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AAGEF Ontario organizes monthly networking Happy hour events every last wednesday of the month in Toronto from 6 pm to 8 pm. Registration is compulsory on links advertised in the AAGEF Ontario various linkedin subgroups and communicated by each Graduate School Manager.
During these events , a keynote speaker from the Business World or the Public Administration presents his activities and exchanges with the members
Recently , we have launched executive round tables where a moderator and a panel of specialist of the field exchange ideas with the audience. We also launched a pitching event for entrepreneurs willing to test their ideas in front of a group of senior experts. This Entrepreneur Challenge Event ( our take on Dragons Den in Canada or Shark Tank in the US ) took place in November 2015 for the first time and has become a yearly event.
AAGEF Ontario Entrepreneur Challenge
Upcoming events of AAGEF Ontario and other AAGEF in North America :
to receive notifications about our events, please subscribe to our newsletter : http://eepurl.com/g30VnL
Toronto : Usually last wednesday of every month at 6pm and announced in the linkedin page ( please follow us ) . Email contact@aagefontario.org
Agenda 2022 : stay tuned (save the date - each event will be open for registration a few weeks before)- subscribe to the newsletter and join the linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/aagefontario
January 26th : Post Covid trends panel : How Canadian medtech companies are meeting patient needs ( event co-organized by AAGEF Ontario and INSEAD Alumni )
Moderator :
Miklos Tomka (INSEAD), CEO / Global Growth Strategist
Panel Speakers :
Joshua Liu (UofT) : Co-founder/CEO, SeamlessMD
Lisa Boreanaz : Technology Advisor, National Research Council, Government of Canada
Keith Loo (Schulich) : Co-Founder/CEO Skinopathy
Rodey Wing (INSEAD) : Partner , Kearney
Dr. Avnish Mehta : Corporate Chief, Family Medicine-Scarborough Health Network
Jeffrey Kadanoff (INSEAD) : Managing Director, Espanades Ventures
February 23rd : Delphine Adenot - Owusu ( NEOMA), Executive Managing Director, European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN).
March 30th : Exceptional IN PERSON Wine Tasting with Christian Frayssignes, General Manager, Wine Operations at Dymon Group of Companies. First In Person event in 2 years ! Sponsored by Ben Rouaud
April 27th : Dave Spagnolo ,Royal Military College, President & CEO, SYSTRA Canada. Zoom meeting . Details and registration
May 25th : Aruna Jayanthi, Managing Director, Latin America and Canada, Group Executive Committee Member, Capgemini : "Industry hot trends , Sustainability, Cybersecurity "
June 28th : Bertrand Loumaye , INSEAD, Managing Director North America, Cerelia . The Challenge to Manage Hyper Growth . Second IN PERSON event in 2022 and back in our downtown location . Details and registration at https://guestli.st/718248
Sept 28th : "Impact investing, social finance, ESG: an overview and how it can apply to your job/life?" with Narinder Dhami (Rotman/ESSEC), Managing Partner at Marigold Capital ( and Canada's top 40 under 40) and Eric In (ESSEC), Director of Investments at Dragonfly Ventures. Link to register : https://guestli.st/725457
November 30th : 8th Annual Entrepreneur Challenge :
Save the date ! This will be the 8th edition of our annual Entrepreneur Challenge to be held in the prestigious Glendon auditorium and rooftop reception space !
As usual, 3 disruptive entrepreneur finalists will pitch their projects in front of a jury and the audience. During the networking phase, you will be able to meet with them, the jury, our moderator and over 150 senior executives from Fortune 500 companies.
