Concordia creates chairs and professorships

Concordia Univ’s John Molson School of Business has received more than $3 million for the creation of two research chairs and two distinguished professorships. The Lawrence Bloomberg Chair in Accountancy was inaugurated with a major donation from Bloomberg, a director and advisor to the National Bank of Canada. Dr Michel Magnan, a professor of accountancy at the business school, will hold the chair. The Ned Goodman Chair in Investment Finance is funded by Goodman, chairman president and CEO of Dundee Bancorp Inc, and chairman of Dynamic Mutual Funds Inc. Dr Lawrence Kryzan-owski, professor of finance, will hold the chair. A Distinguished Professorship in Marketing was made possible by a donation from the Royal Bank of Canada and supports Dr Michel Laroche in the position. The CIBC Distinguished Professorship in Family Business was created through a donation from CIBC and supports Dr Bakr Ibrahim....