Queen’s Commerce team wins 2016 KPMG International Case Competition

Kingston, ON – April 19, 2016 – The four-member team of Alexis Frey, Abigail Chau, Nicolas Bernal, and Stephane Gosselin, all Comm’18, has taken first place in the 2016 KPMG International Case Competition (KICC) held April 11-14 in Dubai, UAE.

The group from Smith School of Business was among the more than 390 university teams from 22 countries who applied to participate in this year’s KICC. Alexis, Abigail, Nicolas and Stephane were invited to represent Canada in the international final after winning the Ace the Case National Competition, which was held in March.

The four-day international competition challenged teams to develop innovative solutions to real-world challenges in the luxury hotel industry. The Smith foursome beat out teams from Australia and Serbia in the final round, marking the first time a team representing KPMG Canada has won this prestigious international competition.