Our amazing Moderator this year will be :
- Edmond Mollina (Centrale) , President, Orchango
Our esteemed Jury will be :
- Stephanie Veyrun-manetti (ParisXI), GM, Sanofi
- Dave Spagnolo (RMCC), President, Systra Canada
- Joséphine Bouchez (ESCP), Co-founder at TFC
Agenda :
5:30-7:30 pm : Intros. Pitches . Q&A. Live Votes . Awards
7:30-9:00 pm : Networking
If you have an entrepreneurial project, you can still apply until oct 1st . Details at
https://www.aagefchallenge.com/
You can also still sponsor the future winners with either cash prizes or any corporate gifts ( contact@aagefontario.org )
Current sponsors : Quantic School of Business & Technology ( MBA full scholarship) and Rum it yourself
Agenda 2021
March 31st : Veronique Hamel (EDHEC) , General Manager Terrascend Canada :"The societal, legislative and economic impact of the cannabis industry in North America in a “novel industry” context which is rapidly evolving.
April 28th : Peter Bethlenfalvy ( UofT, HEC Paris) , MPP for Pickering-Uxbridge, Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board.
May 26th : Stephen Gardiner (INSEAD), Managing Director for Accenture Digital in Canada, Accenture's five tech trends that will reshape the world.
June 29th : Artificial Intelligence Panel . Interactive panel with Jean-Elie Aron ( Centrale Paris, INSEAD) , Founder and CEO of looksgoodAI . Event moderated by Patrick Mutwale (INSEAD), President of CybIQs.
August 25th : Roland Lescure ( Polytechnique, ENSAE, LSE) , MP of French citizen based in North America , President of the Economic Affairs Commission at the French Parliament, ex- Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). "Economic situation in France, Canada and North America" . The event will be moderated by Mathieu Goetzke ( Polytechnique, Ponts, Stanford), Vice President Planning at Metrolinx
Oct 28th ( exceptionally on a thursday ): Interactive panel on Data Privacy with 3 experts from AAGEF Ontario :
Daniel Fombonne ( Brown / Sciences Po) , Legal and Compliance Executive & Data Protection Officer, Kinross Gold Corporation
Tiffany Wong ( York / Sciences Po) J.D., CIPP/E, Senior Privacy Consultant in Toronto, Canada.
Massimo Orsini ( McGill / Sciences Po) , Oziel Law, a business law and technology firm
Nov 24th : 7th Annual Entrepreneur Challenge . Come listen to the pitch of the 3 disruptive entrepreneur finalists and vote for the best project ! Meet with them, the jury and our moderator during the networking phase during which you will mingle with over 150 senior executives
Our 3 finalists will pitch in front of the jury and the audience:
-Stabl :Hamza Shaikh (UofT), Founder
-AlgoBio: Anneke van Heuven(UofWaterloo),Founder, CEO and Elias Trouyet (UofWaterloo),Co-Founder & CTO
-Marlow : Simone Godbout (Ivey/Western), Founder & CEO and Nadia Ladak (Ivey/Western) , Co-Founder & COO
Our Moderator :
-Veronique Hamel (EDHEC), GM, TerrAscend
Our Prestigious Jury :
-Loren Rafeson (INSEAD), Partner, BDC Capital
-Audrey Heurzeau (EDHEC), CFO, Rexel Canada
-Peter Traynor (UofT), President of Verona Real Estate group and Capital Markets Consultant
We will also have an update from our last year winner :
- Rachel Bartholomew (UofWaterloo), Founder & CEO , Hyivy Health
Agenda :
5:30-7:30 pm : Intros. Pitches . Q&A. Live Votes . Awards
7:30-8:30 pm : Networking
Feel free to suggest us any event you think might be of interest for our members ( dates available are oct 27th at 6 pm or any last wednesday of the month in 2022 )-email us at contact@aagefontario.org )
Follow our linkedin page and stay up to date with events https://www.linkedin.com/company/aagefontario
Montreal : Contact jean-Louis Bellat jeanlouisbellat@gmail.com
Vancouver : check http://frenchalumni.ca/
Ottawa : contact Agnes Ruffat agneslazier@gmail.com
Chicago : Contact aagefchicago@gmail.com. ( Every 4th Thursday of the month 6 pm at the Sofitel )
New York : check www.aagef.com
San Francisco : check the linkedin group
