Christine Keeling, EMBA, launched Long Haul Spa in 2018 in Brisbane, Australia after spending five years commuting between Canada and Australia as a technology executive. A year later, Long Haul Spa was listed with Singapore Airlines and won best beauty product in the DFNI Asia Pacific Awards for Travel Retail Excellence. It’s also shortlisted for the 2020 Travel Retail Awards and the 2020 Frontier Awards for Best New Beauty Brand. While COVID-19 has created challenges, Chris told us that she has used the time to re-evaluate and identify new products to bring to the market, including luxury PPE kits and home-use sizes of her travel skincare range. She adds that she looks forward to the day she can get on a flight back to Canada to see family and friends.
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Christine Keeling (EMBA) was incorrectly identified as being a member of the EMBA Class of 1997, rather than the Class of 1999, in the Summer 2013 issue. QSB Magazine regrets the error.
Published in: Summer 2014
Christine Keeling (EMBA) has recently relocated to Brisbane, Australia, as Regional Director Asia Pacific for Garner, a company that provides project solutions for the oil-and-gas, mining, and pipeline industries. Chris can be reached at chris. keeling@garnercorp.com
Published in: Summer 2013
Lida Kowal (EMBA) will be expanding her accounting practice in Niagara-on-the-Lake at a larger location in December 2014. In May, she began teaching intermediate accounting, part-time, at Niagara College’s School of Business Management.
Published in: Summer 2014
David Lahey, EMBA, founder of Predictive Success, says that his business was honoured with the Business Achievement Award in the 1-to-15-employees category at the Peter Perry & Business Achievement Awards, presented annually by the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in Whitby, Ont. He adds that his daughter, Jennifer, Artsciâ15, MScâ16, is also working with the company. Predictive Success offers workplace analytics, assessments and training to help organizations optimize their talent.Â
Published in: Summer 2019
David Lahey (EMBA) has written a third book, Predicting Success: Evidence-Based Strategies to Hire the Right People and Build the Best Team, now a best-seller on Amazon. For each book sold, a copy will be donated to a local library. “Thanks for the MBA lessons at Queen’s!” writes David.
Published in: Summer 2015
David S. Lahey (EMBA) says he’s happy to report that “all the great teachings of the School of Business have served my company well. Predictive Success Corporation was named to the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year list. The lessons from Elspeth Murray and Shawna O’Grady served me well! Life is good with an MBA from Queens!”
Published in: Summer 2011
Edward (Ted) Laing, EMBA, is the VP of Operations for Calgary-based Evans, a company that designs, manufactures and equips mission-critical operations centres around the world. Contact Ted at tlaing@evansonline.com.
Published in: Summer 2017
Eric Lau (BCom) and family welcomed Katelyn, who already idolizes her big sister Valenzia, after whom the family’s Toronto custom tailoring business, Valenzia Bespoke, is named. Email: elau@valenzia.ca
Published in: Summer 2012
Jamie Leong-Huxley (EMBA) recently joined Canada West Foundation as its first senior communicator on staff because, as she says, she’s “keen to work with the best minds, influencing the minds who need it.” A proud, fourth-generation western Canadian, Jamie brings 23 years’ experience in business, strategic planning and communication to the foundation, after a career working with every sector, largely as a consultant and in leadership roles with energy and technology companies. Among her ways of keeping in touch with current events is extensive community work. Jamie is past chair of Social Venture Partners Calgary, past chair of Mount Royal College’s Centre for Communication Studies Advisory Committee and its Public Relations Advisory Committee, and is currently a member of MRC’s Gerontology Advisory Committee. In addition to her MBA, she has post-secondary education in public relations and gerontology and is accredited in PR and advertising. Jamie has won many local, national and international awards for her work.
Published in: Spring 2009