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Emceeing & moderating AAGEF’s 10th Entrepreneur Challenge

AAGEF Ontario's 10th Entrepreneur Challenge - 27 November 2024

On November 27, the Ontario chapter of the Association des Alumni des Grandes Écoles Françaises (AAGEF Ontario) will be holding the 10th anniversary edition of its annual Entrepreneur Challenge. AAGEF Ontario is the association for Elite French Graduate Schools Alumni working and living in Ontario.

As last year, ORCHANGO’s president & co-founder Edmond Mellina − who is a graduate of École Centrale Marseille − will be emceeing & moderating the event. It will be held in the prestigious auditorium and rooftop reception space of the Glendon campus of York University.

Finalists and jury

The selection committee picked three finalists who will pitch their projects in front of our jury and the audience. The finalists are:

  • Parnian Majd, B.Eng, M.Eng, Founder & CEO at Fibra
  • Andrew Cordssen-David, Founder & CEO at HeadFirst
  • Natalia Mykhaylova, Founder & CEO at WeavAir

The esteemed jury will be providing three different vantage points:

  • Entrepreneur: Sébastien Gendron, Co-founder & CEO of TransPod (Sébastien was the very first winner of AAGEF’s Entrepreneur Challenge)
  • M&A / deal: Meaghan Kappel, Partner, Deals at PwC Canada
  • Corporate: Guillaume Marbach, executive at Aecon Group Inc. and former CEO at ONxpress Transportation Partners

Agenda

  • 5:30-7:30pm: Intros, Pitches, Q&A, Live Votes, Awards
  • 7:30-9:00pm: Networking

Click here for details & registration…


Click here to read last year’s post-event coverage by Le Métropolitain (in French)

Edmond Mellina, president & co-founder of ORCHANGO, with the organizing team at AAGEF's 9th Entrepreneur Challenge

Picture from last year’s 9th Entrepreneur Challenge: organizing committee and jury

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