HEC Montréal claims top spot at the Jeux du commerce

HEC Montréal’s delegation won 1st place in the overall ranking at the Jeux du commerce, marking its first victory since 2021. The event took place from January 9 to 11, 2026, at HEC Montréal’s Hélène Desmarais Building. The 38th edition of this interuniversity competition brought together more than 1,100 participants from 13 universities across Eastern Canada.

The HEC Montréal team was made up of 87 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) students, coordinated by Alexanne Ledoux from the HEC Montréal Competition Committee (CCHEC).

Our teams’ detailed results

Academics

• Organizational information systems, 1st place
• Strategy, 1st place
• Accounting, 2nd place
• Marketing, 2nd place
• Finance, 2nd place
• International trade, 2nd place
• Debating, 2nd place
• Interactive Case, 2nd place
• Sustainable Development, 3rd place
• Academic Cup (overall score for this component), 1st place

Sports

• Women’s volleyball, 2nd place
• Most Valuable Player, women’s volleyball: Naomie Blondeau
• Sports Cup (overall score for this component), 2nd place

Other components

• Mystery activation, 1st place
• Contribution, 2nd place
• Participation, 3rd place

Delegation members, by discipline

• Accounting: Étienne Harnois, Victoria Majeau, Paul Rivard
• Coach(es): Céline Gemmel

• Debating: Lydia Kara, Victor Laberge Faleiros, Mathias Sarrasin, Félix Toulouse
• Coach(es): Jérôme Brun-Picard, Céline Gemmel

• Entrepreneurship: William Muckle, Bianca Pelletier-Normandin, Sacha Kalogerakis-Larue
• Coach(es): Carl Boutet, Cassandra Desroches, Tomy Pelletier

• Finance: Edgar Bomy, Hugo Brossard, Samuel Lewis
• Coach(es): Jacques Lemay, Julien Galisson

• Human Ressources Management: Laurence Leduc, Nicole Strogova, Léo Therrien-Lacroix
• Coach(es): Charles Martel, Anne Bourhis

• International Trade: Raphaël Echevin, Corinne Lavallée, Justine Lortie
• Coach(es): Étienne Desfossés, Florentine Gagnon

• Marketing: Alyssia Cloutier, Clara Demers, Ella Peschlow
• Coach(es): Marc-Antoine Hébert, Virginie Jacques Nadeau

• Operations and Logistics Management: Maxence Bertrand, Robin Brovillé, Julien Grivaz
• Coach(es): Patrick Gilbert, Audrey Kaine

• Organizational Information Systems: Giulia Dalla Colleta, Pauline Moine, Mikaël Parent
• Coach(es): Pierre-Majorique Léger, Romain Pourchon, Emmanuelle Legault

• Social: Eloi Villemer, Maxime Saleh, Élise Rouillard, Albert Masse
• Coach(es): Kevin Moslehi

• Surprise Case: Maèva Lehoux, Julien Gaignon, Melvyn Minard
• Coach(es): Anne Bourhis

• Sustainable Development: Maèva Lehoux, Julien Gaignon, Melvyn Minard
• Coach(es): Célia Barbotte, Alexia Fillion-Lauzon

• Strategy: Évelyne Blanchet, Alexandru Celac, Guillaume Payette

• Coach(es): Clément Leclerc, Simon Côté-Senay, Zoé Salve

   

• Strategy 24 hours (interactive Case): Anne-Sophie April, Océane Boisvert, Constance Genthial, Clara Langevin
• Coach(es): Jean-François St-Pierre, Laurence Deschênes, Mylène Boucher

• Taxation: Thierry Caron, Alex Corriveau, Jérémy Lauzon
• Coach(es): Charles-Étienne Pilon

• Men’s Volleyball: Justin Rolshausen, Émile Barrette, Vincent Grenier, Guillaume Côté, Léonard Belair, Clément Lamarre, Joseph Jestin, Lucas Rivest, Nathaël Vigneau
• Coach(es): Béatrice Jodoin, Matthew Kolatschek

• Women’s Volleyball: Maïa Lambert, Naomie Blondeau, Léa Cloutier, Juliette Turgeon, Juliette Durocher, Lorie Labelle, Magali Landry, Ekaterina Parasenko, Amélie Sawka
• Coach(es): Victoria Tougas-Tremblay
   

Acknowledgements

The University Competitions Service and the AEHEC Competitions Committee would like to thank all the graduates who volunteered to accompany the teams throughout the fall, as well as the HEC Montréal Alumni Association for its financial support.