Saul Klein, dean of the University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business, has been recognized by his peers and named to the board of the European Foundation for Management Development. The only board member to represent a North American institution, Klein joins a group of leaders from highly ranked business schools and corporations around the world.
“This appointment gives us an opportunity to shape the future of management education globally, while highlighting the leading role that the Gustavson School is playing in encouraging a more responsible view of business,” says Klein.
EFMD is a global non-profit based in Brussels, Belgium, offering conferences and events that address key issues for the industry, surveys and the dissemination of knowledge and accreditation (including its European Quality Improvement System, or EQUIS, accreditation). EFMD is the largest international network association in the field of management development, with over 900 institutional members.
Klein began serving on EFMD’s Global Network Americas Advisory Board in 2017 and the EQUIS Committee in 2018. Gustavson is one of a small minority — less than half of one percent — of all business schools worldwide to achieve full five-year accreditations from both AACSB and EQUIS.
Klein also serves on the boards of the National Consortium for Indigenous Economic Development (Canada), the Mediterranean Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation (Tunisia) and on the International Advisory Committees of UIBE and Beijing Jiaotong Universities (China).
Local tech executive wins immigrant award
FreshWorks Studio’s chief executive Samarth Mod has been named one of RBC’s Top-25 Immigrant Award winners.
Mod, who came to Canada in 2013 and co-founded the software studio in Victoria in 2015, also won an RBC Entrepreneur Award.
The RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards is a people’s choice awards program recognizing immigrants who have made a positive impact on their communities.
“It truly is humbling to see how far we’ve come. We are able to provide young people with extraordinary opportunities and we get to watch them grow as individuals while making a positive impact on society at large as a collective here at FreshWorks,” said Mod.
Accent Inns honoured for outstanding workplace culture
Victoria-based Accent Inns has been honoured for its outstanding workplace culture at the 2019 North American Employee Engagement Awards in New York. The company won the Highly Commended Award in the culture and purpose category. Accent Inns chief executive Mandy Farmer said: “Our greatest asset has always been our people, and we work hard at building a culture that fosters their success — both professionally and personally.”
