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S T U D E N T AWA R D SR E C E P T I O N2 0 1 2

Thursday, November 15, 2012

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Fleck Atrium

Opening Remarks

Beatrix Dart

Associate Dean, Executive Degree Programs

Mihnea Moldoveanu

Associate Dean, Full-Time MBA Program

S T U D E N T AWA R D S AT T H ER O T M A N S C H O O L O F M A N A G E M E N T

CONGRATULAT IONS FROM THE DEAN

This is an especially exciting year for the Rotman School.

We have opened our fantastic new expansion, doubling

the amount of space available for research, teaching, and

study. The expansion provides the resources necessary for

us to continue pursuing an agenda of academic excellence.

Top-performing students are an integral part of this process.

They help build a strong community of learning by raising

the scholastic bar for their peers, thereby enhancing the

work ethic and sense of determination for all students.

Merit-based scholarships recognize and honour the important accomplishments and

contributions of top scholars. Twenty-five per cent of our Full-Time, Morning and

Evening MBA, and MFin students receive such awards. These awards help attract

exceptional students as well as make management education more affordable.

The Rotman School has 90 unique awards, which provide more than two million

dollars to students each year. Many were established through the generous

support of corporate partners, alumni, and friends.

The Bradley David Griffiths Memorial Scholarship and the John A. Tory Fellowship

are two new awards that honour the legacies of two outstanding business leaders

and encourage others to follow in their footsteps. Thank you to the Griffiths Family

and Thomson Reuters for their foresight and generosity and to all our award donors

for supporting a strong scholastic culture at the Rotman School.

Congratulations to the 2012 award recipients on your outstanding accomplishments.

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Dean’s Scholarship

Established by Professor Tom Wilson from the Department of Economics, this scholarship is awarded to

an outstanding student entering the joint JD/MBA program.

Shawn Dogra (JD/MBA 15)

Dr. Sam and Dr. Doris Lau MBA Fellowship in Finance

Created in 1998 by University of Toronto volunteers Drs. Sam and Doris Lau, this fellowship is awarded

to a student with a Finance background.

Daniel Lubienietzky (MBA 14)

Gordon M. Watson Entrance Scholarship

Established in 1996 by John Watson (MBA 67) in honour of his father, Gordon M. Watson, this

scholarship is awarded to a student who has experience in the fields of Finance, Investment Banking,

or Security and who has successfully completed the Canadian Securities Course.

Elton Law (MBA 14)

Harvey Botting Entrance Scholarship

Established in 1999 by Harvey Botting (MBA 85), this scholarship is awarded to a student who has

made a significant contribution to society through active community involvement and volunteerism or

who has demonstrated leadership through their work experience.

Rameez Saboowala (MBA 14)

Helen J. Rotenberg Entrance Scholarship

Established in 2000 by E-L Financial Corporation in honour of Helen Rotenberg’s 15 years of service

to the company, this award is given to an international or domestic student who has demonstrated a

creative and integrative approach to Investment Management.

Xiaoda Wang (MBA 15)

Iain Ronald MBA Fellowship in Finance

Established in 1999 by Iain Ronald, this fellowship recognizes academic excellence and is awarded

to an MBA student who plans to major in and pursue a career in Finance.

Zirong Wang (MBA 15)

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The following are recipients of the 2012 Master of Business Administration and Master of Finance

awards (including both entrance and in-program students for select awards).

Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Scholarships

The CIHR Science program strengthens Canada’s ability to commercialize its world-class research in

the life sciences. CIHR scholarships support the development of entrepreneurs and venture capitalists

with a scientific background, and foster an entrepreneurial culture within the research community.

James Austin (MBA 15)

Lakshminarayan Chinta Venkateswararao (MBA 15)

Jennifer Flexman (MBA 15)

David Wang (MBA 14)

CIBC BASc/MBA Scholarships

Established by the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering and the Rotman School, the Jeffrey

Skoll BASc/MBA program provides a fast track for students to earn their Bachelor’s degree in

Engineering and an MBA in approximately six years. These scholarships are awarded to students

who have achieved excellence in the Skoll program.

Amy Chong (Skoll 14) Entrance

Lihe Liu (Skoll 14) Entrance

Nicholas Melnick (Skoll 14) Entrance

Negar Mokhtarnia (Skoll 14) Entrance

Setare Omidi (Skoll 14) Entrance

Andrew Pienkow (Skoll 14) Entrance

Sohrab Seyedfathi (Skoll 14) Entrance

Jason Sukhram (Skoll 14) Entrance

Dean’s Fellowship

Established by Michael Bregman and his late father, Louis Bregman, this fellowship is awarded to

a student who has demonstrated leadership potential through work experience or extra-curricular

activities, and who has exhibited high academic performance in their undergraduate education

and GMAT scores.

