Welcome to the Rotman School of Management

Agenda

All times are Eastern Time (UTC/GMT-5)

Opening Remarks

Susan Christoffersen

Dean
Rotman School of Management

Susan Christoffersen is the Dean at Rotman, and the William A. Downe BMO Chair, Professor of Finance. From 2015 to 2020, Professor Christoffersen served as the Vice-Dean, Undergraduate and Specialized programs. Her research focuses on mutual funds and the role of financial institutions in capital markets. She has published in top finance journals and cited in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg News Service, and The Wall Street Journal. Susan has received grants from SSHRC, IFM2, and FQRSC and research awards from Q-Group, Bank of Canada, BSI Gamma Foundation, INQUIRE, and the Swiss Finance Institute.

Live at 11:00am Eastern Time

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Rotman MBA Information Session

The Rotman MBA is designed for talented professionals seeking a transformative learning experience. Our program will challenge you to push your limits, expand your creativity, and develop the leadership and decision-making skills to take your career to the next level.

Farhia Jabaney

Assistant Director, 
Recruitment and Admissions,
Morning & Evening MBA Programs

Danielle Spence

Assistant Director, 
Recruitment and Admissions,
Full Time MBA Program

Live at 11:15am Eastern Time

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Beyond Strengths:
Building Leadership Skills From the Inside Out

Maja Djikic

Executive Director,
Self-Development Lab
Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

In this session, participants will learn how to move beyond stagnation, to build leadership skills that have been slow or difficult to grow, and reignite their developmental process.

Live at 11:45am Eastern Time

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From Aspiring to Achieving:
Rotman MBA Alumni Panel

Whether your aim is to make a career switch, advance in your current path, join a tech venture, or jumpstart your life in Canada, hear from our alumni on how the Rotman MBA will help you to launch your career and accelerate your success.

Tania Narcisco, MBA '16

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, TSXT, TMX Group 

Simon Telce, MBA '23

Consultant, Bain & Company 

Amanda Verner, MBA '23

Associate Brand Manager, Kenvue 

Shubhendu Tripathi, MBA '21

Senior Engineering Manager - Fintech, Wayfair 

Chris Jones

Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Full-Time MBA 

Moderator

Live at 12:15pm Eastern Time

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Sample Classes

Sample Class #1:
Emancipatory Leadership
 

Nouman Ashraf

Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

In this highly interactive session, Professor Nouman Ashraf will offer five key insights on how leaders can assemble a leadership stimulus package to address societal inequity and, at the same time, seize opportunities for greater organizational inclusion at all levels.

Live at 1:30pm Eastern Time

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in Desautels Hall

Sample Class #2:
Driving Strategic Change and Implementation

Yongah Kim

Associate Professor of Strategic Management

In today’s VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) world, discontinuity is a norm and pace of change is accelerating. Therefore, successful organizations must make strategic shifts and change. However, implementing change is extremely difficult and 70% of the transformations fail. A great strategy is useless unless you can implement it. In this interactive class, we will discuss the challenges of implementing change and useful concepts to analyze and drive strategic change.

Live at 1:30pm Eastern Time

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in Fleck Atrium

 

Learn more about Rotman

Information Booths
2:30pm – 4pm Eastern Time


Full-Time MBA Admissions


Morning & Evening MBA Admissions


Professional MBA & Specialized Programs


Career Services


Office of Student Engagement (OSE)


Graduate Business Council (GBC)


Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)


Ask a Current Student Anything


Financing Your MBA


Student Clubs


International Exchanges & Global Consulting Projects

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Tour Our Building

Located in the heart of Toronto

The Rotman School is located in downtown Toronto, Canada’s commercial and cultural capital. Consistently ranked one of the best cities in the world in which to live; Toronto is home to the second largest financial centre in North America, and the third largest technology, health sciences, and film and television sectors.

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People

Opening Remarks

Susan Christoffersen

Dean, Rotman School of Management
William A. Downe BMO Chair, Professor of Finance

Land Acknowledgement

Nicola Woods

Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Full-Time MBA and Morning/Evening MBA

Welcome

Angela Forster

Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Morning/Evening MBA

 

Mohammad Salhia

Managing Director, Recruitment, Admissions, and Business Development

Self-Development Lab

Maja Djikic

Executive Director, Self-Development Laboratory
Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Sample Class

Nouman Ashraf

Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Sample Class

Yongah Kim

Associate Professor, Strategic Management

Alumni Panel

Chris Jones

Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Full-Time MBA

MEMBA Info Session

Farhia Jabaney

Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Morning/Evening MBA

FTMBA Info Session

Danielle Spence

Assistant Director, Recruitment and Admissions, Full-Time MBA

Office of Student Engagement

Renice Jones

Director, Office of Student Engagement

Office of Student Engagement

Alyson Waite

Assistant Director, Office of Student Engagement

Career Services

Tea Pesheva

Corporate Relations Manager, Career Services

Audrey Au

Career Consultant, Career Services

Diana Byers

Career Consultant, Career Services

Specialized Programs

Elaine O'Neil

Assistant Director, Specialized Programs

Nisha Uthayakumaran

Recruitment Officer, Specialized Programs

Monica Aguirre Sotelo

Assistant Director, Specialized Programs

Professional MBA

Stephen Mighton

Assistant Director, Executive MBA

Sara Elsadik

Marketing Assistant, Specialized Programs and Professional MBA

Creative Destruction Lab

Aishwarya Sapru

Creative Destruction Lab Fellow, Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Edison Zhu

Creative Destruction Lab Fellow, Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Graduate Business Council

Sanskriti Merchant

President, Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Maxwell Maduka

Vice President, Events, Full-Time Candidate MBA '24

Fredrick Ehichioya

MMA Director, Master of Management Analytics Candidate '23

Devashish Agnihotri

MEMBA Director, Evening MBA Candidate '26

Alumni

Tania Narcisco

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, TSXT, TMX Group Programs

Simon Telce

Consultant, Bain & Company

Amanda Verner

Associate Brand Manager, Kenvue

Shubhendu Tripathi

Senior Engineering Manager - Fintech, Wayfair

Full-Time MBA Students

Riya Jain

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Prince Arora

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Dare Adeyemo

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Alex Miyashiro

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Amos Alayande

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Akshita Mishra

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Alex Miyashiro

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Bianca Fortunato

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Maitri Arya

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Shimoni Parekh

Full-Time MBA Candidate '24

Edward Nanor

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Ha Nguyen (Hailey)

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Nabas Yunas

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Riya Jain

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Oluwashileola Akinjo

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Qian Liu (Leo)

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Samuel Seo

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Suhah Shaheen

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Jesse Niu

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Tanzir Islam

Full-Time MBA Candidate '25

Morning/Evening MBA Students

Annie Hsiao Wen Sun

Morning MBA Candidate '26

David Guo

Morning MBA Candidate '24

Madeline Da Cambra

Morning MBA Candidate '25

Mary Yang

Morning MBA Candidate '26

Devashish Agnihotri

Morning MBA Candidate '26

Ori Abara

Morning MBA Candidate '25

Pelinsu Avci

Morning MBA Candidate '25

Qi Min (Cecilia)

Morning MBA Candidate '26

Taz Hussain

Morning MBA Candidate '25

Tham Nampi

Morning MBA Candidate '25

Wang Luo (Luffy)

Morning MBA Candidate '26