard Evans Chairman,听AbitibiBowater; Past President and CEO, Alcan Inc.
惭谤.听厂迟别辫丑别苍听闯补谤颈蝉濒辞飞蝉办测 CEO,听Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd.
Mr. Raymond Royer Corporate Director, Great-West Lifeco; Past President and CEO, Domtar Inc.
Mr. Paul Tellier Corporate Director, BCE Inc; Past President and CEO,听Bombardier Inc. and Canadian National Railway Co.

CEO Speaker Series

罢丑别听CEO Speaker Series听provides an interactive opportunity for Desautels MBA & Masters students to learn more about the businesses and life philosophies of prominent leaders.

Guest Lecturers and Speakers

A variety of high-profile industry experts are also invited as guest lecturers and at special events, providing students with an additional learning component to the classroom.听 Some guest lecturers have included:
厂颈谤听搁颈肠丑补谤诲听叠谤补苍蝉辞苍 Virgin Group
Robert Brown Former CEO, Bombardier; CEO and Board Member, BCE;听Chairman,听Aeroplan Group
Alberta Cefis (BA'75, MBA'79) Executive VP and Head Global Transaction Banking, Scotiabank
Jacynthe C么t茅 CEO, Rio Tinto Alcan
Phillip Crawley CEO and Publisher, The Globe and Mail
Joseph Iannicelli CEO, Standard Life Canada
Andrew Molson Vice Chairman, Molson Coors; Co-owner of the Canadiens
Mike Roach CEO, CGI
Calin Rovinescu CEO, Air Canada
Bob Seelert Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi
Phillipe Trudeau CEO, Trudeau Corporation

Entrepreneurial Leadership (The Peter Brojde Endowment)

Through exposure to the personal histories of extraordinary leaders in more than a dozen fields, and through the interaction with professors and administrators from other 海角社区 Faculties, students will learn first-hand how different styles of management adapt to and contribute to evolving careers.
Sandra Ainsley Establisher of Hazelton Lanes Gallery in Toronto; leading expert in the glass community
Dr.听William听Barakett,听CM Director of the Dep. Of General Medicine at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital
Tim Brodhead CEO, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation; Officer of the Order of Canada
Ronald Corey, CM 1982-1999 President of the Montreal Canadiens; President and CEO, Carling O'Keefe
Rom茅o听Dallaire,听OC,听OQ Member of the UN Secretary General Board on Genocide; Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy in Harvard Fellow at the Montreal Institute of Genocide Studies Concordia; recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal; Grand Officer of the Order of Qu茅bec; Governor General; former Officer in the Order of Canada
Chief Billy听Diamond,听OQ Former Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees; former President, Air Creebec; President of the Cree Niskamoon, Diamond Sylvico and Waska Resources; Member of the Order of Qu茅bec
Jake Eberts, OC 1976 Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co (London, England); Founder of Goldcrest Films in 1977; Chairman of the National Geographic Films; Officer of the Order of Canada since 1992
Yves Fortier, CC, OQ 1989-90 Canada's Representative to the UN Security Council; 1984-89 a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA); 1988-92 Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN; in October 1989 President of the Security Council; 1998-2001 President of the London Court of International Arbitration.
Marc Garneau, CC Canada's 1st astronaut in space in 1984.听 President of the Canadian Space Agency; MP for Westmount-Ville-Marie in 2008
Hon. John Gomery Member of the Bar since 1957; 1999-2004 Chairman of the Copyright Board; President of the Comit茅 G茅n茅ral des Juges de la Cour sup茅rieure du Qu茅bec; President of the Family Law Committee from 1983 to 1993 and has been a member of the Rules of Practice Committee
John Hobday, CM 2003-06 Director of The Canada Council for the Arts
Monte Hummel, OC Co-founder of Pollution Probe, builder and President of World Wildlife Fund (Canada)
Patrick Kenniff Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs 1979-84; Rector & Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University in 1984; President of Kenniff & Racine
Dr. Daniel Levitin Former President of 415 Records/Columbia Records (Sony Music)
Dr. Maurice McGregor Prof. Emeritus in Medicine; a Chair of the Technology Assessment Unit of the 海角社区 Health Center
Richard Pound,听OC,听OQ 5 years as Chair of the Board of Governors of 海角社区, 1999-2009 海角社区's Chancellor; member of the Olympic Committee; Chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999-2007.
Hon. Pierrette Rayle Former Judge of the Superior Court and the Court of Appeal of Qu茅bec
The Rev. Bruce Stavert Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada since 2004; active in both Provincial Synod and General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
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