Speakers at AAGEF Ontario have included the CFO of HDS Canada, the EVP of the Lafarge group, the Ambassador of France in Canada, the Marketing Director at Church & Dwight, the President and CEO of Thales Canada, the CEO of SOCAN , the EVP of National Bank of Canada, the President and Founder of RFRK, the President of MCB Solutions, the President & CEO of Vitalaire Canada ( Air Liquide ), the Premier of Quebec, the EVP of Areva Canada, the EVP of Nuclear Operations and Canada at EDF, the CEO of GTMA, the International Director of Mines-Telecom, the Artistic Director of TFT, the Senior Manager of Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games , the Senior Executive Career Management expert at Elite Resumes, TFO studios visit, Boris Cyrulnik, the Chairman of Alliance Francaise, the Director Communications and Public Affairs at Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Managing Director of CANEC International, the General Manager of KFC / Taco Bell Canada, the VP of Vector Aerospace (EADS), the CEO at Uniiverse, the President of Havas Worlwide digital and its director of user experience, the GM of Heineken Canada, The executive team of Ubifrance Toronto, the VP Finance Hotel Division at Sunwing Travel, the CMO McDonald's Canada, the Marketing Director of Mondelez International, The Marketing Manager of Legrand, The Consumer Division Director of Valeant Canada, The CEO of Argyle Communications, the Director Latin America at Rosetta Stone, the VP HR at Givex, the Global Leadership Practice Director at Odgers Berndtson, the Principal of Glendon College, York University,the Consul General of France in Toronto, the professor of negociation at Schulich Business School, the founders of Hyperloop Toronto,ThankYouChef and Ubiquilux, the President at Toronto Mergers and Acquisitions Corp, the CEO Siradel North America , the Executive Director Glendon, the Investment Director at Entrepreneur Venture, the CEO of Manchon & Company, the President of Coca Cola Canada, the Principal at Boston Consulting Group, the CEO Airbus Helicopters for Canada and COO for North America, the Chief Strategy Officer at Rogers Communications, the CIC - Banque Transatlantique Director, the Director and Partner at PwC Canada Management Consulting, the GM of Groupe SEB, the GM of SCOR Life Canada, the CMO of Microsoft Canada, the Head of Financial Services Industry at Google Canada, the VP at Canaccord Genuity , the Entrepreneurship Columnist at National Post, the founder of bitrush, the co-founder of mousejob, the founder of sahajan, the Senior Digital Marketing Trainer & Consultant, the owner of San Francisco Consult,the GM at The Ritz Carlton Toronto, the GM at Omni King Edward Hotel, the President & CEO of Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, the Managing Director at HLT Advisory, the Director of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University, the head of the pediatric spine surgery department at SickKids ,Associate Professor at the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Toronto and the President of the Canadian Paediatric Spine Society, the Regional Director Estate and Financial Planning at Sun Life Financial, the Canada Head of Industry - Financial Services at Google Canada, the Partner at Real Ventures, the Chief Data Scientist at SalesChoice, Senior Advisor, Advanced Technologies (AI/Quantum) at Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, the CEO at Siradel, the Director at Strategy& (part of PwC network), the VP Digital Channel at TD Bank, the VP Enterprise Strategy at Scotiabank, the ex-VP Digital Channel at BMO , the CEO of Curexe, the CEO of Wintam Place Consulting, the Chief Revenue Officer at CTO Boost, the P3 projects Director at Colas Canada, the Former President & CEO at CRH Canada Group, the Toronto Project Engineering Manager at Alstom Transport, the Former Co-Deputy City Manager in charge of Urban Quality and Development, City of Lille, Loblaw Senior Director, Office of the President, the founding partnerat Commute Cycle
the co-founder at Communihelp, the co-founder at Dateva Inc, the CEO of Interactive Ontario, the Assistant Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship at Glendon, the Co-Chair at NEXT Canada and Partner, McKinsey & Company
