University of Guelph-Humber

Jaylen McCurbin has been teaching at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2021. McCurbin is an alumnus of the Business program at the University of Guelph-Humber. During his time at the University, McCurbin received multiple case competition awards, most notably 1st place at DECA U Provincials and 2nd place at the Wharton Consulting Competition in Philadelphia, USA. After completing his degree, he worked across Canada for almost five years between Newfoundland and Alberta in the oil & gas sector, while completing his Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation. He then moved back to Toronto where he currently works for Wajax in their Financial Planning & Analysis group. Some of his key career assignments include supporting the final project phases of an offshore drilling platform in Newfoundland and leading business planning initiatives for a mining operation in Fort McMurray. McCurbin is excited to share his industry experiences to help students prepare for their professional lives.

Thomas McKaig has been teaching at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2005. McKaig earned his Diplôme for his thesis on Canada–EEC Trade Relations and Certificat, majoring in International Relations and minoring in European Economics at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques  of the Université de Strasbourg. He earned his honours BA in political science from the University of Ottawa. He has worked with clients in the Middle East, Africa, East and West Europe, Central Asia, and North, Central, and South America in the English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Russian languages. He has served as executive in residence at the University of Tennessee. In 2017, McKaig was awarded an Office of the Provost Study and Development Fellowship (Guelph), "On the Ground Business information in Latin America" and, was the convocation speaker for Guelph-Humber's graduating Business classes. Previously, he was a recipient of its Faculty/Staff Mentoring Award. McKaig has held executive international marketing and business development positions with the Royal Canadian Mint for its Gold Maple Leaf Bullion Coin programme, Bullion Management Group, and the World Gold Council. He has also served on boards of directors.

Aziz Memon has been an instructor in the Business program at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2016. Memon is the CMO and head of Marketing Practice at FARBER, a business advisory firm. He has worked in Canada and across Asia and the MENA region helping marketers understand and engage their customers, build brands, strengthen equity, generate leads, build loyalty and achieve top-line targets across diverse business sectors. In Canada, he held senior roles at Bates Canada and Grey Worldwide. Menom was also a partner at Monsoon Communications and president at Bob’s Your Uncle. In Asia, he was CMO at a mortgage finance company, COO at Bates PanGulf, where he also established Healthworld, the MENA region’s first specialized healthcare Marcom company. Memom has won several International marketing awards for creative and strategy, and has been published in the CMO council journal. He is currently writing a book and working on a passion project. Memom teaches because he believes education eliminates poverty, opens minds and ignites creativity.