Alex Yeo (MBA 14)

M B A A N D M A S T E R O FF I N A N C E E N T R A N C E AWA R D S

Jeremy Bluvol (Skoll 13) In-Program

Brendan Cochrane (Skoll 13) In-Program

Cassidy Evans (Skoll 13) In-Program

Nirojan Ganesanathan (Skoll 13) In-Program

Alex Ho (Skoll 13) In-Program

Daron Keskinian (Skoll 13) In-Program

Wilson Ma (Skoll 13) In-Program

Christopher Siemieniuch (Skoll 13) In-Program

Christopher Yardy (Skoll 13) In-Program

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Maritime Life Entrance Scholarship

Established by Maritime Life Assurance Company prior to its merger with Manulife Financial, this

scholarship recognizes academic merit.

James Laureys (MBA 14)

Martin Ossip Scholarship at the Jewish Foundation of Greater TorontoEstablished in 2008 by the Martin Ossip family at the United Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto, this

award recognizes students for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the Jewish community.

Andrew Pienkow (Skoll 14)

Terri Block (MBA 14)

Kayla Rochkin (MBA 13)

Mary Jane Felker FellowshipCreated by a gift from the estate of Mary Jane Felker, these fellowships are awarded to students who

have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.

Jennifer Bates (JD/MBA 15) Entrance

Peter Vavrak (MBA 13) In-Program

MBA Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs

Established in 2001 by University of Toronto graduate Bill Young, this fellowship is awarded to an

MBA student who has demonstrated an enhanced commitment to social entrepreneurship.

Terri Block (MBA 14)

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J. Spencer Lanthier Award in Accounting

Established in 1999 by J. Spencer Lanthier on his retirement as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

of KPMG Canada, this award is given to an entering MBA student with a background in Accounting.

Jenny Yeung (MBA 15)

James D. Fleck Entrance Award

Established by Professor Emeritus Jim Fleck, this award is granted to a student who has demonstrated

a commitment to the not-for-profit sector.

Jeffrey Ma (JD/MBA 15)

John A. Rogers Award in Leadership

Established in 2006 to recognize the leadership of former MDS Inc. President and CEO, John A. Rogers

(BCom 68), this award recognizes students with outstanding leadership qualities.

Daniel Manicom (MBA 14)

Christopher van de Water (MBA 14)

John A. Tory Fellowship at the Rotman School of Management

Established by Thomson Reuters in 2011, the John A. Tory Fellowship honours John Tory, a pioneer in

Canadian business. The award supports a student who has demonstrated academic excellence, leadership,

and community involvement and includes a summer internship at Thomson Reuters in New York.

Rajat Mukherjee (MBA 13)

John M. Cassaday MBA Fellowship in Marketing

Established in 1998 by John Cassaday (MBA 81), this fellowship recognizes academic achievement

and is awarded to a student who is specializing in Marketing.

Jillian Andrews (MBA 14)

Kathy Duffy Memorial Scholarship, Presented by Accenture

Established by Accenture and named in memory of Kathy Duffy, a partner at Accenture who was

actively involved in the MBA program, this award recognizes MBA students with high academic

standing who have demonstrated leadership in the community and who have an interest in pursuing

a career in Consulting.

Jakub Wiktor (MBA 14) Entrance

Christine Prada (MBA 13) In-Program

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Rotman School of Management Entrance Award

Full-Time MBA Program

Elizabeth Amato (JD/MBA 15)Jillian Andrews (MBA 14)Hayley Angus (MBA 14)Georges Attieh (MBA 14)Paul Basha (MBA 14)Jennifer Bates (JD/MBA 15)Nader Bebawy (JD/MBA 15)Steven Bei (MBA 14)Anton Blagov (MBA 14)Valentina Carvallo (MBA 14)Sumeet Chandarana (MBA 14)Nicholas Charleton (JD/MBA 15)Sumantra Chatterjee (MBA 14)Peter Chudak (MBA 14)Shea Cole (MBA 14)Blake Connoy (MBA 14)Emily Debono (JD/MBA 15)Shawn Dogra (JD/MBA 15)Jacob Druxerman (MBA 14)Abdalla El Nounou (MBA 14)Sarah Elharrar (JD/MBA 15)Yue Fan (MBA 14)Keith Fernandes (MBA 14)Minrui Fu (MBA 14)Brenden Gomez (MBA 14)Arnab Guha (MBA 14)Carlos Guizar Acosta (MBA 14)Riley Harmon (JD/MBA 15)Shavone Hayes (JD/MBA 15)Yixin He (MBA 14)Cijia Huang (MBA 14)Janice Hung (MBA 14)Andres Hurtado (MBA 14)Ian Hwang (MBA 14)Xi Jia (JD/MBA 15)Wen Jiang (MBA 14)Rahul Joshi (MBA 14)Joseph Kalis (JD/MBA 15)Rajan Kalsi (MBA 14)Dushyant Katragadda (MBA 14)Devashish Khatwani (MBA 14)Lynn Khazzam (JD/MBA 15)Gurinder Khurana (MBA 14)AllBright Kim (MBA 14)James Laureys (MBA 14)Elton Law (MBA 14)

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National Bank Financial MBA Fellowship

Established by National Bank in 2006, this fellowship recognizes academic excellence.