the Director, Alternate Solutions Group, at CIBC Capital Markets , the Director, Industrial Products at PwC Canada ,the Co-founder & CEO at Bridgr , the Co-Founder & CEO at Mosaic Manufacturing ,the Founder & CEO at Vention , the VP of Mitsubishi Electric, the Director Digital Enterprise at Siemens, the President and co-founder of SlimCut Media, the GM of Instacart Canada, the Executive Director of KBF Canada and the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium and Partner at Aird & berlis, the SVP and Chief Human resources Officer at Apotex, the Ambassador of France in Canada
, the CEO and Co-founder of Transpod Hyperloop, Microsoft CMO, Apotex SVP ,Golden Ventures Principal, Needslist CEO and Founder, Retainify Founder and CEO, ShuffleSpace Founder and CEO, the Director Transportation at Plan Group, the Vice President Planning at Metrolinx, the CEO Transdev Canada, the Co-founder and CTO at Transpod, a Toronto Star investigative Reporter, the Managing Partner Toronto at Mazars, a Brand Director at Corby Pernod Ricard, the Senior Vice-President at Ipsos, the Director, Sustainability, Impact & Engagement Practice at CANDEREL GROUP, the President and CEO of Porsche Cars Canada Inc., the President of Kensington Tours, the GM of Mars Wrigley Canada, the President and Founder of Orchango, the Associate Partner and Leader of Canadian Tax at Mazars, the National Director, Talent, Culture and Marketing at Mazars, the Leader of Due Diligence Services, the Scientific & Corporate Affairs Director at Royal Canin Canada, the Product Manager Insulation at Saint-Gobain CertainTeed, the Risk & Commercial Contract Manager, North America for SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, IT Project Delivery Manager at Desjardins and
the Toronto Hub Manager at MI-GSO | PCUBED, hyivy health Founder & CEO, Steadiwear Co-Founder & CEO, Xesto Founder & CEO, aPartner at PwC, the founder of High Impact Executive, the EVP Business France North America, the GM at Terrascend Canada, the Minister of Finance of the Ontario Government, the Managing Director for Accenture Digital in Canada, the Founder and CEO of looksgoodAI and the President of CybIQs, the President of Economic Affairs at the French National Assembly and the Vice President of Planning at Metrolinx, the Legal and Compliance Executive & Data Protection Officer (SCPO) at Kinross Gold Corporation, a Senior Privacy Consultant (SCPO) in Toronto, a lawyer (SCPO) Oziel Law, a business law and technology firm, the founder & CEO at Stabl, the Founder & CEO at Algo Bio, the Co-Founder & CTO at Algo Bio, the founder and CEO at Marlow, the co-founder & COO at Marlow, a Partner (INSEAD) at BDC Capital, the CFO ( Edhec) at Rexel Canada, the President of Verona Real Estate group and Capital Markets Consultant,the VP North America at Linkedcar (INSEAD), the Co-founder/CEO, SeamlessMD, the Technology Advisor, National Research Council, Government of Canada, the Co-Founder/CEO Skinopathy, a Partner (INSEAD) at Kearney, the Corporate Chief, Family Medicine-Scarborough Health Network, the Managing Director( INSEAD) , Espanades Ventures, the Executive Director of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN), the General Manager Wine Operations at Dymon Group of Companies, the President & CEO at Systra Canada, the Managing Director and the Sector Leader Telecom, Technology and Services at of Capgemini Canada and Latam,
( Click on the blue link of your choice below )
Hot industry trends by Capgemini
The evolution of Systra Canada
EU-Canada trade relations
Medtech Panel : Post Covid trends
2021 Entrepreneur Challenge
President of Economic Affairs at the French National Assembly
Artificial Intelligence Panel
Accenture's five tech trends that will reshape the world
The Minister of Finance of the Ontario Government
The Cannabis Industry in North America
2020 Entrepreneur Challenge
Industry 4.0 Panel with MI-GSO | PCUBED
Suez in Canada
Saint-Gobain in Canada
Insights on Ontario / France unique relations
Royal Canin caring for pets throughout Covid-19
Mazars : exiting the crisis successfully
Orchango
2019 Entrepreneur Challenge
Kensigton Tours
Porsche Cars Canada
Canderel Group
Corby Pernod Ricard
