Dear colleagues,
It has been a few weeks since we welcomed our students, staff and faculty back on campus. Every time I ask students how they feel about being back on campus, I get the same answer: they are so happy to be back or to be discovering our campus for the first time.
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Announced in May of 2021, Barry F. Lorenzetti, the founder of BFL CANADA, has gifted $500,000 to the John Molson School of Business to establish the Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership, and to endow research grants and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. I am very pleased to announce that the centre will be led by Ingrid Chadwick, co-director, Academic, and Louise Champoux-Paillé, co-director, Practice. Ingrid is an associate professor in the Department of Management and has great expertise in the areas of entrepreneurship and women leaders. Louise joined us two years ago as John Molson’s Executive-in-Residence. An economist by training, as well as a former executive and active board member, Louise has received several awards including the Order of Canada, National Order of Quebec and the Governor General’s Award for her engagement in governance and women in leadership.
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Louise Champoux-Paillé (left) and Ingrid Chadwick (right)
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Suchit Ahuja is the new graduate program director for the newly launched MSc in Business Analytics and Technology Management, and Ehsan Derayati is the new Senior Advisor, Innovation and Strategic Research Initiatives, and new Director of the National Bank Initiative in Entrepreneurship and Family Business. Both reporting to Kathleen Boies, Associate Dean, Research and Research Programs, Suchit is responsible for all academic and administrative activities of the program and will ensure its academic integrity and excellence. Ehsan will promote research and innovation at John Molson by developing industry partnerships, act as a subject matter expert for innovation-related needs and direct the activities of the National Bank research centre. Congratulations to both Suchit and Ehsan for these appointments!
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank Ingrid Chadwick who has fulfilled her mandate as Director of the National Bank Initiative in Entrepreneurship and Family Business. Under her leadership, the centre supported research projects dedicated to knowledge creation in the field of entrepreneurship and family business and supported graduate and undergraduate students with a demonstrated interest in these areas. The centre also welcomed Charles Bierbrier as the 2020-2021 Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and held a virtual speaker event during Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2020. The topic was Launching a start up in the COVID-19 environment and was very well attended.
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I would like to welcome the following new tenure track faculty members, some of whom started last autumn, and others this autumn. Please join me in welcoming the following new faculty members:
August 2020: Mahdi Mirhoseini (SCBTM), Abby Pai, (FINA), and Arman Sadreddin, (SCBTM)
May 2021: Yijing Jiang (ACCO)
August 2021: Maggie Chen (MANA), Yu-Shan Hsu (MANA), and Adriane MacDonald (MANA)
We also welcome the following LTAs and ETA:
LTAs:
Afua Agyekum (ACCO), Mélanie Briand (MANA), William Falcão (MANA), Michel Greiche (MANA), Mohammad Sadegh Hashemi (MANA), Ayesha Khan (MARK), Tomek Kopczynski (ACCO), Nisha Kulangara (SCBTM), Arka Mukherjee (SCBTM), Derek Ovadia (MANA), Morteza Sardari (MANA), Antoinette Scaringi (MARK), Nigel Taklalsingh (MANA), and Lihui Zhang (MANA)
ETA:
Chaher Alzaman (SCBTM)
I look forward to an engaging and fruitful year with all our new faculty members.
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On behalf of the organizing committee of the 2022 MBA International Case Competition (ICC), I would like to share their call for submissions for their annual case writing competition. They invite you to submit your original business cases for this year’s e-ICC, the virtual edition of the John Molson MBA International Case Competition.
The 2022 e-ICC cases should focus on business and/or corporate strategy and decision-making. Case writers are encouraged to submit cases that deal with any business discipline, including strategy, finance, sustainability, entrepreneurship, e-commerce, etc. It should be noted that writers need to base their cases on issues other than COVID-19. Considerations around COVID-19 and its impact will inevitably factor into many cases, but COVID-19 should not drive the case.
For information and to submit a case for consideration by October 1st, please visit the competition’s website.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of two former colleagues and friends.
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Jean Bernice McGuire passed away peacefully at her home after a valiant fight with cancer, on August 4, 2021, at the age of 68. A long-time faculty member at John Molson from 1987 to 2006, Jean was an outstanding researcher and published numerous articles in top management journals. The last position she held at John Molson was that of Associate Dean, Research.
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Bakr Ibrahim, also a long-time colleague in Management, passed away in June 2021. A small private ceremony was held early this summer. Bakr held many roles during his tenure at John Molson, both administrative and academic, but is fondly remember for his tenure as Chair of the Department of Management, and Associate Dean, Administrative Affairs. A graduate of Concordia, he joined the Management Department in the early 1980s, and was a kind and welcoming colleague and friend to all who knew him.
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On behalf of the entire faculty, we wish their family and loved ones our deepest condolences.
I hope that the coming weeks continue to run smoothly for everyone, and that you remain healthy and happy. It truly is wonderful to see so many of you back on campus. Together, #WeAreJMSB!
Anne-Marie Croteau, PhD, CDir
Dean
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