Mridul Jain (MBA 15)

Peter Godsoe/Scotiabank Scholarship in Financial Engineering

Supported by Scotiabank and named in honour of Peter Godsoe, former Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer of the Bank of Nova Scotia, this scholarship is awarded to two MBA students: an entering

student with a background and interest in Financial Engineering, and a returning student with high

academic achievements in first year who is majoring in Financial Engineering.

Daniel Lubienietzky (MBA 14) Entrance

Ryan Krook (MBA 14) In-Program

Peter Godsoe/Scotiabank Scholarship in International Finance

Awarded to two MBA students: an entering student with a background and interest in International

Finance, and a returning Finance student who has achieved outstanding performance in first year.

Jia Liu (MBA 14) Entrance

Brendan Cochrane (Skoll 13) In-Program

Proscience Inc. Entrance Scholarship

Established in 1997, by Paul Richard (MBA 62) and Proscience, this scholarship recognizes academic

excellence.

Nishant Jauhari (MBA 14)

Rotman School of Management Alumni Association Fellowship

Established by the Alumni Association in 1995, this fellowship is awarded for academic excellence.

Sumeet Chandarana (MBA 14)

Rotman School of Management Alumni Entrance Fellowship

Created by Rotman School alumni to support outstanding MBA students.

Shea Cole (MBA 14)

Catherine Craig (MBA 15)

Jacob Druxerman (MBA 14)

Michael Lau (MBA 15)

Peng Li (MBA 15)

Kaixin Li (MBA 14)Rui Liu (MBA 14)Sitian Lu (MBA 14)Daniel Lubienietzky (MBA 14)Jeffrey Ma (JD/MBA 15)Sarah Macchione (JD/MBA 15)Karla Mancinas Ojeda (MBA 14)Daniel Manicom (MBA 14)Gabriel Moreau (MBA 14)Pedram Moussavi (JD/MBA 15)Jayant Mudgal (MBA 14)Michael Murphy (JD/MBA 15)Igor Nirenshtein (MBA 14)Raymond Pan (MBA 14)Prem Panchatcharam (MBA 14)Sarit Pandya (JD/MBA 15)Noopur Parmar (MBA 14)Dean Pitton (MBA 14)Jacqueline Richards (JD/MBA 15)Fernanda Rios (MBA 14)Rameez Saboowala (MBA 14)Jeremy Saunders (MBA 14)Jessica Schwarz Alvarez Del Villar (MBA 14)Alexander Sebastian (MBA 14)Sumathi Seetharaman (MBA 14)Andrew Segal (MBA 14)Yannan Shen (MBA 14)Jingwei Sun (MBA 14)Ya Hong Sun (MBA 14)Shehryar Syed (MBA 14)Daniel Szirmak (JD/MBA 15)Roman Titov (MBA 14)Swati Trivedi (MBA 14)Arjun Tuteja (MBA 14)Christopher van de Water (MBA 14)Bharath Venkatramani (MBA 14)Rebecca Vernik (MBA 14)Sunil Viswanathan (MBA 14)Hao Wen (MBA 14)Geoffrey White (MBA 14)Jakub Wiktor (MBA 14)Ramin Wright (JD/MBA 15)Ken Yang (JD/MBA 15)Alex Yeo (MBA 14)Jingling Zhang (MBA 14)

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Rotman School of Management Entrance AwardMorning and Evening MBA Programs

Catherine Craig (MBA 15)

Jessica Currie (MBA 15)

Wahed Fidaali (MBA 15)

Jennifer Flexman (MBA 15)

Laurent Haccoun (MBA 15)

Mridul Jain (MBA 15)

Dimitrije Jankovic (MBA 15)

Michael Lau (MBA 15)

Rotman School of Management Entrance Award

Master of Finance Program

Anonymous (3)

Simon Binder (MFin 14)

Tian Chen (MFin 14)

Jeremy Dietrich (MFin 14)

Michael Hayes (MFin 14)

Rotman Vision-GRADitude Scholarship

Supported by the MBA classes of 2005 and 2006, this scholarship is awarded to a student with high

academic achievement.

Wahed Fidaali (MBA 15)

The Bonham Scholarship

Established by Mark Bonham (BComm 82), this scholarship is awarded to a student with outstanding

GPA and GMAT scores and a background in the Finance industry.

Alexander Sebastian (MBA 14)

Peng Li (MBA 15)

Isac Lima (MBA 15)

Alexander Melamed (MBA 15)

Lak Hang Pun (MBA 15)

Hee Doo Song (MBA 15)

Xiaoda Wang (MBA 15)

Zirong Wang (MBA 15)

Jenny Yeung (MBA 15)

Saad Jamous (MFin 14)

Jia Li (MFin 14)

Kedar Rindani (MFin 14)

Bradley Sinclair (MFin 14)

Lindsay Sinclair (MFin 14)

University of Toronto Leon Pape Memorial Scholarship

Established in 1997 by University of Toronto graduate Barbara Stitt and family in honour of her father,

Leon Pape.