Mazars : Fraud Risk Management
Toronto Star
Panel - A vision of the future of Public Transportation in GTA
2018 Entrepreneur Challenge
Transpod Hyperloop
Ambassador of France in Canada
Apotex Inc : driving employee engagement during turbulent times
KBF Canada : Major Trends in Philanthropy
Instacart : The Gig Economy and The Future of Retail in Canada
Speed networking
The Digital Advertising Landscape
The Future of Manufacturing panel
Entrepreneur Pitch 2017
Microsoft Technical Center Visit
"Disruption in Aisle 4? What’s in store for stores..." with Andrew Graham, Loblaw Senior Director, Office of the President
Transport / Infrastructure panel
Fintech Panel
The Canadian Artificial Intelligence Revolution Panel
Comprehensive Financial Planning
Innovating in spine surgery and biomechanics
luxury-hospitality-panel
A Manager's guide to Social Media
2016 Annual Entrepreneur Pitch Event
Events Coca Cola, Boston Consulting Group, Airbus Helicopters, Rogers Communications, CIC , PwC, MCBS, SEB, SCOR
Event Coliseum ( our take on Dragons Den - entrepreneurs pitching in front of experts )
Event Negociating for Pandas
Event Consulate General sept 2015
Event Glendon College
Executive HR Round Table
Event Rosetta Stone
Round Table Brands
Event Sunwing Travel
Event Ubifrance
Event Heineken
Event Havas
Event Uniiverse
Event Vector Aerospace (EADS)
Event KFC / Taco Bell Canada
Event CANEC International
Event Boris Cyrulnik
Event TFO
Event Senior Executive Career Management with Martin Buckland
Event Pan Am Games
Event Theatre Francais de Toronto
Event Mines Telecom
Event GTMA
Event EDF North America
Event Areva Canada
Event Vitalaire
Event MCB Solutions
Event RFRK
Event at the Toronto Trading Floor of National Bank of Canada
Event with Eric Baptiste, CEO of SOCAN
Event with ACS and Speednetworking
Event with Paul Kahn , President and CEO of Thales Canada
Press Coverage Ambassador of France in Canada visiting AAGEF Ontario
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AAGEF Ontario organizes monthly networking Happy hour events every last wednesday of the month in Toronto from 6 pm to 8 pm. Registration is compulsory on links advertised in the AAGEF Ontario various linkedin subgroups and communicated by each Graduate School Manager.
During these events , a keynote speaker from the Business World or the Public Administration presents his activities and exchanges with the members
Recently , we have launched executive round tables where a moderator and a panel of specialist of the field exchange ideas with the audience. We also launched a pitching event for entrepreneurs willing to test their ideas in front of a group of senior experts. This Entrepreneur Challenge Event ( our take on Dragons Den in Canada or Shark Tank in the US ) took place in November 2015 for the first time and has become a yearly event.
AAGEF Ontario Entrepreneur Challenge
Upcoming events of AAGEF Ontario and other AAGEF in North America :
to receive notifications about our events, please subscribe to our newsletter : http://eepurl.com/g30VnL
Toronto : Usually last wednesday of every month at 6pm and announced in the linkedin page ( please follow us ) . Email contact@aagefontario.org
Agenda 2022 : stay tuned (save the date - each event will be open for registration a few weeks before)- subscribe to the newsletter and join the linkedin page at https://www.linkedin.com/company/aagefontario
January 26th : Post Covid trends panel : How Canadian medtech companies are meeting patient needs ( event co-organized by AAGEF Ontario and INSEAD Alumni )
Moderator :
Miklos Tomka (INSEAD), CEO / Global Growth Strategist
Panel Speakers :
Joshua Liu (UofT) : Co-founder/CEO, SeamlessMD
Lisa Boreanaz : Technology Advisor, National Research Council, Government of Canada
Keith Loo (Schulich) : Co-Founder/CEO Skinopathy
Rodey Wing (INSEAD) : Partner , Kearney
Dr. Avnish Mehta : Corporate Chief, Family Medicine-Scarborough Health Network
Jeffrey Kadanoff (INSEAD) : Managing Director, Espanades Ventures
February 23rd : Delphine Adenot - Owusu ( NEOMA), Executive Managing Director, European Union Chamber of Commerce in Canada (EUCCAN).
