Events and News – Corporates
Events
Symposium for cfos and controllers: How to drive a digital transformation?
April 7, 2017
Conference with Anthony Mendendez: Are Whistleblowers a Necessary Evil in Corporate Governance?
8 février 2017
Symposium for cfos and controllers: How to strike a balance between compliance and strategic leadership?
April 8, 2016
News
FSI Competition for Best Sustainability Report: HEC Montréal Students Share their Experience
The FSI Competition is an annual competition launched in the spring of 2013 and aims to promote excellence in sustainable development reporting among Canadian companies. It is conducted in collaboration with university students who constitute [...]
Big Data and Accounting Firms: A Revolution?
The Digital Revolution (Big Data, business analytics, hosted applications and services, connected objects…) is a trend that is drastically changing organizations and more broadly society. According to a survey conducted by NewVantage Partners in 2016, [...]
Symposium for CFOs and Controllers on April 7: How to Drive a Digital Transformation?
PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION Honorary Chair: Geneviève Mottard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ordre des CPA du Québec Host: Samuel Sponem, Professor and Chairholder of the CPA International Research Chair in Management Control, HEC [...]
Review of the Conference with Anthony Menendez: ‘Are Whistleblowers a Necessary Evil in Corporate Governance?’
Anthony Mendendez and Samuel Sponem, Chairholder of the CPA International Research Chair in Management Control What do ethics, audit committee, legal system and activism have in common? In short, they are closely connected [...]
Between Compliance and Strategic Leadership. An Article on Good Practices of Efficient CFOs
CFOs and auditors must both assume accountability responsibilities and play a business partner role with senior management and the various units within an organization. How can they reconcile these two requirements? Discover four key competencies [...]
Breakfast Conference on February 8: Are Whistleblowers a Necessary Evil in Corporate Governance?
On February 8, the CPA International Research Chair in Management Control is participating in the organization of a breakfast conference with Anthony Menendez, CPA, CFE, a former employee and whistleblower of one of the largest [...]
The Director of Finance: A Major Player in Governance. An interview with Stéphane Arsenault, Chief Financial Officer at Héroux-Devtek
Stéphane Arsenault This interview, led by Lambert Jerman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Accounting Studies, is the second in a series that allows us to study the role of finance directors "in [...]
How to “Optimize” the Finance Function? An Interview with Donald LeCavalier, Senior Vice President, Finance, TC Transcontinental
Donald LeCavalier This interview, conducted by Samuel Sponem, associate professor at HEC Montréal and holder of the CPA International Research Chair in Management Control, is the first in a series that allows us [...]
Should Accountants Working in Companies All Be Business Partners? An Article on the Place of Accountants in Organizations
Caroline Lambert Samuel Sponem Professors Caroline Lambert and Samuel Sponem launch the Chair's blog on HEC Montreal's Gestion Magazine with an article relating to the accountant's role within organizations. "For the [...]