Lak Hang Pun (MBA 15)

University of Toronto PricewaterhouseCoopers MBA Fellowship

Established by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999, this fellowship is awarded to a student who has a high

academic standing and demonstrated involvement in their undergraduate studies or in the community.

Elton Law (MBA 14)

Walter B. Coutts Award in Accounting

Established in 1999 by Professor Emeritus Martin Evans, this award recognizes leadership in Accounting.

Hao Wen (MBA 14)

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The International Student Fellowship

Awarded to entering and in-program international MBA students on the basis of academic merit.

Deepak Ananthnarayan (MBA 14) Entrance

Valentina Carvallo (MBA 14) Entrance

Tabitha Fritz (MBA 14) Entrance

Wen Jiang (MBA 14) Entrance

Thu Nguyen (MBA 14) Entrance

Aditya Sharma (MBA 14) Entrance

Jingling Zhang (MBA 14) Entrance

The Lal Khanna Award

Established in 2009 by the family and friends of Lal Khanna (MBA 71), this award is given to a

domestic student from South or Southeast Asia.

Abhay Oberoi (MBA 14)

The Leacross Foundation Award for Women at the Rotman School of Management

Established by the Leacross Foundation in 2008, this award supports female students who have

demonstrated leadership, experience and interest in a non-traditional sector such as Manufacturing,

Trades, Technology or Engineering.

Sumathi Seetharaman (MBA 14)

Swati Trivedi (MBA 14)

University of Toronto Canadian Credit Management Foundation (CCMF) Fellowship

Established in 1998 by the Rotman School’s transformational benefactor Marcel A. Desautels,

the CCMF Fellowships are awarded to MBA and PhD students on the basis of academic merit

(PhD recipients are listed on page 27).

Nader Bebawy (JD/MBA 15)

Blake Connoy (MBA 14)

Jessica Currie (MBA 15)

University of Toronto Deloitte & Touche Scholarship

Created in 1997, this award supports Finance students entering the MBA program.

Peter Chudak (MBA 14)

Andrew Segal (MBA 14)

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Ajay Bansal (MBA 13) In-Program

Saket Mundra (MBA 13) In-Program

Kiran Sajwani (MBA 13) In-Program

Chii-Jiun Shih (MBA 13) In-Program

Peter Vavrak (MBA 13) In-Program

Laurent Haccoun (MBA 15)

Daniel Manicom (MBA 14)

Hee Doo Song (MBA 15)

Heather M. Reisman Prize in Organizational Behaviour

Established by University of Toronto President Emeritus J. Robert S. Prichard to honour Heather Reisman’s

contributions to the university, this prize is awarded to the student who has achieved the highest standing

in the Managing People in Organizations course.

Christine Wheatley (MBA 13)

Honourable John Dawson Ground Prize in Leadership & Ethics

Established in 2007 by the friends and family of Justice John Dawson Ground, this prize is awarded to

the JD/MBA student who has the highest grade in the Business Ethics course.

Vanessa Hui (JD/MBA 14)

HSBC Bank of Canada Scholarship

Established by HSBC in 2001, this scholarship supports academic excellence.

Zicheng Guo (MBA 13)

Kayla Rochkin (MBA 13)

J. Murray Armitage Scholarships

Created by Susan Armitage and John Clark in memory of J. Murray Armitage, this award was

established to support academic excellence at the graduate level.

Joseph Koo (MBA 14)

Yinzhi Shen (MBA 13)

Joseph Kerzner Award

Named in honour of Toronto businessman Joseph Kerzner, this award recognizes a student with high

academic standing in first-year Accounting courses.

Huan Xie (MBA 13)

Kami/Martz Scholarship in Strategic Management

Established in 2004 by Managerial Design in honour of business strategists Michael Kami and Bill Martz,

this scholarship is awarded to an in-program student majoring in Strategy, Consulting, Innovation and

Entrepreneurship, or Global Management.

Jonathan Bega (JD/MBA 14)

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The following are the 2012 recipients of the Master of Business Administration and Master of Finance

in-program awards for second and third-year students.

Bradley David Griffiths Memorial Scholarship at the Rotman School of Management

Established by friends and family in memory of Toronto Financier and University of Toronto alumnus Bradley

David Griffiths (BCom 79), this award supports a domestic student in the Full-Time, Evening or Morning

MBA program who has demonstrated leadership experience in Finance, Investment Banking or Energy.

Hezek Busheri (MBA 14)

Class of 1997 Scholarship

Established by the Rotman MBA class of 1997, this award recognizes students who have made a

significant contribution to the learning experience of their classmates through demonstrated leadership

and commitment to excellence.

Graham Huber (MBA 13)

Michael Moses (MBA 13)

Class of 2002 MBA Award

Established by the MBA class of 2002, this award recognizes second-year Full-Time MBA students who

have made outstanding contributions to the Rotman School community.

