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Melwyn D’Costa

Manager, Corporate Partnerships
The Mentoring Partnership

Melwyn joined TRIEC in December 2008 as the manager of corporate partnerships for The Mentoring Partnership (TMP). In this role he is responsible for all liaison with TMP’s corporate partners, who provide mentors to the program, as well as any communications and external relations. Prior to this, he was the associate director of marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. While at Rotman, he was part of the core team that launched the Initiative for Women in Business in Toronto. He also managed employer relationships and developed career opportunities for the Bridge to Business Program. Melwyn is an experienced marketing and branding professional who built his career with global agencies J Walter Thompson and Ogilvy & Mather, where his responsibilities included developing and implementing branding solutions for clients that included AIG, Pepsi and Kellogg’s. Melwyn has served on the executive committee of CAMP (Communications, Advertising and Marketing Professionals), an immigrant professional networking group with which TRIEC has been working very closely, and has an undergraduate degree in Accounting with an MBA in Marketing.

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