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Leading Canadian legal and governance expert to present MasterClass at MBA Fair in Toronto
10 September 2008
Ambitious young professionals have a unique opportunity to taste life in the business school classroom with a leading MBA expert MasterClass at the QS World MBA Tour in Toronto on Sunday 14 September.
The MasterClass is presented by Canadian legal and governance expert Richard C. Powers, Assistant Dean and Executive Director of MBA Programs at Joseph L. Rotman School of Management.
Powers will speak on “Risk Management: A Case History from Tylenol to Apple.”
“Manager’s constantly deal with both assessing and managing risk strategies,” says Powers.
“But what do you do when a potential risk manifests itself and threatens to destroy the company? Through active case analysis, we will examine how different companies have dealt with events that derailed their core strategy, and yet survived…. some better than others.”
A former corporate lawyer for Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson and Mayer (now Gowlings), Powers’ areas of expertise include corporate governance, ethics, business and corporate law, and sports marketing. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Powers is also a director of several not-for-profit organizations.
He is an academic director of The Directors Education Program and the Governance Essentials Program (in partnership with the Institute of Corporate Directors – ICD). Powers’ also teaches on Rotman’s Executive MBA and Executive Education Programs.
Each year, top business school professors participate in the MasterClass series, organized by careers and education experts QS as part of the QS World MBA Tour, the world’s largest program of business school information events. The Toronto MasterClass, which starts at 16:30 on Sunday 14 September is perfect for professionals yet to experience a business school campus and who want to learn more before talking to the admissions directors from some of the world’s top business schools attending the fair.
Nunzio Quacquarelli, Managing Director of QS says: “Our research shows us that Canadians are among the most ambitious nationalities in the world, and are considering MBAs both at home and abroad in large numbers. The QS World MBA Tour MasterClass gives these professionals a unique chance to consider if business school is right for them before meeting representatives of hundreds of different schools from around the world, as well as from Canada.”
Some of the world’s leading business schools attending the QS World MBA Tour in Toronto include; London Business School LBS; UC Berkley, IE Business School, NYU Stern and many more.
Registration for the QS World MBA Tour is now open. Candidates can pre-register to ensure fast-track entrance by visiting www.topmba.com.
The Tour visits Toronto:
Sunday 14 September 2008
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
225, Front Street W
Toronto ON M5V2W
14:00 - 18:00
$5 CAN online or $10 CAN on the day
(both payable on fair day at the registration table)
For more information contact:
Spencer Matheson
North American Tour Manager
QS World MBA Tour
Tel: +33 (0) 6 62 94 55 69
Email: spencer@qsnetwork.com
Notes for editors:
QS World MBA Tour
The QS World MBA Tour is the largest program of recruitment and information fairs for business school applicants. In 2007 over 80,000 potential applicants visited 72 events in 35 countries.
The QS World MBA Tour offers a unique opportunity to meet admissions officers
of the world's top business schools at venues around the world. Now in its fourteenth year, the Tour will visit 74 cities in 36 countries over five continents during 2008.
About QS
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The QS team of over 80 individuals from the four corners of the world represent the experience and goals of the achievers we aim to assist. They include internationally recognised experts in the higher and business education arena.
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