March 30th : Exceptional IN PERSON Wine Tasting with Christian Frayssignes, General Manager, Wine Operations at Dymon Group of Companies. First In Person event in 2 years ! Sponsored by Ben Rouaud
April 27th : Dave Spagnolo ,Royal Military College, President & CEO, SYSTRA Canada. Zoom meeting . Details and registration
May 25th : Aruna Jayanthi, Managing Director, Latin America and Canada, Group Executive Committee Member, Capgemini : "Industry hot trends , Sustainability, Cybersecurity "
June 28th : Bertrand Loumaye , INSEAD, Managing Director North America, Cerelia . The Challenge to Manage Hyper Growth . Second IN PERSON event in 2022 and back in our downtown location . Details and registration at https://guestli.st/718248
Sept 28th : "Impact investing, social finance, ESG: an overview and how it can apply to your job/life?" with Narinder Dhami (Rotman/ESSEC), Managing Partner at Marigold Capital ( and Canada's top 40 under 40) and Eric In (ESSEC), Director of Investments at Dragonfly Ventures. Link to register : https://guestli.st/725457
November 30th : 8th Annual Entrepreneur Challenge :
Save the date ! This will be the 8th edition of our annual Entrepreneur Challenge to be held in the prestigious Glendon auditorium and rooftop reception space !
As usual, 3 disruptive entrepreneur finalists will pitch their projects in front of a jury and the audience. During the networking phase, you will be able to meet with them, the jury, our moderator and over 150 senior executives from Fortune 500 companies.
Our amazing Moderator this year will be :
- Edmond Mollina (Centrale) , President, Orchango
Our esteemed Jury will be :
- Stephanie Veyrun-manetti (ParisXI), GM, Sanofi
- Dave Spagnolo (RMCC), President, Systra Canada
- Joséphine Bouchez (ESCP), Co-founder at TFC
Agenda :
5:30-7:30 pm : Intros. Pitches . Q&A. Live Votes . Awards
7:30-9:00 pm : Networking
If you have an entrepreneurial project, you can still apply until oct 1st . Details at
https://www.aagefchallenge.com/
You can also still sponsor the future winners with either cash prizes or any corporate gifts ( contact@aagefontario.org )
Current sponsors : Quantic School of Business & Technology ( MBA full scholarship) and Rum it yourself
Agenda 2021
March 31st : Veronique Hamel (EDHEC) , General Manager Terrascend Canada :"The societal, legislative and economic impact of the cannabis industry in North America in a “novel industry” context which is rapidly evolving.
April 28th : Peter Bethlenfalvy ( UofT, HEC Paris) , MPP for Pickering-Uxbridge, Minister of Finance and President of the Treasury Board.
May 26th : Stephen Gardiner (INSEAD), Managing Director for Accenture Digital in Canada, Accenture's five tech trends that will reshape the world.
June 29th : Artificial Intelligence Panel . Interactive panel with Jean-Elie Aron ( Centrale Paris, INSEAD) , Founder and CEO of looksgoodAI . Event moderated by Patrick Mutwale (INSEAD), President of CybIQs.
August 25th : Roland Lescure ( Polytechnique, ENSAE, LSE) , MP of French citizen based in North America , President of the Economic Affairs Commission at the French Parliament, ex- Executive Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). "Economic situation in France, Canada and North America" . The event will be moderated by Mathieu Goetzke ( Polytechnique, Ponts, Stanford), Vice President Planning at Metrolinx
Oct 28th ( exceptionally on a thursday ): Interactive panel on Data Privacy with 3 experts from AAGEF Ontario :
Daniel Fombonne ( Brown / Sciences Po) , Legal and Compliance Executive & Data Protection Officer, Kinross Gold Corporation
Tiffany Wong ( York / Sciences Po) J.D., CIPP/E, Senior Privacy Consultant in Toronto, Canada.
