/desautels/taxonomy/term/1474/all en /desautels/channels/news/explorance-among-canadas-best-workplaces-4th-year-267965 <p>Montreal’s eXplorance has made it onto the Great Place to Work list of the best workplaces for the 4th year in a row. EXplorance is a learning experience management specialist that has gone through huge growth and acquired a business intelligence solutions provider over the past year without losing its corporate culture.</p> <p>CEO Samer Saab (BEng'93, MBA'96) calls growth a “multidisciplinary challenge,” saying that “you have to constantly challenge the status quo, while sustaining your business culture.”</p> Tue, 02 May 2017 16:11:41 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 67398 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/embracing-journey-331412 <p>Samer Saab<a href="/desautels/samer-saab"> </a>(BEng'93, MBA'96) fled a civil war in Lebanon to pursue a degree in engineering at ���ϲʿ������ in 1990. He realized early in his career that he was best suited to launching his own company. Since returning to his alma mater for an MBA, he has leveraged his business school experience to launch what has become one of Canada’s most desirable employers. </p> <p><a class="button--outline" href="/desautels/article/samer-saab-helping-desautels-mba-students-seize-opportunities" target="_blank">Learn more</a></p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 19:38:18 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 80860 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/explorance-recognized-innovative-company-culture-286955 <p>eXplorance, led by Desautels Global Expert Samer Saab (BEng'93, MBA'96), is ranked in the top ten on the Great Place to Work Institute’s Canadian list, making it the first ranked organization from the province of Quebec.</p> <p>“Our ‘policy of none’ encourages individual free-will that fuels our growth and business performance,” says Samer Saab, CEO of eXplorance.</p> <p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2018/04/prweb15442194.htm" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> Tue, 01 May 2018 13:39:47 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68665 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/desautels-global-expert-samer-saab-beng93-mba96-ceo-and-founder-explorance-inc-282961 <h2>Samer Saab, BEng'93, MBA'96, CEO and founder of eXplorance Inc.</h2> <h3>November 20, 2017</h3> <p>Guest Lectured in Technological Entrepreneurship (BUSA 691) with Prof. Michael Avedesian</p> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:51:39 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68112 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/workplace-has-changed-and-will-continue-samer-saab-340453 <p>Leaders should spend less time worrying about people who leave, and more time celebrating those that stay, according to Samer Saab<strong> </strong>(BEng’93, MBA’96), the CEO of Explorance, a leading experience management solutions company.</p> <p>In an era of talent scarcity, the balance of power between employer and employee has shifted, Saab told Medium.com in an interview for Authority Magazine.</p> Tue, 26 Jul 2022 21:16:26 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87472 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/announcement-knight-therapeutics-cfo-resignation-275569 <p>Knight Therapeutics has announced the resignation of its chief financial officer, as the company’s president and Desautels International Faculty Advisory Board member, <strong>Samira Sakhia</strong> (BCom’90, DPA’94, MBA’01), takes on the additional responsibility of CFO.</p> <p>In doing so, Sakhia will leverage her 14 years of prior experience as CFO for Paladin Labs Inc.</p> <p><a href="https://www.stockwatch.com/News/Item.aspx?bid=Z-C%3aGUD-2514337">Read more</a></p> Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:54:30 +0000 thao.nguyen3@mail.mcgill.ca 67964 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/supporting-desautels-student-leadership-aspirations-332895 <p>While leading a pharmaceutical company, <strong>Samira Sakhia</strong> (BCom’90, DPA’94, MBA’01) is also volunteering her expertise in the broader ���ϲʿ������ community and supporting students in realizing their leadership potential through the Samira Sakhia MBA Leadership Award.</p> <p><a class="button--outline" href="/desautels/article/bcom-program-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-mba-stories-supporting-desautels/samira-sakhia-taking-helm-knight-therapeutics-and-supporting-desautels-student-leadership" target="_blank">Learn more</a></p> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 15:17:50 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 81123 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/kanuk-adapts-jackets-milder-winters-eyes-international-markets-357394 <p>Kanuk jackets are made for Quebec winters—but Quebec winters aren’t as cold as they used to be. <strong>Bertrand Cesvet</strong> (BA’86, MBA’88) wants to make Kanuk jackets more versatile. Cesvet led a group of investors who recently bought the Montreal winter wear company from Champlain Financial, a private equity group. Cesvet shares with La Presse the company’s plans to sell jackets that are more suited to temperature fluctuation, making its products more appropriate for markets where it plans to expand, such as the United States.