TORONTO - When Jaqui Parchment was climbing Canada s corporate ladder, she noticed office cliques formed around members of the same hockey team and frequently overheard senior consultants chattering about their next round of golf with important clients.
Jaqui Parchment, the CEO of Mercer Canada, poses for a photograph in Toronto on Monday, July 13, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
TORONTO - When Jaqui Parchment was climbing Canada s corporate ladder, she noticed office cliques formed around members of the same hockey team and frequently overheard senior consultants chattering about their next round of golf with important clients. It just felt so foreign to me, said Parchment, who emigrated from Jamaica at the age of 14 and has since become the chief executive at consulting company Mercer Canada.
When Jaqui Parchment was climbing Canada’s corporate ladder, she noticed office cliques formed around members of the same hockey team and frequently overheard senior consultants chattering about their next round of golf with important clients.
“It just felt so foreign to me,” said Parchment, who emigrated from Jamaica at the age of 14 and has since become the chief executive at consulting company Mercer Canada. “I’m sure to most people it would not have felt that way, but there were 100 little things ? which combined to say to me, ‘Wow, you’re really different.’ “It didn’t feel great.”
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Syska Group diversifies product portfolio and enters fans segment
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The brand has entered the fans segment with the introduction of products across ceiling, pedestal, table, exhaust, decorative, portable and wall variants. The new line includes smart fans with built-in LED lights with remote-control feature and fans with power saving features.
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In October, the Syska Group had roped in actor Rajkumar Rao to be the new face of the brand and promote its products, after the untimely demise of its previous brand ambassador actor Irrfan Khan.
Bengaluru: Syska Group, the fast moving electrical goods company, has diversified into the fans category to widen reach. The new category, launched in keeping with the government’s Make in India and Atmanirbhar Bharat initiatives, is entirely made in India.