Alumni updates
Alumni with more than one degree from Concordia, Sir George Williams University and/or Loyola College are listed under their earliest graduation year.
80 John McMahon, BA, was appointed assistant deputy minister at the Secretariat for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers.
81 Robert Courteau, BComm, LLD 11, was named interim CEO at Kinaxis Inc.
“Lignes de main, manifestation #2”
An artwork by Raymonde Jodoin, BFA 83, was on display at the 19th International Digital Miniprint Exhibition from April 17 to May 30, 2025.
Under this year’s theme, Déviations cartographiques, 55 artists from 11 countries reinterpreted maps and territories, challenging fixed notions of borders, scale and place.
84 John Zeppetelli, BFA, was named Carol and Morton Rapp Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
87 Caroline Goulian, BComm, GrDip 88, was named chief financial officer at Reitmans (Canada) Limited.
“Precipice,” oils on panel, 2025
New artworks by Shelley Freeman, BFA 99, were on display at L’Artothèque gallery in Montreal until May 17, 2025.
Traces — a duo exhibition with Wendy A. Thomas — explores urban structures and natural formations that blur the line between the visible and imperceptible.
Freeman’s compositions show slow changes over time and reveal traces of human and animal life, as well as fragments of the memories and ideas that remain indefinitely.
90 Michel Roy, BComm, EMBA 10, was appointed chief commercial officer at Sunshine Biopharma.
91 Caroline Jamet, BA, was named president of Cogeco Media.
92 Martine Gosselin, BA, was appointed National Commissioner for Complaints and Quality of Services at Santé Québec.
Hayley Halsall-Whitney, BA, was named vice-president of Operations at West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd.
93 Caroline Gagnon, BEng, was named assistant director of the Department of Material Resources at Cégep André-Laurendeau.
Jonathan Ram, BComm, was appointed CEO of Careismatic Brands.
94 Stéphane Cardin, GrDip, was named president and CEO of the Quebec Film and Television Council.
95 Colleen Timm, BA, was appointed deputy president and CEO of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC).
96 Assunta Tortis, BComm, GrDip 97, was named corporate vice-president of Finance at Yellow Pages Limited.
97 Russell Browne, BA, was appointed global head of Commodities Sales at BMO Capital Markets.
Manon Gauthier, BA, was named executive director of the Audain Foundation.
Alana Klein, BA, was named co-director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University’s Faculty of Law.
Michael Meligrigoris, BComm, was appointed vice-president, Institutional, at T. Rowe Price Canada.
00 Assunta Gallo, GrCert, BA 01, was named deputy ombudsperson at Protecteur du citoyen.
Roger Tambay, MBA, was named chief growth officer at NatureWorks.
01 Ardem Keshishian, BSc, MBA 06, was appointed vice-president of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Awalé Resources Limited.
02 Naoum Tabet, BComm, MBA 06, was named Fixed Income Investment director for Canada at Capital Group.
03 Vivek Venkatesh, MA, PhD 08, was appointed to the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ) Scientific Committee for Society and Culture.
06 Khaled Abdulrahman Al Majed, BComm, was named CEO at Edamah real estate investment company.
Zineb El Jazouli, BCompSc, was appointed director of Public Affairs at Renault Group Maroc.
07 Trevor Hawkins, BA, was appointed country manager at ManpowerGroup Canada. Falen Jacobs, BA, was named director of Education at the Kahnawake Education Center.
08 Sarah Kemerer, BComm, was named interim executive director of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal.
Tracy Medve, AMBA, was appointed part-time member of the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada.
09 Maxie Lafleur, BComm, GrDip 13, was named president of Chantier Davie Canada Inc.
“Le Clan II,” collage and mixed media
Rochelle Mayer, BComm 84, BFA 10, took part in the Women’s Art Studio 2024 Exhibition from October 30 to November 3.
More than 150 people visited the exhibition at Montreal’s Galerie Erga, where two of Mayer’s works — “Le Clan I” and “Le Clan II” — were on display.
10 Christopher Skeete, BA, is now responsible for economic and regional development, and small- and medium-sized enterprises for Quebec’s Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy.
11 Nicole Burisch, MA, was named director of Concordia’s Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery.
Didier Morelli, BA, was named curator of Manif d’art 12, the Quebec City Biennial in 2026.
Alexandre Ryzhikov, BComm, was appointed partner and portfolio manager at LionGuard Capital Management.
Johnnie Vu, BComm, was named Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
13 Shahaf Ozgaon, BComm, was named partner at Richter.
Luciano Renda, BComm, was named partner at Richter.
14 Audrée Anne Barry, BComm, was named an associate at McCarthy Tétrault law firm.
Oliviero Radack, BEng, was appointed director of Business Development and Operations at Acrow Canada.
16 Catherine Sumague, MBA, was appointed chief revenue officer at Natursource.
“Glissement,” digital prints on aluminum panels, 2025
“Glissement,” a large-scale digital artwork by Chloé Beaulac, BFA 10, premieres at the Annecy Paysage exhibition in France from July 4 to September 21, 2025.
The artwork transforms a stone wall into a trompe-l’oeil that evokes the architecture of a Roman aqueduct, juxtaposing Annecy’s natural beauty with a reimagined industrial landscape in Quebec.
22 Nicolas Furtado, BComm, was named associate at Colliers Montreal.