Schulich Engage Virtually Connects Alumni with Students
Schulich Engage Virtually Connects Alumni with Students
May 3, 2021
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During the winter term, the Schulich Alumni Office collaborated with Student Services and International Relations and Ashwin Joshi, MBA Program Director, Faculty Advisor and Associate Professor of Marketing, on the Schulich Engage Series.
The Series featured Schulich’s alumni from around the world who connected virtually with students on a variety of topics for 10 dynamic sessions followed by interactive networking with alumni leaders.
“Students valued hearing and learning about the life lessons of our senior alumni who imparted practical advice, industry knowledge and career insights,” said Aloma Gravel, Director of Alumni Relations. “The Series was created to augment the absence of in-person events to foster meaningful connections between our students and the Global Schulich Alumni Network.”
Schulich Engage Speakers from left to right: Jose-Antonio Buenaño, Gordon Kerr, Janine Dodge, Maria Kasilowez, Brian Lau, Sooganthy Nadarajah, Michael O. Lewis, Denise Pickett, John Cappella, and Gustavo Alvaro Perez.
Speakers included:
Jose-Antonio Buenaño (MBA ‘94), Managing Director, Head of South America, Edgewater Markets; Co-President, Schulich Alumni Chile Chapter
Moderator: Ashwin Joshi, Associate Professor of Marketing, Director, MBA Program
Gustavo Alvarez Perez (MBA ’05), Cloud & Infrastructure Services Leaders, Middle East and Africa, IBM (Dubai)
Moderator: Fabiola Sicard (IMBA ’06), Senior International Market Consultant/Area Director, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation & Trade
Maria Krasilowez (IMBA ‘91), Global Program Director, Commercial Operations, Tetra Pak International, Co-President, Schulich Alumni Italy Chapter
Moderator: Ashwin Joshi, Associate Professor of Marketing, Director, MBA Program
Gordon Kerr (MBA ’03), Head, Global Structured Finance Research and Analytics, DBRS; Co-President, Schulich Alumni London Chapter, UK
Moderator: Christine Helsdon Tekker (LLM ’10 Osgoode), Finance Instructor, Schulich School of Business
Michael O. Lewis (MBA ’09), Managing Director, Thorek Scott & Partners
(A leader in the field of Executive Search)
Moderator: Jim Clayton, Director and Timothy R. Price Chair, Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure; Schulich School of Business
Janine Dodge (MBA ’01), President, International Play Association (IPA) Brazil; former Marketing Director at Castrol-BP and Unilever (Latam and Brazil); Schulich Brazil Country Manager
Moderator: Geoffrey Kistruck, RBC Professor in Social Innovation & Impact; Director, Social Sector Management Program, Schulich School of Business
Soo (Sooganthy) Nadarajah (MBA ’08), Leader, Higher Education & Healthcare, Amazon Web Services (Seattle, WA); Former Head of Global Sales Strategy and Operations, Blackberry (4 years); Former Project Manager, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc (2 years)
Moderator: Ashwin Joshi, Associate Professor of Marketing, Director, MBA Program
Denise Pickett (MBA ’90), President, Global Services Group, American Express Company (New York)
Moderator: Dean Detlev Zwick, Schulich School of Business
Brian Lau (MBA ’91), Managing Director & Partner, Asia Private Equity Firm ShawKwei & Partners (Hong Kong)
Moderator: Pauline Shum Nolan, Professor of Finance, Founding Director, Master of Finance; Former Director, PhD Programme, Schulich School of Business
John Cappella (BBA ’99, MBA ’04), Vice President, Area East, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (New York)
Moderator: Ashley Konson, Managing Partner, Global Brand Leaders; Instructor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business
Special thanks to our team of Breakout Room Alumni Facilitators:
Kikeloye Oyerinde (IMBA ’20), RBC Global Asset Management
Hemant Agrawal (MBA ’17), CIBC
Naman Bajaj (MBA ’20), Epic
Alex Tran (iBBA ’16), Fiix Software
Jimmy Chan (iBBA ’17), Odyssey 3D
Michael De Luca (MMKG ’19), Schulich School of Business
During the winter term, the Schulich Alumni Office collaborated with Student Services and International Relations and Ashwin Joshi, MBA Program Director, Faculty Advisor and Associate Professor of Marketing, on the Schulich Engage Series.
The Series featured Schulich’s alumni from around the world who connected virtually with students on a variety of topics for 10 dynamic sessions followed by interactive networking with alumni leaders.
“Students valued hearing and learning about the life lessons of our senior alumni who imparted practical advice, industry knowledge and career insights,” said Aloma Gravel, Director of Alumni Relations. “The Series was created to augment the absence of in-person events to foster meaningful connections between our students and the Global Schulich Alumni Network.”
