The Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board also helps link the Faculty to their own global networks, connecting us to leading companies and executives who bring industry expertise into our classrooms, hire our students, and provide sponsorship and participants for our executive programs.
Vice-Chair
Mark A. Hantho (BCom'81)
Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory, Citigroup Inc.
Board members
| Rami Aslan (BCom'94, MBA'97) | CEO, Board Member & Investor |
| Alex Banh (BCom'93) | Partner at IPV Capital |
| Alain Bellemare (MBA鈥�93) | President-International, Delta Airlines |
| Benoit Lacoste Bienvenue (BCL鈥�00, LLB鈥�00) | Partner, National Service Line Leader, Canadian Corporate Tax, KPMG Canada |
| Franca Ciambella (BCom鈥�84) | CEO-Riau (Canada) Inc. and Lawyer/Advisor, Global Law Alliance |
| Robert Fetherstonhaugh (BCom'78, DPA'80) | President of Belvoir Investments Corporation |
| Lester Fernandes (MBA 鈥�82)听 | CEO, Segovia Capital Ltd |
| Anil Gondi (BCom鈥�98) | Co-Founder, 6elm Capital |
| Mark A. Hantho (BCom'81) | Vice Chairman, Banking, Capital Markets, and Advisory, Citigroup Inc. |
| Roy Kabla (BCom鈥�99) | Managing Director, Barclays Investment Bank |
| Martin Kon (BCom'93) | President & COO, Cohere |
| Neil Murdoch (BCom'81) | Former President, Ashton Hill Asset Management Inc. |
| Danny Di Perna (MBA鈥�97) | Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Alstom |
| Pierre-Olivier Perras (MBA鈥�97) | Managing Partner of the Energy Infrastructure Partnership, Power Sustainable |
| Mark Smith (BCom'82, DPA'83) | President, Pandion Investments Ltd. |
| Steven Sonnenstein (BCom鈥�96, DPA鈥�98) | Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge Investment Management |
| David J Stenason (MBA鈥�80) | Founder & Managing Director, Rempart Asset Management |
| Sharon H. Stern (BA'07) | President, Eastmore Management and Metro Investments |
| G. Richard Thoman (BA'66) | Managing Partner, Corporate Perspectives |
| Susanna Tisa (BCom鈥�82) | Board member, Treliant LLC |
| Luce Veilleux (BCom'77) | President & Chief Executive Officer, ANAi Global Technologies |
| Gregory Vit (BCom鈥�80) | Associate Professor (Professional), Strategy & Organization (Retired); Board Advisor, The John Dobson Foundation; CEO, Vit Innovation Thinking Inc. |
| Rody Yared | Managing Director, Trussbridge |
Lifetime members
| Aldo D. Bensadoun (BCom'64, LLD'12) | Executive Chairman and Founder, The Aldo Group Inc. |
| John Cleghorn (BCom'62, LLD'04) | Retired Chairman and CEO, Royal Bank of Canada |
| Marcel Desautels (LLD'07) | President & Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Credit Management Foundation |
| Paul Desmarais Jr. (BCom'77, LLD'12) | Chairman and Co-CEO, Power Corporation of Canada |
| David Laidley (BCom'67) | Chairman Emeritus, Samson Belair Deloitte & Touche |
| Donald Lewtas (BCom'75) | Former Managing Director, Onex Corporation |
| Elliot Lifson | Vice-Chairman, Peerless Clothing Inc. and Professor of Practice, Strategy and Organization, 平特五不中 |
| J. Robert Swidler (BCom'68) | President, J. Robert Swidler & Associates |
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Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board News
Elliot Lifson granted lifetime membership to Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board (DIAAB)
Published: 16 Oct 2024Three 平特五不中 Desautels alumni celebrated at 2024 MAA Honours & Awards
Published: 19 Sep 2024Generous gift from Lester J. Fernandes will endow research Chair in Business Ethics
Published: 29 Apr 2024
