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Desautels Global Expert: Michael Novak
Michael Novak, BSc'76, BCL'80, LLB'81, Chairman and Investor at LaunchLeap Inc. Monday, November 13, 2017Guest Lectures in Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship (MGPO 362) with Prof. Daphne Ann Demetry
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Desautels Global Expert: John Bargelletti
John Bargelletti, BA'95,聽Portfolio Manager, Global Equities; Global Sector Head for Financial Services at Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc. Friday, November 10, 2017聽Guest Lectures with Honours in Investment Management (HIM) and MBA Students
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New Desautels Global Expert: Sameer Deen
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Sameer Deen, (BCom鈥98), Senior Vice President of Univision Digital, as its latest Desautels Global Expert.
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Desautels Global Expert announcement: Chandra Kumar
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Chandra Kumar, President of the Confectionery Business at Nestl茅 Canada, as a Desautels Global Expert.
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Desautels Global Expert announcement: Miranda Keating Erickson
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Miranda Keating Erickson, Vice-President, Markets for the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), as a Desautels Global Expert.
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Desautels Global Expert: George Attar
George Attar, BCom鈥82, Senior VP and Chief Technology and Information Officer at McKesson Canada Monday, November 6, 2017Guest Lecture in IT in Business with Diego Mastroianni
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Desautels Global Expert: Mark Taborsky
Mark Taborsky, BCom鈥88, Managing Partner and Founder, MarkerTree Capital Monday, November 6, 20178:30 AM 鈥 10:00 AM聽Guest Lecture in Alternative Investments (FINE 455) with Prof. Jan Ericsson
1:00 PM 鈥 2:30 PM聽Guest Lecture in Derivatives (MMF Class - FINE 682) with Prof. Jan Ericsson
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Desautels Global Expert: Stephen Kay
Stephen Kay, BA'83, MBA'90, US & Canada leader of Marsh鈥檚 Political Risk & Structured Credit practice Thursday, November 2, 2017Guest Lectures in Strategies for Developing Countries (MGPO 475) and Strategic Management: Developing Countries (MGPO 651) with Prof. Paola Perez-Aleman
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The next frontier for the Business of Fashion? Podcasts.
Podcasts have become an integral part of people鈥檚 daily media browsing, and the Business of Fashion鈥檚 Founder and Editor-in Chief, Imran Amed (BCom'97), is set to expand into this influential platform.
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Well Told Health aims to shake-up supplements industry
Desautels alumna and Global Expert, Monica Ruffo (BCom鈥86), has launched Well Told Health to respond to an alarming gap in the market for organic supplements that are made without any synthetic ingredients.
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Swimming up(bid)stream
Desautels Global Expert and Chief Executive Officer at Magnetic, James Green (BMus'86), explores the cause and effects of the rise of ad opportunities available for auction online, or bidstream.
He attributes the dramatic increase to header bidding, which lets publishers offer ad inventory to multiple buyers simultaneously.
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A call for greener practices in the fashion world
In the age of technology with growing emphasis on sustainable living, many in the fashion world, including Desautels Global Expert, Imran Amed (BCom'97), have questioned the continued prevalence of paper fashion show invitations.
It turns out that wastage permeates every facet of the fashion industry, from excessive fabric waste spurred by fast fashion, to unsustainable product packing.
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Desautels alumnus and Global Expert makes Queen鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Honours list
Imran Amed (BCom'97) has been named to the Queen鈥檚 New Year鈥檚 Honours list for his contributions as CEO of The Business of Fashion, an online news site for the fashion industry. The list recognises people in the UK who have made significant contributions to society.
Founded in 2007, The Business of Fashion has since become one of the leading sources of news for the fashion world.
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Desautels Global Expert Monica Ruffo takes aim at the supplements market
While looking into supplements as part of her treatment for breast cancer, Monica Ruffo (BCom鈥86) realized something was amiss. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 actually understand what was written on the labels,鈥 Ruffo says. Further research uncovered a lack of legal framework surrounding the use of the word 鈥渘atural鈥 in Canada and the U.S., and that most supplements labelled so are hardly natural at all.
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Desautels alumnus named to the board of Teekay Offshore Group
David Levenson (BCom'96) has been nominated to the Board of Teekay Offshore Group as news of a completed comprehensive transaction with Brookfield Business Partners L.P. is also shared.