Michael Douglas (BCom) is working in the private equity group at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and is in the process of moving to the UK to assist in the opening of the pension plan’s first European office.
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Julie Walsh, EMBA, launched workshopgallery.ca, which does online printing and custom framing. Julie's business, the WorkShop Gallery in Toronto, a Top Five finalist in the 2003 EMBA New Venture competition, is celebrating its 12th year of operation.
Published in: Winter 2018
D. Glen McLaughlin, EMBA, TechEd’93, was awarded an Emmy Award for Technical Supervision for his contribution to NBCUniversal’s coverage of beach volleyball during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Published in: Winter 2018
Ewan Moir, EMBA, was named President and CEO of the Nanaimo Port Authority in September 2017. He says he and his wife, Lesley (pictured here in Namibia celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary in 2017), are looking forward to moving to Nanaimo, BC from the Vancouver area, where Ewan had been President and COO of Pacific BioEnergy Corporation.
Published in: Winter 2018
Since launching her Ottawa-based knowledge transfer and management consulting firm Spring2 Innovation 12 years ago, Nilufer Erdebil, MBA’03, BSc(Eng)’96, has encouraged governments to embrace design thinking. In Future Proofing by Design: Creating Better Services and Teams in the Public Sector Through Design Thinking, she introduces readers to the key steps of design thinking with the goal of increasing innovation, building resilience and creating efficiencies.
Published in: Fall 2023
Nilufer Erdebil, MBA, received the Canadian Women in Communications and Technology Leader Award in April in Ottawa. Nilufer is CEO and founder of Spring2 Innovation, an innovation consulting and training company.
Published in: Summer 2016
Daniella (Galizia) Fresne (BCom) and Pierre are pleased to announce the arrival of the newest member of the family, Vincent Patrick, on Feb. 21, 2009. Mom and baby are doing well, and big sister Charlotte (20 months) couldn’t be more thrilled!
Published in: Spring 2009
Nicole Gibbs (BCom) married Andrew Morrison in a beautiful garden ceremony in West Vancouver, on July 10. Olivia (Ibell) Gilbert and Vilja Roman (both BCom'03) were in the wedding party.
Published in: Winter 2011
Mark Haines-Lacey, EMBA’03, lives in Fredericton and is principal and CEO at lead generation company Atlantic Growth Solutions.
Published in: Spring 2022
Mark Haines-Lacey, EMBA, is now working with Canadian cymbal designer and manufacturer Sabian as the company’s director of North American sales. Mark says he would love to connect with classmates during his travels across North America. He can be reached at markhl@sabian.com.
Published in: Summer 2018