Erin (Borgfjord) Ayres (MBA) and her husband Benjamin welcomed daughter Isadora Abigail Ayres on Feb. 24. The family lives in Toronto, where Erin works in marketing for new wireless entrant Public Mobile. Email: ayres.erin@gmail.com
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Rafael J. Lopez de Azua (EMBA) has moved his family to Mason, OH (near Cincinnati) to take a job with P&G as Assistant Brand Manager in global Oral Care (Crest & Oral-B). “We are all very exited as the family takes another step in this adventure,” he writes.
Published in: Summer 2011
Ahmad Bakhshai, BCom’10, writes that he was awarded the 2023 FP Canada Fellow distinction for his contributions to furthering FP Canada’s mandate to lead the advancement of professional financial planning in Canada. Ahmad is the AVP of advanced wealth planning at Wellington-Altus and an adjunct professor at Smith.
Published in: Spring 2024
Daniela Andrews, AMBA, BCom’03, left Canada at the end of March after deciding “in a moment of either clarity or insanity (sometimes it's hard to tell the difference)” that 2015 was her year for adventure. She has since travelled to more than 15 countries in Southeast Asia and Europe, chasing sunshine and an endless summer. When she submitted this note in November, she was riding the waves in Bali, “staving off total beach-bum status by working as a freelance writer.” Check out her blog, curiouscitizen.com.
Published in: Winter 2016
Idriss Bouhmouch, BCom, and his wife Arielle Nishimirwe are excited to announce the launching of their new maternity lingerie company, Milkii. A Kickstarter campaign in November helped them launch their first collection. milkii.com
Published in: Winter 2016
Adam Brown (AMBA) is now a Partner in the Performance Enhancement Advisory practice at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Toronto. Email: adbrown@deloitte.ca
Published in: Winter 2013
Chetan Channa, MBA’10, tells us he recently joined Microsoft as a product manager, after eight years in the startup world. He and his wife are living in India with their two-year-old son, Zhyaan. “Due to the pandemic, the last two years have been crazy both personally and professionally but I absolutely loved spending the time at home with my son due to working from home. Looking forward for things to get normal.”
Published in: Spring 2022
Elliott Collyer, BCom, left Accenture’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice to take advantage of an exciting new opportunity in Corporate Development for Parkland Fuel Corporation. He joins John Coutts, BCom’09, and Eddie Ho, BCom’08, whose note describes Parkland’s scope and affiliated brands. Contact Elliott at elliott.collyer@parkland.ca.
Published in: Winter 2016
Makarand Deshpande, CQEMBA, passed the Financial Planning Standards Council’s (FPSC) Level 1 exam and is in the process of completing his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. In addition, Makarand earned his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) credential, one of the most prestigious designations in the financial planning industry.
Published in: Summer 2016
John Paul de Silva, MBA, is leading the marketing efforts at the non-profit tech startup Hopeful Inc. The firm has raised $400,000 in pre-seed funding and was recently accepted into Berkeley University’s SkyDeck accelerator program. John says Hopeful has developed a platform that helps non-profits understand what kind of content is most likely to raise the most donations on social media. Reach John at jpdesilva@hopefulinc.me.
Published in: Spring 2021