Desautels Faculty of Management
People
Olympian, CEO, and chef de mission – Jennifer Heil’s next move
A former Olympic gold medallist, Jennifer Heil, BCom’13, knows all about the pressures that the Canadian athletes taking part in the upcoming Winter Games will have to contend with. She is drawing on that experience to serve as Canada’s chef de mission for the Games.
On Campus
The most popular McGill News stories of 2025
The McGill alum who went from organizing Frosh Week parties to producing The White Lotus. The two sets of twins currently studying medicine at McGill. The tiny bookstore that has been loved by generations of McGillians. These were some of the most-read McGill News stories from last year.
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Overseeing The Jilly Box experience
The Jilly Box, the brainchild of former The Bachelorette star Jillian Harris, provides a boost to many small, socially responsible businesses, most of them owned by women. As its CEO, Julia Freeman, BCom’07, is focused on steering The Jilly Box to new heights.
On Campus
Future ready: Young alumni benefit from ‘competitive edge’
A survey of recent graduates provides a ringing endorsement that a McGill education leads to job market success. What does the University do to help ensure its graduates are so employable? We go beyond the numbers to examine the myriad efforts to make McGill students ready for their next big step.
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His new job? Building a Stanley Cup contender
When Mathieu Darche, BCom’00, the new general manager of the New York Islanders, was studying management at McGill and playing for the University’s hockey team, he couldn’t have imagined how those two sides of his life would end up being combined.
On Campus
McGill data analytics lab proving to be good for business
The DataSphere Lab at the Desautels Faculty of Management aims to help companies and organizations tackle challenges with data-driven solutions. For students, it’s a valuable hands-on – and paid – work experience.
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Fastball? Curveball? Let’s see what the data says
Sam Greene, BCom’20, MMgmt’21, studied analytics at the Desautels Faculty of Management. As the assistant pitching coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, he has been using that expertise to help the pitchers on one of baseball’s best teams gain an edge over the opposing hitters they face.
People
The denim disruptor
Brandon Svarc’s family has been in the jeans business for three generations, but the Naked & Famous Denim founder brings his own unique sensibility to clothing, one that has earned him accolades. James Bond has been spotted in his jeans (but not the glow-in-the-dark ones).
On Campus
Paying it forward
Josée Goulet, MBA’90, and Jean-Charles Caty, BCom’63, both benefitted from their management studies at McGill before embarking on their successful careers. They are helping to ensure that current francophone students have similar opportunities.
Society
Weathering the storm
When Peter Oliver, BCom’71, co-founded Oliver & Bonacini Hospitality, he helped elevate Toronto’s dining scene. Now his son Andrew Oliver, BCom’06, is taking O&B to new heights (literally and figuratively), but first he had to contend with a disastrous pandemic.
Society
Pressing for environmental change – from the inside
Yalmaz Siddiqui, BCom’92, the vice-president of environmental sustainability for the Walt Disney Company, reflects on almost 30 years of promoting sustainability in senior corporate roles, and on facing skepticism from business colleagues (in the early going) and environmental activists (more recently).
Society
Once an Olympian, always an Olympian
The Olympics always offer a unique blend of exceptional skill, thrilling competitions, and surprises, and the 2024 Paris Games are certain to do the same. What’s life like for the athletes who take part in the world’s biggest international sporting event? We asked some McGillians with firsthand experience.