</p> Tue, 21 May 2024 17:20:46 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 1180194 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/desautels-mba-grad-named-one-100-people-who-transformed-africa-2023-355741 <p>After completing his studies at ���ϲʿ������, <strong>Jeremy Awori (MBA’90) </strong>worked briefly in the financial services sector in Canada before becoming head of retail banking for the Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya at just 28 years old. Today, he is director general of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, a pan-African banking conglomerate with operations in 33 countries. This year, Financial Afrik named Awori one of 100 people who are transforming Africa.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:28:48 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 990399 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/economic-uncertainty-will-continue-2024-and-businesses-can-benefit-planning-it-354144 <p>Last year was one of economic uncertainty – and a challenging year for many small businesses. Despite this, small business owners demonstrated remarkable resilience, ingenuity and leadership, and looked for ways to turn obstacles into new opportunities, writes<strong> Don Ludlow (MBA’01)</strong> in CanadianSME Business Magazine.</p> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:47:39 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 759747 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-mba-alumnus-integrating-latest-technology-supply-chain-management-354145 <p><strong>Bachir Sentissi (MBA’98) </strong>wants to make it easier to access the Internet of Things (IoT). After completing his MBA, Sentissi worked with Canadian National Railway, and became interested in how organizations collect and process information. His work with CN served as a springboard to return to Morocco to work with the Tanger Med Port Authority, and in 2011, he launched a startup called Oritech, which uses radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to trace shipments in supply chains. Then, in 2021, Sentissi co-founded another company called Teraflow.</p> Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:49:07 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 759748 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-alum-sheds-light-inequities-faced-women-entrepreneurs-352811 <p><strong>Harriett Baldwin (MBA’85)</strong> is spearheading an extensive examination of the financial landscape for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom. Highlighting a stark gender disparity, she points out only 2% of venture capital funding in the UK goes to businesses run by women, while men fill 90% of all senior roles at hedge funds.</p> Mon, 20 Nov 2023 16:59:01 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 549340 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/asking-right-questions-can-help-leaders-understand-their-business-353403 <p>After working in investment banking in Amsterdam, New York and Tokyo, <strong>Sarab Hans (MBA’00)</strong> returned to Canada to take the reins of the family business. Mississauga-based Hans Dairy specializes in South Asian dairy products, but Hans didn’t have experience in dairy food and beverage production and needed to learn about the manufacturing process. “Sometimes, when we come into a position where we’re expected to be a leader, we feel like we need to show we know everything,” Hans says in interview with Food in Canada.</p> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 18:36:19 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 591548 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mba-alums-restaurant-named-top-healthy-restaurant-united-arab-emirates-352328 <p>SALATA claims to be the ultimate destination for health nuts, and food delivery service Deliveroo UAE concurs, naming the leading built-to-order salad kitchen the best healthy restaurant in the United Arab Emirates. When Founder and CEO <strong>Georges Bandar (MBA’14)</strong> launched the delivery-only restaurant, he wanted it to offer more than leafy greens. “It was more than just a salad concept. It was a revolution,” he says. “A movement towards better living, better choices, and obviously, better tastes."</p> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 16:52:02 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 481381 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/homecoming-empathy-imperative-era-radical-transformation-anita-nowak-351589 <p><strong>Date: </strong>Saturday, October 21, 2023<br /> <strong>Time:</strong> 2 PM to 4 PM EDT</p> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:39:26 +0000 john.sawaya@mcgill.ca 380603 at /desautels