Barry Dion (MBA 13)

Paige Paterson (MBA 13)

Class of 2003 Trayten Jensen Memorial Award

Supported by the MBA class of 2003 in memory of classmate Trayten Jensen, this award recognizes a

student who has made outstanding contributions to the Rotman School and/or the community.

Christopher Siemieniuch (Skoll 13)

Fidelity Investments Canada Limited Scholarship

Established by Fidelity in 2001, this scholarship is awarded to a student who has achieved academic excellence.

Melita Cyril (MBA 13)

Gordon F. Cheesbrough MBA Graduate Fellowship

Established by business leader and University of Toronto graduate Gordon F. Cheesbrough, this award

supports a Rotman School student specializing in Ethics or Finance.

Ashley Engbloom (MBA 13)

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Lisa Hamann Memorial Award

Established by Hydro One in 1995 in memory of their valued employee Lisa Hamann, this award

recognizes a female student with a high academic standing who has demonstrated leadership in

extra-curricular activities and who has an interest in International Studies.

Ashley Engbloom (MBA 13)

Lucio Cappola Memorial Scholarship in Leadership

Established in 2004 by the family and friends of Lucio Cappola (MBA 87), this scholarship recognizes

academic achievement and leadership.

Terence Fong (JD/MBA 14)

Mary Verna Simmonds Rotman MBA Fellowship in Social Change

Established in 2007, this fellowship recognizes a student who has demonstrated a commitment to

and rigorous understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate and Global Citizenship,

Not-For-Profit and Social Enterprise, or Social Justice.

Thavasuthan Theiventhirakumaran (MBA 13)

Optimum Talent Human Resource Management Award in Leadership

Established in 2006, this award recognizes academic achievement and is awarded to a student who is

pursuing a career in Human Resources.

Brooke Sinclair (MBA 13)

Rip Gauthier Memorial Scholarship in Marketing

Established by FirstService Corporation in 2003 to honour business entrepreneur and founder of the

Canadian Marketing Association, Rip Gauthier, this scholarship is awarded to a student who exhibits

leadership and expertise in Marketing.

Melanie Archambault (MBA 13)

Rotman 2004 Non-Profit Internship Scholarship

Awarded to an in-program MBA student with a summer internship in the not-for-profit sector.

Terence Fong (JD/MBA 14)

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Rotman Scholar Awards

Rotman Scholar Awards recognize the academic excellence, strong leadership and communication skills

of upper-year students. Recipients provide academic support to first-year students.

Ankit Agarwal (MBA 13)

Navodit Babel (MBA 13)

Shehbaz Badesha (MBA 13)

Ajay Bansal (MBA 13)

Aaron Barnes (MBA 13)

Michael Bertrand (MBA 13)

Justin Chan (MBA 13)

Girish Chhatwani (MBA 13)

Kitty Chow (MBA 13)

Melita Cyril (MBA 13)

Ashley Engbloom (MBA 13)

Mariano Ferreira Pinho (MBA 13)

Tatjana Gominuka (MBA 13)

Mohit Gupta (MBA 13)

Brian Huang (MBA 13)

Antonia Johnson (MBA 13)

Gaurav Kapoor (MBA 13)

Daron Keskinian (Skoll 13)

Seth Klerer (JD/MBA 13)

Justin Lopresti (MBA 13)

Wei Ma (MBA 13)

Brian Moelich (MBA 13)

Maryam Mohammadi (MBA 13)

Rajat Mukherjee (MBA 13)

Saket Mundra (MBA 13)

Samuel Newman-Bremang (MBA 13)

Trevor Ngai (MBA 13)

Darmika Nithianandan (MBA 13)

Daniel Pinault (MBA 13)

Christine Prada (MBA 13)

Kayla Rochkin (MBA 13)

Jahangir Sheikh (MBA 13)

Christopher Siemieniuch (Skoll 13)

Gagandeep Simak (MBA 13)

Ian Sin Kwok Wong (MBA 13)

Brooke Sinclair (MBA 13)

Gregory Stewart (MBA 13)

Thavasuthan Theiventhirakumaran (MBA 13)

Peter Vavrak (MBA 13)

Robin Weaver (MBA 13)

Janelle Woodroffe-Mark (MBA 13)

Huan Xie (MBA 13)

Can Yilmaz (MBA 13)

Rotman Team Coach Awards

Rotman Team Coaches are upper-year students who have experienced the core MBA team experience

and therefore have an understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by first-year students.

The awards offer participants an opportunity to demonstrate and enhance their leadership skills through

coaching and mentoring first-year MBA project teams.

