Programs
MBA and EMBA: Celebrating the success of the 2025 cohorts
September 17, 2025
HEC Montréal celebrated the achievements of nearly 200 students who graduated from the MBA and McGill–HEC Montréal EMBA programs, during two convocation ceremonies that were held on September 16, 2025, at the Rachelle and Alain Paris Amphitheatre in the Hélène Desmarais Building.
- The first of these ceremonies, which took place at 3 p.m., marked the graduation of 45 people who completed the McGill–HEC Montréal EMBA program and 38 others, who completed their full-time MBA this year.
- The second ceremony, which began at 7 p.m., honoured 111 graduates of the part-time MBA program.
Both ceremonies were attended by 159 of the graduates, along with their guests.
Secretary General Johanne Turbide served as the MC. HEC Montréal Director Federico Pasin delivered the opening remarks at both ceremonies.
The following three cohort members were also invited to deliver a speech to their colleagues: Valeriya Patrei, for the full-time MBA program, Amir Jaballah, for the EMBA program and Antoine Delage-Laurin, for the part-time MBA program.
The dignitaries also included:
- Kevin Johnson, MBA Program Director
- Eric Filteau, Vice-Rector of Administration and Finance, Université de Montréal
- Louis Hébert, Co-director of the EMBA program
- Michelle Paquin, representative of the HEC Montréal Alumni Association
