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More honourees than any Canadian
business school
LONDON,
ON, May 1, 2009 – The Richard Ivey
School of Business is fulfilling its
mission to produce great leaders with
four of its graduates named today to
Canada's Top 40 Under 40, continuing its
record of dominating this prestigious
list.
Founded by
executive search firm Caldwell Partners
International Inc., Top 40 Under 40
honours top achievers in business,
professions, academia and public service
for leadership, vision, impact and
community involvement.
The
following Ivey Business School graduates
will be recognized as leaders and role
models for young Canadians at an awards
ceremony in Toronto on May 5:
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Brian
Chafe, MBA '04, Chief Operating
Officer, Provincial Aerospace Ltd.;
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Michael
Copeland, MBA '99, LLB '93, Chief
Operating Officer, Canadian Football
League;
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John
Corley, Ivey Executive Program '01,
Vice President and General Manager
of Canadian Operations, Xerox
Canada;
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Steven
Koles, Ivey Marketing Management
Program '97, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Hemisphere GPS
Inc.
Since the
founding of the awards in 1995, Ivey
Business School has consistently had a
notable representation. Previous
honourees include Patrick Spence, HBA
'98, Vice President of Research in
Motion Ltd.; Christine Magee, HBA '82,
President and CEO of Sleep Country
Canada and Tim Hockey, MBA '97, Group
Head of Canadian Banking and President
and CEO of TD Canada Trust.
In total,
Ivey Business School has had 38 degree
alumni and 10 Executive Development
graduates make the list – more honourees
than any other Canadian business school.
"We are
extremely proud that Ivey graduates
consistently dominate this distinctive
list. It speaks to the high calibre of
our programs and students and
demonstrates our strength in developing
great leaders. The varied experience of
these individuals, and our past
recipients, shows that Ivey graduates
are successful in all walks of life and
make valuable contributions to society,"
said Carol Stephenson, Dean, Richard
Ivey School of Business.
"It's
particularly rewarding to know these
young leaders are honoured not just for
their business success, but for their
vision, innovation and community
involvement and contributions. At Ivey,
we teach that success is more than
climbing the corporate ladder, it's also
about contributing to society."
The newest
recipients from Ivey Business School
have impressive achievements.
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Brian
Chafe is Chief Operating Officer of
Provincial Aerospace Ltd., an
international aerospace firm
headquartered in St. John's,
Newfoundland;
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Michael
Copeland is responsible for football
operations, finances and
administrative and legal functions
for the Canadian Football League;
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John
Corley oversees direct sales for
Xerox's Canadian operations and
previously led the firm's marketing
strategy for North America;
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Steven
Koles was involved with the
turnaround of CSI Wireless, a
Calgary-based GPS products
manufacturer, and re-branded the
company as Hemisphere GPS Inc. Prior
to that, he was Vice President and
General Manager at AOL Canada Inc.
and led the Internet Services
Businesses in Canada
To
interview the winners, please contact
Dawn Milne 519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.ca
Media interested in attending, please
contact Dawn Milne at 519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.uwo.ca
About the Richard Ivey School of
Business, The University of Western
Ontario
The Richard Ivey School of Business at
The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca)
offers undergraduate (HBA)
and graduate degree programs (MBA,
Executive MBA and
PhD) in addition to non-degree
Executive Development programs. Ivey has
campuses in London (Ontario),
Toronto, and Hong Kong. Ivey
recently redesigned its curriculum to
focus on
Cross-Enterprise Leadership – a
holistic issues-based approach to
management education that meets the
demands of today's complex global
business world.
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For more
information, please contact:
Dawn Milne, Communications Specialist,
Richard Ivey School of Business,
519-850-2536,
dmilne@ivey.ca
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