Valerie Swatkow (BCom) has repatriated to Canada after nearly 14 years out of the country. Now working and living in Toronto, she looks forward to reconnecting with old friends. She had an eventful 2009, she reports, having welcomed son Finnegan on April 16 and married the love of her life, Brian Kelly, on August 22.
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Valerie Swatkow (BCom) left her job at Leo Burnett Chicago last July and is now in California as the Director of Business Management at NYCA, an advertising agency in Encinitas. “Living two blocks from the beach in Southern California is definitely a perk of the new assignment!” she says. “I'm also engaged and expecting a baby boy on April 10.”
Published in: Spring 2009
Steven Troll, MBA, relocated to Philadelphia to help manage a new long-term revenue opportunity for one of the largest cable companies in the U.S. As part of this engagement, he has also joined Calanda IT — a local boutique-consulting firm. Beyond fulfilling his day-to-day commitment to clients, Steve is tasked with expanding the firm’s consulting practice from the ground up.
Published in: Winter 2017
Thomas Whelan, BCom, joined Coeur Mining in January as the Chicago-based company’s senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Coeur owns and operates five mines across North America. Before joining Coeur, Thomas was the CFO at Vancouver’s Arizona Mining, which was bought by Australia’s South32 for US$1.8 billion in August 2018.
Published in: Summer 2019
Tom Whelan, BCom, is now Chief Financial Officer with Arizona Mining. A chartered accountant, he’s spent 20 years working with some of Canada’s largest mining companies. Before joining Arizona, he was CFO at Nevsun Resources.
Published in: Winter 2018
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Trevor Van Nest (BCom), CFP, owner/founder of York Region Money Coaches (2010), recently won the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce Award for 2014âs Professional Services Company of the Year and Personal Finance Blog of the Year for Canada. In October 2014 he founded Niagara Region Money Coaches. His wife Anita (Gruetzner) (BA & BEdâ89) graduated with her MDiv in the spring of 2014, was ordained a minister in the Presbyterian Church, and is now the pastor at Stamford Presbyterian Church in Niagara Falls. Trevor and Anita have three children: Cymbria (3rd year, Laurier University, Business), Olivia (1st year, Queenâs Political Science) and Adam (Grade 10). Friends from the past can connect via email at vannest11@hotmail.com.
Published in: Winter 2015
Peter Andress (BCom) was promoted from Senior Manager to Partner at Deloitte LLP in Ottawa.
Published in: Winter 2012
Sharon Parker (MBA) is taking her business, Change Leadership Consulting, in a new direction, after working for the federal government for ten years, and Accenture for ten years before that. She’s excited to be focusing on working with corporate executives to improve their ‘Change IQ’, by offering presentations, executive team coaching and in-house workshops. Visit www.CoreShift.ca or email Sharon@CoreShift.ca.
Published in: Winter 2014
After 12 years abroad in Australia, Singapore and England, Mike van de Water (BCom) has returned to Canada, settling back into Ottawa in September.
Published in: Winter 2009
Bart Adlam (MBA) is now President of Siggi’s Dairy, a U.S.-based yogurt company. Bart continues to live in New York City, where the company has its headquarters.
Published in: Summer 2013