EMBA

Program and Course Description

EMBA

E-mail: General inquiries: emba@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://emba.mcmaster.ca
Location: Ron Joyce Centre, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, 4350 South Service Road, Burlington, ON, L7L5R8

Faculty/ Fall 2026

Professors

Yair Berson, BA, MA (University of Haifa, Israel), PhD (State University of New York at Binghamton) / Human Resources and Management / Business Research Chair
Khaled S. Hassanein, BSc (Kuwait), MASc (Toronto), MBA (Wilfrid Laurier), PhD (Waterloo), SM-IEEE, PEng / Information Systems / Dean, DeGroote School of Business
Milena Head, BMath (Waterloo), MBA, PhD (McMaster) / Information Systems / Wayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation / Director, McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre / Director, EMBA in Digital Transformation
Erin Reid, Hons. B.Com. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Queen’s), A.M., Sociology, Ph.D. (Harvard) / Human Resources and Management / Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Work, Careers and Organizations
Kevin Veenstra, BA (Honours), MAcc (Waterloo), PhD (Toronto), CPA, CA, CMA, CFA / Accounting and Financial Management Services

Associate Professors

Nick Bontis, BA, PhD (Western) / Strategic Management / Chair, Strategic Management
Anna Danielova, BSc (Yerevan), ME (American University of Armenia), MA, MBA, PhD (Indiana) / Finance and Business Economics
Teal McAteer, BCom (Queen’s), MIR, PhD (Toronto) / Human Resources and Management
Abdolmanaf Zargoush, B.Sc. (Chamran University, Ahvaz), M.Sc. (SUT, Tehran), Ph.D. (ESSEC Business School, Paris), Ph.D. (McGill) / Health Policy and Management / Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Accreditation
Aaron Schat, B.A. (Redeemer), M.A., Ph.D. (Guelph) / Human Resources and Management / Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies

Assistant Professors

Shane Saunderson, B.Eng. (McGill), MBA (TMU), PhD (Toronto) / Information Systems

Sessional Instructors

Paul Tedesco, MBA (McMaster) / EVP and Managing Director, TrackDDB; Head of Effectiveness, Institute of Canadian Agencies