Ankit Agarwal (MBA 13)

Karan Bahety (MBA 13)

Ajay Bansal (MBA 13)

Alaina Boyer (MBA 13)

Girish Chhatwani (MBA 13)

Melita Cyril (MBA 13)

Paige Donnelly (MBA 13)

Mariano Ferriera Pinho (MBA 13)

Tatjana Gominuka (MBA 13)

Gary Hong (MBA 13)

Nitin Jain (MBA 13)

Brian Ji (MBA 13)

Gaurav Kapoor (MBA 13)

Arun Lamba (MBA 13)

Abhijith Mariswamy Arun Kumar (MBA 13)

Rohit Mittal (MBA 13)

T. George Mulligan Memorial Scholarship

Supported by AMI Partners and named in honour of T. George Mulligan, this scholarship is awarded

to a student who has chosen to specialize in Finance with an emphasis on financial analysis and

portfolio management.

Étienne Bordeleau-Labrecque (MBA 13)

The Birch Hill Equity Partners Award at the Rotman School of Management

Established by Birch Hill Equity Partners in 2008, this award supports a student who has excelled in

Finance or Investment Management.

Aaron Barnes (MBA 13)

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Trevor Ngai (MBA 13)

Darmika Nithianandan (MBA 13)

Christine Prada (MBA 13)

Sabrina Radia-Bramwell (JD/MBA 14)

Roshni Ramchandani (MBA 13)

Sarmishta Revanoor (MBA 13)

Robyn Ross (MBA 13)

Kiran Sajwani (MBA 13)

Mark Saraiva (MBA 13)

Jahangir Sheikh (MBA 13)

Christopher Siemieniuch (Skoll 13)

Peter Vavrak (MBA 13)

Talia Vinograd (MBA 13)

Huan Xie (MBA 13)

Muhammad Zaheer (MBA 13)

The George C. Vilim Scholarship in Effective Management

Established in 2008 by Aecon Group, Managerial Design and Brendan Calder in honour of successful

businessman and valued mentor George C. Vilim, this scholarship is awarded to a student who has

demonstrated high academic achievement in a Strategic Management course.

Jonathan Bega (JD/MBA 14)

Value Investing Award

Established in honour of John Watson, this award is given to the top student in the Value Investing Course.

Bronwyn Smith (MBA 12)

William Waters Award

Named after Professor Emeritus William Waters, this award provides emergency assistance for students

enrolled in any Rotman School program.

Anonymous

Women in Capital Markets (WCM) Heather L. Main Memorial Scholarship

Created in 1999 by the Women in Capital Markets Institute to provide a lasting tribute to Heather

L. Main, this award supports women enrolled in the MBA program who are studying and pursuing

careers in Capital Markets.

Maryam Mohammadi (MBA 13)

Nicharin Ukarapong (MBA 13)

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Dean’s ListRecognizes students ranked in the top 11-20 per cent of their class after completing the first year of

the Full-Time MBA program.

Ankit Agarwal (MBA 13)Ryan Appotive (MBA 13)Gaurav Bhide (MBA 13)Bryan Chan (MBA 13)Kyle Chew (MBA 13)Paige Donnelly (MBA 13)Christopher Duvinage (MBA 13)Ashley Engbloom (MBA 13)Mariano Ferreira Pinho (MBA 13)Ping He (MBA 13)Eric Hu (MBA 13)Michael Jason (JD/MBA 14)Brian Ji (MBA 13)Ankur Khurana (MBA 13)Wei Ma (MBA 13)

EVENING MBA

Dean’s List with DistinctionRecognizes the student who achieved the highest GPA after completing the Evening MBA core curriculum.

Jeffrey Seedhouse (MBA 13)

Dean’s List, First ClassRecognizes students ranked in the top 10 per cent of their class after completing the Evening MBA

core curriculum.

Brendan Dellandrea (MBA 13)Rawipa Jarunyaroj (MBA 13)Dharmesh Thakkar (MBA 13)Jingjing Zhang (MBA 13)

Dean’s ListRecognizes students ranked in the top 11-20 per cent of their class after completing the Evening MBA

core curriculum.

Ron Bhuyan (MBA 13)Yunbo Jin (MBA 13)Chien Wei Lu (MBA 13)

The Dean’s Lists give recognition to students ranked in the top 20 per cent of each class. The graduating

MBA and Master of Finance students were recognized at Convocation this past June 2012. Dean’s List

candidates for the Executive MBA and Omnium Global Executive MBA programs are acknowledged for

their achievements only after the completion of the program and will be recognized at Convocation in June.

FULL-TIME MBA

Dean’s List and Andrew Alexander Kinghorn AwardThis award recognizes the student who achieved the highest GPA after completing the first year of the

Full-Time MBA program.

Jonathan Bega (JD/MBA 14)

Dean’s List and Andrew Alexander Kinghorn FellowshipAwarded in recognition of students who ranked in the top 10 per cent of their class after completing

the first year of the Full-Time MBA program.

