SEVEN GRADUATES WHO MAKE ESG UQAM PROUD

Réseau ESG UQAM will salute the brilliant careers of seven graduates of UQAM’s École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM) on November 18 at its annual Prix Performance Gala.

Under the honorary chairmanship of Sylvain Roy (B.A.A. 91), President of Rogers Québec, the event will take place in the Salle Le Parquet at Centre CDP Capital, in the presence of UQAM Rector Robert Proulx, ESG UQAM Dean Stéphane Pallage, and jury chairman Jean-Paul Gagné, Publisher Emeritus of Les Affaires newspaper and Honorary Doctor of UQAM (2012).

The winners are :

MANAGERS 2014

Pierre Alary, FCPA, FCA (B.A.A. 78 )
Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Bombardier Inc.

Pierre Miron (B.Sc.A. 85)
Senior Vice-President, Operations and Information Technology, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

Martin Thibodeau (M.B.A 02)
President, Quebec Division, RBC Royal Bank

Kathleen Zicat (M.B.A 94)
Senior Vice-President, Retail Quebec, National Bank of Canada

YOUNG LEADER 2014

Melissa Denis (B.A.A. 03)
National and Sector Sales Director, Business Solutions, TC Media

COUP DE COEUR 2014

Diane Gosselin (M.B.A. 05)
President and General Manager, CQDM

2014 TRIBUTE AWARD

Réseau ESG UQAM will pay tribute to Michel Grenier (M.B.A. 03), Executive Director of ESG UQAM’s Centre d’entrepreneuriat and lecturer in the Department of Strategy, Social and Environmental Responsibility.

2014 Jury

An external jury evaluated all the applications submitted. The selection committee, made up of ESG UQAM graduates and former winners of the Prix Performance Gala, met last June to select the best candidates. The final selection was made following a meeting of all finalists last September.

The 2014 jury, chaired for the 11th consecutive year by Jean-Paul Gagné, is made up of:

Marie-Claude Boisvert, (B.A.A. 87) Prix Performance 11
Chief Operating Officer, Desjardins Entreprises Capital régional et coopératif, Mouvement Desjardins

Benoit Deshaies, (M.B.A. 93) Prix Performance 97
Director, Tourism Division, Investissement Québec

Pierre Garneau, (M.B.A. 01) Prix Performance 05
Head, Operational Excellence, Glaxo Smithkline

Jean Gattuso, (M.B.A. 97) Performance 98 Award
President and Chief Operating Officer, Lassonde Inc.Réseau ESG UQAM acknowledges the contribution of its partners in making this event possible: Rogers Communications, Les Affaires newspaper, Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec, Allstream, RBC Royal Bank, Richter, Bombardier Transport and Réseau Action TI.

Réseau ESG UQAM
The Graduate Association of the École des sciences de la gestion counts 80,000 graduates. As the premier gathering of management leaders, the Network offers graduates, ESG students and business leaders a privileged and dynamic forum for exchanges and contacts, enabling them to create and maintain friendly and professional ties.

Jury members: Jean-Paul Gagné, Marie-Claude Boisvert, Benoit Deshaies, Pierre Garneau and Jean Gattuso