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Our students excel in three university competitions
November 25, 2024
HEC Montréal’s student delegations are continuing their winning streak by turning in excellent performances in three competitions that took place in early November.
First, on November 9, two teams from the School won awards at the KGP competition in project management, organized by UQAM:
- 1st place in the Events Case – Justin Guitton (Certificat en gestion de projets), Mathéo Maruejouls (Maîtrise en gestion [M. Sc.] – stratégie, and Bachelor of Business Administration [BBA] graduate), Ivan Markos McFerrin and Samia Rerhaye (BBA)
- 2nd place in the Information Technology Case – Estelle Collado, Gabriel Hardy-Joseph, Antoine Laty and Guillaume Lefebvre (BBA)
- Fan Favourite Award in their respective cases – Guillaume Lefebvre and Ivan Markos McFerrin
Their coaches from the School were Jean-François Pilon, Faculty Lecturer in Project Management, and Jean-François St-Pierre, Administrative Director, University Competitions Service.
That same day, three Master’s students – Faiz Ansari and Vaibhav Munjal (Finance), and Xiao Xue (Financial Engineering) – won the Best Quantitative award at the McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC). Accompanied by coach Jean-Philippe Tarte, Senior Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Finance, they had to put together innovative portfolio strategies that are inflation resilient, while satisfying the liquidity needs of retirees from various demographic groups.
The winning team of the PrimeTime Sports competition – MLSE, (from left to right) Christian Gendron, Amine Ben Arous, Charles Martel and Nicolas Rouleau-Breton, with Samuel Ouellette.
The following day in Toronto, Charles Martel (M. Sc. – développement organisationnel), Amine Ben Arous, Christian Gendron and Nicolas Rouleau Breton (D.E.S.S. en gestion – management du sport), won the PrimeTime Sports case competition presented by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). With a mandate to develop an equity, diversity and inclusion program within MLSE, its franchises and teams, these students were coached by the Administrative Director of the HEC Montréal Sports Hub, Samuel Ouellette.
The School’s University Competitions Service would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of these student delegations, as well as the HEC Montréal Alumni Association for its financial support.
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