Navodit Babel (MBA 13)Aaron Barnes (MBA 13)Michael Bertrand (MBA 13)Étienne Bordeleau-Labrecque (MBA 13)Douglas Bryce (MBA 13)Pedro Capitao (MBA 13)Justin Chan (MBA 13)Brendan Cochrane (Skoll 13)Melita Cyril (MBA 13)Terence Fong (JD/MBA 14)Brian Huang (MBA 13)Vanessa Hui (JD/MBA 14)

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Antonia Johnson (MBA 13)Alan Kelly (MBA 13)Daron Keskinian (Skoll 13)Gabriel Matzner (MBA 13)Rajat Mukherjee (MBA 13)Samuel Newman-Bremang (MBA 13)Daniel Pinault (MBA 13)Kayla Rochkin (MBA 13)Zaid Samar (MBA 13)Ian Sin Kwok Wong (MBA 13)Rebecca Stephens-Wells (MBA 13)

Dylan McGuire (MBA 13)Trevor Ngai (MBA 13)Jahangir Sheikh (MBA 13)Christopher Siemieniuch (Skoll 13)Gagandeep Simak (MBA 13)Gregory Stewart (MBA 13)Rosalia Tan (MBA 13)Eric Tang (MBA 13)Thavasuthan Theiventhirakumaran (MBA 13)Peter Vavrak (MBA 13)Weihua Wang (MBA 13)Robin Weaver (MBA 13)Huan Xie (MBA 13)Can Yilmaz (MBA 13)

Joe Moghaizel (MBA 13)Edward Yang (MBA 13)Olivia Yow (MBA 13)

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MORNING MBA

Dean’s List with Distinction

Recognizes the student who achieved the highest GPA after completing the Morning MBA core curriculum.

Ernest Cheng (MBA 12)

Dean’s List, First Class

Recognizes students ranked in the top 10 per cent of their class after completing the Morning MBA

core curriculum.

Dennis Braun (MBA 13)

Nina Krook (MBA 13)

Jonathan Parham (MBA 13)

Evgeniya Podbelskaya (MBA 12)

Dean’s List

Recognizes students ranked in the top 11-20 per cent of their class after completing the Morning MBA

core curriculum.

Marcos Da Silva (MBA 13)

Simon Mendelson (MBA 13)

Hiten Mistry (MBA 13)

Shayan Rahnama (MBA 13)

MASTER OF FINANCE

Dean’s List with Distinction and Master of Finance Directors’ Continuing Scholarship

Recognizes the student who achieved the highest GPA after completing the first year of the Master of

Finance program.

Sandy Lam (MFin 13)

Dean’s List, First Class

Recognizes students ranked in the top 10 per cent of their class after completing the first year of the

Master of Finance program.

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William Cheng (MFin 13)

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Dean’s List

Recognizes students ranked in the top 11-20 per cent of their class after completing the first year of

the Master of Finance program.

Marissa Leung (MFin 13)

Jiantao Xie (MFin 13)

O N TA R I O G R A D U AT ES C H O L A R S H I P SThe Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program is designed to encourage academic excellence

at the graduate and doctoral levels, and is jointly supported by the Ontario Government, the University

of Toronto and donors to the Rotman School. The donor-named awards and respective student

recipients are:

Bill Reddin Managerial Effectiveness Scholarship

Alexandra Juzkiw (MBA 13)

J. Murray Armitage Scholarships

Étienne Bordeleau-Labrecque (MBA 13)

Ian Sin Kwok Wong (MBA 13)

Larry Wasser Scholarships

Nathan Ho (MBA 14)

Shengze Tang (PhD)

Martin Evans Scholarship

Mohammad Fazel Zarandi (PhD)

Peter F. Drucker Effective Executive Scholarship

Kyle Chew (MBA 13)

Peter J. Irvine Scholarship

Mojtaba Araghi (PhD)

ONE-YEAR EXECUTIVE MBA ANDOMNIUM GLOBAL MBA AWARDS

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The One-Year Executive MBA program allows working managers to complete their MBA in 13 months

minimizing the time spent away from work. The Omnium Global Executive MBA program allows working

managers to complete their MBA through concentrated residential modules held in various countries.

Academic Director’s Award for Women Managers

Awarded to exceptional female students entering the Executive MBA programs who have demonstrated

strong leadership skills in their personal and professional life. Successful candidates have also achieved

high academic standing in their undergraduate work or have provided evidence of similar achievements

outside the academic world.

Andreea Ciologariu (OMNIUM 9, MBA 14)

Wei Zhang (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

Associate Dean’s Award of Academic Excellence

Awarded to students entering the Executive MBA programs who have achieved a high degree of

academic excellence at the graduate level.

Kenneth Eakin (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

Christoph Jung (OMNIUM 9, MBA 14)

Carol Dickson Memorial EMBA Scholarship

Awarded to a female student entering the Executive MBA program. The scholarship is based on academic

merit, with a preference given to a candidate with a background in Manufacturing, Technical Resources

or Human Resources and/or has fluency in two or more languages.

Dimah Khalili (EMBA 32, MBA 13)

Dean’s Executive MBA Award of Merit for Professional Advancement

Awarded to students entering the Executive MBA programs who have demonstrated exceptional job

performance, academic merit, leadership in their current role and success resulting in promotion or award.

