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Relève d'excellence awards: honouring young graduates

May 17, 2013

The winners of the 28th edition of the Relève d'Excellence awards were announced this morning, at a gala breakfast ceremony organized by Réseau HEC Montréal. Some 300 alumni and businesspeople turned out to salute the determination, talent and achievements of the new generation. The 2013 edition, on the theme of “Spotlight on the next generation,” was chaired by Pierre J. Blouin (HEC 1982), CEO, MTS Allstream Holdings Inc. and Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.

Congratulations to the winners, all of them under 35 and with some very impressive accomplishments to their credit!

 

CONSULTING SERVICES CATEGORY

 EtienneBoucher

Étienne Boucher, MSc 2004
Senior Consultant, Normandin Beaudry

 

RafalKuczynski

Rafal Kuczynski, DESS in Public Accounting 2002
Partner and co-Founder, Lacharité McComber Kuczynski

 


GildasPoissonnier

Gildas Poissonnier, MBA 2007
Manager, Sustainability and Climate Change, Deloitte

 

 

LARGE COMPANY CATEGORY

DarcyFerron

Darcy Ferron, EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal 2011
Vice-President, Trade Finance, BMO Capital Markets

 

IsabelleRioux

Isabelle Rioux, DESS in Marketing Communication 2006
Senior Manager, Content Programming, TELUS

 

MichelBerube

Michel Bérubé, MSc 2004
Director, International Products and Services, Desjardins

 

 

ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY 

 Marie-PierreDufort

Marie-Pierre Dufort, MBA 2002
Vice-President, Consulting and Human Resources,
Synetik (conseil et réadaptation)

 

Louis-PhilippeMaurice

Louis-Philippe Maurice, BBA 2003
President and co-Founder, Busbud inc.

 

 

Jean-DanielNieminen

Jean-Daniel Nieminen, BBA 2005
Vice-President and CEO, Équipements KN
 
 

 

 

SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE BUSINESS CATEGORY

Catherine Gauthier

Catherine Gauthier, BBA 2008
Human Resources Manager, 
Symbiose Centre Contact Client

 

ClaireYu

Claire Yu, MBA 2008
Project Director, Montréal International

 

MaximeDeraspe

Maxime Deraspe, DESS In Management 2007
Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, Adcogroupe

 

  

JURY'S CHOICE

EmiliePoirier
Émilie Poirier, BBA 2010
Product Manager, TC Media
 
 

YOUNG PHILANTHROPIST

Jean-FrancoisCloutier
Jean-François Cloutier, BBA 2008
Sales Director, Industrial Alliance, Insurance and Financial Services