Massimo Orsini ( McGill / Sciences Po) , Oziel Law, a business law and technology firm
Nov 24th : 7th Annual Entrepreneur Challenge . Come listen to the pitch of the 3 disruptive entrepreneur finalists and vote for the best project ! Meet with them, the jury and our moderator during the networking phase during which you will mingle with over 150 senior executives
Our 3 finalists will pitch in front of the jury and the audience:
-Stabl :Hamza Shaikh (UofT), Founder
-AlgoBio: Anneke van Heuven(UofWaterloo),Founder, CEO and Elias Trouyet (UofWaterloo),Co-Founder & CTO
-Marlow : Simone Godbout (Ivey/Western), Founder & CEO and Nadia Ladak (Ivey/Western) , Co-Founder & COO
Our Moderator :
-Veronique Hamel (EDHEC), GM, TerrAscend
Our Prestigious Jury :
-Loren Rafeson (INSEAD), Partner, BDC Capital
-Audrey Heurzeau (EDHEC), CFO, Rexel Canada
-Peter Traynor (UofT), President of Verona Real Estate group and Capital Markets Consultant
We will also have an update from our last year winner :
- Rachel Bartholomew (UofWaterloo), Founder & CEO , Hyivy Health
Agenda :
5:30-7:30 pm : Intros. Pitches . Q&A. Live Votes . Awards
7:30-8:30 pm : Networking
Feel free to suggest us any event you think might be of interest for our members ( dates available are oct 27th at 6 pm or any last wednesday of the month in 2022 )-email us at contact@aagefontario.org )
Follow our linkedin page and stay up to date with events https://www.linkedin.com/company/aagefontario
Montreal : Contact jean-Louis Bellat jeanlouisbellat@gmail.com
Vancouver : check http://frenchalumni.ca/
Ottawa : contact Agnes Ruffat agneslazier@gmail.com
Chicago : Contact aagefchicago@gmail.com. ( Every 4th Thursday of the month 6 pm at the Sofitel )
New York : check www.aagef.com
San Francisco : check the linkedin group
Speakers at AAGEF Ontario have included the CFO of HDS Canada, the EVP of the Lafarge group, the Ambassador of France in Canada, the Marketing Director at Church & Dwight, the President and CEO of Thales Canada, the CEO of SOCAN , the EVP of National Bank of Canada, the President and Founder of RFRK, the President of MCB Solutions, the President & CEO of Vitalaire Canada ( Air Liquide ), the Premier of Quebec, the EVP of Areva Canada, the EVP of Nuclear Operations and Canada at EDF, the CEO of GTMA, the International Director of Mines-Telecom, the Artistic Director of TFT, the Senior Manager of Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games , the Senior Executive Career Management expert at Elite Resumes, TFO studios visit, Boris Cyrulnik, the Chairman of Alliance Francaise, the Director Communications and Public Affairs at Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Managing Director of CANEC International, the General Manager of KFC / Taco Bell Canada, the VP of Vector Aerospace (EADS), the CEO at Uniiverse, the President of Havas Worlwide digital and its director of user experience, the GM of Heineken Canada, The executive team of Ubifrance Toronto, the VP Finance Hotel Division at Sunwing Travel, the CMO McDonald's Canada, the Marketing Director of Mondelez International, The Marketing Manager of Legrand, The Consumer Division Director of Valeant Canada, The CEO of Argyle Communications, the Director Latin America at Rosetta Stone, the VP HR at Givex, the Global Leadership Practice Director at Odgers Berndtson, the Principal of Glendon College, York University,the Consul General of France in Toronto, the professor of negociation at Schulich Business School, the founders of Hyperloop Toronto,ThankYouChef and Ubiquilux, the President at Toronto Mergers and Acquisitions Corp, the CEO Siradel North America , the Executive Director Glendon, the Investment Director at Entrepreneur Venture, the CEO of Manchon & Company, the President of Coca Cola Canada, the Principal at Boston Consulting Group, the CEO Airbus Helicopters for Canada and COO for North America, the Chief Strategy Officer at Rogers Communications, the