Andrew Dixon (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

Dean’s Executive MBA Award of Merit for Small and Medium Enterprise

Awarded to a student entering the Executive MBA programs who has a strong record of managerial

achievement in a small to medium enterprise (SME). For the purpose of this award, the program follows

Statistics Canada’s definition of an SME as any business establishment with up to 499 employees and

less than $50 million in gross revenues.

Jeffrey Lyons (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

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Executive MBA Fellowship Award for Entrepreneurs

Awarded to entrepreneurs entering the Executive MBA programs for achievement in the creation and

marketing of new goods or services. Recipients are leaders who have demonstrated accountability in

the face of risk.

Andreas Freitag (OMNIUM 9, MBA 14)

Executive MBA Fellowship Award for Excellence in an Emerging Market

Awarded to students entering the Executive MBA programs who have taken on a high level of personal,

professional and/or financial risk to pursue opportunities in countries that are restructuring their

economies along market-oriented lines.

Chaodong Jiang (OMNIUM 9, MBA 14)

Executive MBA Award for Leadership

Awarded to students entering the Executive MBA programs who hold leadership positions in their

current employment, supervising a team of colleagues and mentoring them to gain management

positions in the future.

Tyler Langdon (OMNIUM 9, MBA 14)

Wendy Legere (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

Executive MBA Fellowship Award for Non-Profit Managers

Awarded to students who have a strong record of achievement in non-profit management in either

social services, arts and culture, sports and recreation, international development, health care,

or education.

Maia Becker (EMBA 33, MBA 14)

The Jane Tyreman Award

This peer-nominated award is given to the Executive MBA student who has contributed the most to

the learning experience of their classmates through leadership and a commitment to excellence.

The award emphasizes recipients’ academic excellence and their willingness to share with classmates

their grasp of subject matter.

Ray Daroga (EMBA 32, MBA 13)

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The You Speak, We Listen AwardThis peer-nominated award is conferred on a student in the Executive MBA programs who best embodies

the Executive MBA belief that students learn as much from each other as they do from their professors.

This student demonstrates the value of their experiences by making profound contributions to their class

through both words and deeds.

Christopher Morgan (EMBA 32, MBA 13)

P h D AWA R D SCapital Market Graduate FellowshipAwarded to PhD students based on academic merit.

Kadir Babaoglu

Mathieu Forunier

Doctoral FellowshipAwarded to a PhD student based on academic merit.

Laurina Zhang

Graduate Student Endowment FundAwarded to PhD students based on academic merit.

Keyvan Vakili

Jianfu Wang

Ravit Heskiau

Harvey Rorke Financial Foundation of Canada PhD FellowshipThis award, generously funded by the Financial Research Foundation of Canada, is awarded to PhD

students on the basis of academic merit.

Haoyu Xu

Home Capital Scholarship in Honour of John J. RuffoCreated in 2001 by Home Capital Group Incorporated, this scholarship supports academic excellence

at the PhD level.

Jiahua Wu

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The Ernst & Young Graduate Fund in Memory of Ross M. SkinnerEstablished by Ernst & Young in 2006 in memory of one of their leading partners Ross Skinner, the

scholarship is awarded to two PhD students specializing in Accounting.

Han Li

Na Li

University of Toronto Canadian Credit Management Foundation (CCMF) FellowshipEstablished in 1998 by the Rotman School’s benefactor Marcel Desautels, the CCMF Fellowships are

awarded to MBA and PhD students on the basis of academic merit. (MBA recipients are listed on

page 12.).

Avery Haviv

Julian House

Florenta T. Leustean

George McRuer

Aazam Virani

Robert Waiser

William Osborn Twaits FellowshipCreated by the estate of William Osborn Twaits, this fellowship supports PhD students on the basis

of academic merit.

Sandra Barbosu

Jillian Chown

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT GROUP

Roger MartinDean

Joel BaumAssociate Dean, Faculty

Ken CortsAssociate Dean,

Undergraduate Education

Beatrix DartAssociate Dean,

Executive Degree Programs

Jim FisherVice-Dean, Programs

Lili LitwinExecutive Director, Advancement

Anita McGahanAssociate Dean, Research

Michele MilanManaging Director, Executive Programs

Mihnea MoldoveanuAssociate Dean, Full-Time MBA Program

Peter PaulyVice-Dean, Academic

Suzanne SpraggeAssistant Dean,

External Relations & Chief of Staff

Mary-Ellen YeomansAssistant Dean,

Integrative Planning & Chief Operating Officer

ACADEMIC DIRECTORS

Mihnea MoldoveanuAcademic Director,

Full-Time MBA Program

David GoldreichAcademic Director,

Morning & Evening MBA Programs

Alexandra MacKayAcademic Director,

Master of Finance Program

Beatrix DartAcademic Director,

Executive Degree Programs

For information on creating a student award at the Rotman School, please contact the Rotman

Development team at 416-978-8825 or development@rotman.utoronto.ca.

Congratulations to all recipients and a sincere thank you to our award donors.