LG Electronics (LG) today announced 44 executive appointments, among them three new company presidents. Among the promotions are new executives to lead the Home Entertainment (HE) Company and Global Sales and Marketing Office. New positions are effective December 1, 2013 with promotions taking effect on January 1, 2014.
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Published on: 27 Nov 2013
Montreal鈥檚 celebrated Just for Laughs festival is arguably the world鈥檚 premier showcase for international comedy.
Founded in 1983, the annual summer festival attracts over two million people, and has booked thousands upon thousands of comics, pantomimes, and acrobatic acts over the decades.
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Published on: 22 Nov 2013
La Soci茅t茅 des alcools du Qu茅bec (SAQ) a choisi de recruter 脿 l鈥檌nterne pour remplacer le PDG sortant Philippe Duval, qui n鈥檃 pas sollicit茅 de nouveau mandat.
Alain Brunet (EMBA'11), qui est actuellement vice-pr茅sident et chef de l鈥檈xploitation de la soci茅t茅 d鈥櫭塼at, occupera ses nouvelles fonctions 脿 compter du 1er janvier prochain.
... M. Brunet d茅tient une ma卯trise en administration des affaires des universit茅s 51吃瓜网et HEC.
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Published on: 21 Nov 2013
Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. (the "Company") is a clinical stage specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the repurposing and reformulation of existing FDA approved drugs for large markets. Mr. Doug Unwin, President and CEO of Pacific Therapeutics Ltd. (the "Issuer") is pleased to announce that the Issuer has engaged Ms. Wendy Chan (MBA'92) to fill the role as VP Strategy and Marketing on a part-time basis. The contract with Ms. Chan is for one year.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2013
We are pleased to announce that Steve Dustin (MBA'99) has become the 4th president of Laurentide Controls in its 45th year of operation, succeeding Chris Dickson.
Chris Dickson assumed the role as President of Laurentide in 1996 and led the company to become the leading process automation supplier in Quebec, Atlantic Canada and Eastern Ontario. Chris will transition to an advisory role and continue to provide guidance to Laurentide鈥檚 management team through September 30, 2014.
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Published on: 5 Oct 2013
Le quotidien Enqu锚te annonce, dans sa livraison du jour, l'arriv茅e d'un nouveau Pr茅sident du conseil d鈥檃dministration (Pca) 脿 Ecobank S茅n茅gal. Il s鈥檃git de Gabriel Fal (MBA'80), Pr茅sident-directeur g茅n茅ral de CGF Bourse, pr茅sident de la Bourse r茅gionale des valeurs mobili猫res (BRVM).
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Cataract Surgery
The Jewish General Hospital is hoping to reduce wait times for cataract surgery by better managing its resources. It recently conducted an analysis of its operations using an approach developed by the Harvard Business School and found that it could make improvements that would increase its capacity for cataract surgery by as much as 50 per cent.
... Experts from the JGH and 51吃瓜网鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management collaborated in this analysis.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
The Company is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jose Perez (BCom'96) as President, Secretary and Director of the Company. Jose Perez aged 39, over the last several years has consulted to various reporting and non-reporting companies in the mining, oil & gas, technology and energy efficiency sectors. Providing guidance on corporate finance, business development, marketing and investor outreach programs. Mr. Perez has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from 51吃瓜网, where he specialized in Finance and International Business.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Reason No. 1
Because it's an excuse to travel the world
If you're going to leave the house to go to school, you might as well go all the way. That's easy these days, with so many of Canada's executive education programs making travel a core part of the curriculum.
... Craig MacTavish, GM of the Edmonton Oilers, has a Queen's EMBA. Stephen Jarislowsky and Paul Desmarais Jr. (BCom'77, LLD'12) are executives-in-residence at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management. You get the idea.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Organizations have been benefiting from the increased productivity and flexibility the mobile revolution has brought to the working world for quite some time. However, with thousands of employees bringing in one or more types of devices that need to access corporate systems, the problem has become too complicated for enterprises to manage on their own. The quick, simple solutions are no longer enough, and the market is transitioning to where enterprises need a single solution that helps them manage their entire mobile environment.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Danielle Champagne, qui occupait 脿 la fois les postes de directrice des communications au Mus茅e des beaux-arts de Montr茅al et de directrice de la Fondation du Mus茅e, se consacrera d茅sormais uniquement 脿 ce dernier r么le. Zo毛 Beaudry (BCom'00), ancienne directrice des communications 脿 la TOHU, assumera cette m锚me fonction et succ茅dera 脿 Mme Champagne. Mme Beaudry, qui poss猫de un baccalaur茅at en commerce de l'Universit茅 McGill, a 茅t茅 directrice en gestion de la marque chez Telus et travaill茅 au sein des agences de publicit茅 BBDO et Cossette.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
It took him 13 years, but former Canadiens forward Mathieu Darche (BCom'00) is finally putting his 51吃瓜网 international business degree to great use.
For the past three weeks, Darche has been settling in as director of business development and public relations for Lachine-headquartered Delmar International Inc., a global giant in freight forwarding and customs brokerage.
His appointment to the newly created position will be announced on Tuesday via Delmar press release.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Voici deux mois, on apprenait que Joseph Adamo (BCom'87, MBA'92), vice-pr茅sident marketing du groupe Transat, remplacerait Yves Lalumi猫re 脿 la pr茅sidence de Transat Distribution Canada. Peu connu dans notre industrie, le nouveau grand patron des Club Voyages, Marlin Travel et autres marques du r茅seau de distribution de Transat peut pourtant se pr茅valoir d鈥檜n parcours impressionnant dans le domaine du marketing : il a 茅t茅 membre de la haute direction de grandes soci茅t茅s comme Marketel, Telus Mobilit茅, Bell Canada et le Groupe Pages Jaunes.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2013
Voici deux mois, on apprenait que Joseph Adamo (BCom'87, MBA'92), vice-pr茅sident marketing du groupe Transat, remplacerait Yves Lalumi猫re 脿 la pr茅sidence de Transat Distribution Canada. Peu connu dans notre industrie, le nouveau grand patron des Club Voyages, Marlin Travel et autres marques du r茅seau de distribution de Transat peut pourtant se pr茅valoir d鈥檜n parcours impressionnant dans le domaine du marketing : il a 茅t茅 membre de la haute direction de grandes soci茅t茅s comme Marketel, Telus Mobilit茅, Bell Canada et le Groupe Pages Jaunes.
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Published on: 13 Sep 2013
Janice Yip (BCom'05) has developed an incredibly diverse profile during her eight years in marketing, from media planning for ALDO鈥檚 YouthAids campaign to deciphering the market positioning of different drugs, launching business jets internationally, and attending fashion shows in Sweden...
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Published on: 13 Sep 2013
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