CIC - Banque Transatlantique Director, the Director and Partner at PwC Canada Management Consulting, the GM of Groupe SEB, the GM of SCOR Life Canada, the CMO of Microsoft Canada, the Head of Financial Services Industry at Google Canada, the VP at Canaccord Genuity , the Entrepreneurship Columnist at National Post, the founder of bitrush, the co-founder of mousejob, the founder of sahajan, the Senior Digital Marketing Trainer & Consultant, the owner of San Francisco Consult,the GM at The Ritz Carlton Toronto, the GM at Omni King Edward Hotel, the President & CEO of Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, the Managing Director at HLT Advisory, the Director of the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Ryerson University, the head of the pediatric spine surgery department at SickKids ,Associate Professor at the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Toronto and the President of the Canadian Paediatric Spine Society, the Regional Director Estate and Financial Planning at Sun Life Financial, the Canada Head of Industry - Financial Services at Google Canada, the Partner at Real Ventures, the Chief Data Scientist at SalesChoice, Senior Advisor, Advanced Technologies (AI/Quantum) at Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, the CEO at Siradel, the Director at Strategy& (part of PwC network), the VP Digital Channel at TD Bank, the VP Enterprise Strategy at Scotiabank, the ex-VP Digital Channel at BMO , the CEO of Curexe, the CEO of Wintam Place Consulting, the Chief Revenue Officer at CTO Boost, the P3 projects Director at Colas Canada, the Former President & CEO at CRH Canada Group, the Toronto Project Engineering Manager at Alstom Transport, the Former Co-Deputy City Manager in charge of Urban Quality and Development, City of Lille, Loblaw Senior Director, Office of the President, the founding partnerat Commute Cycle
the co-founder at Communihelp, the co-founder at Dateva Inc, the CEO of Interactive Ontario, the Assistant Professor in Management and Entrepreneurship at Glendon, the Co-Chair at NEXT Canada and Partner, McKinsey & Company
the Director, Alternate Solutions Group, at CIBC Capital Markets , the Director, Industrial Products at PwC Canada ,the Co-founder & CEO at Bridgr , the Co-Founder & CEO at Mosaic Manufacturing ,the Founder & CEO at Vention , the VP of Mitsubishi Electric, the Director Digital Enterprise at Siemens, the President and co-founder of SlimCut Media, the GM of Instacart Canada, the Executive Director of KBF Canada and the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Belgium and Partner at Aird & berlis, the SVP and Chief Human resources Officer at Apotex, the Ambassador of France in Canada
, the CEO and Co-founder of Transpod Hyperloop, Microsoft CMO, Apotex SVP ,Golden Ventures Principal, Needslist CEO and Founder, Retainify Founder and CEO, ShuffleSpace Founder and CEO, the Director Transportation at Plan Group, the Vice President Planning at Metrolinx, the CEO Transdev Canada, the Co-founder and CTO at Transpod, a Toronto Star investigative Reporter, the Managing Partner Toronto at Mazars, a Brand Director at Corby Pernod Ricard, the Senior Vice-President at Ipsos, the Director, Sustainability, Impact & Engagement Practice at CANDEREL GROUP, the President and CEO of Porsche Cars Canada Inc., the President of Kensington Tours, the GM of Mars Wrigley Canada, the President and Founder of Orchango, the Associate Partner and Leader of Canadian Tax at Mazars, the National Director, Talent, Culture and Marketing at Mazars, the Leader of Due Diligence Services, the Scientific & Corporate Affairs Director at Royal Canin Canada, the Product Manager Insulation at Saint-Gobain CertainTeed, the Risk & Commercial Contract Manager, North America for SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, IT Project Delivery Manager at Desjardins and
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