Emiliano Mendez

Emiliano is very passionate about community engagement and enjoys dedicating his spare time to supporting diversity and immigrant inclusion in the labour market. Emiliano often spends time with newcomers helping them explore a vocation in Canada, he moved to Toronto as a fresh MBA graduate from HEC Montreal, and knows first-hand the barriers newcomers can face getting established in Canada. Emiliano co-founded the Latin American MBA Alumni Network (LAMBA) that now has over 700 members in Canada to connect Latin American MBAs with each other and with employers in Canada. Emiliano currently works in RBC and serves in various committees and organizations including:

• Latin American MBA Alumni Network: LAMBA
• Advisor: 6 Degrees Citizen Space (Institute for Canadian Citizenship)
• Member of PINs Speaker bureau: TRIEC

Previous awards, media participations, and mentions:

• Immigrant Success Award Recipient: TRIEC
• CBC Metro Morning interview: https://triec.ca/2014/emiliano-mendez-building-ne http://www.cbc.ca/metromorning/episodes/2014/05/08/lacking-a-network/
• RBC News room – Top story: http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/news/2014/20140508-triec.html
• Latinos Magazine profile: http://latinosmag.com/senior-manager-channel-strategy-rbc/