On Wednesday May 20th 2026, join a Black Tie formal dinner of distinguished Montreal-based alumni from Oxford University and Cambridge University, as well as affiliated institutions such as London School of Economics, London Business School, INSEAD, Harvard, Yale, and Columbia Universities.

This year, we are honoured to welcome two of Montreal’s top business leaders for a Fireside Chat preceding the dinner.

• Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify
• Laurie Lanoue, Managing Partner of McKinsey's Montreal Office

See below for full bios.

Your ticket includes a delicious three-course meal at the luxury Members club, Club Atwater, as well as a glass of wine. Please indicate your meal choice in the form presented after clicking "Purchase tickets" below. The meal options are:

• Meat: Pork tenderloin with creamy cauliflower purée
• Fish: Miso glazed black cod with bok choy and shiitake mushrooms
• Vegan: Asparagus and sweet pea risotto
• The appetizer will be a Silken Butternut Squash soup, and the dessert will be a Sticky Toffee Pudding.

Tickets are non-refundable, and must be purchased by Tuesday May 5 at 11:59pm. The event is open to all, but in the event of a waitlist, alumni from the aforementioned institutions will be prioritized.

Questions? Email us at ocsm.mtl@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you!

Oxford and Cambridge Society of Montreal

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Harley Finkelstein

Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur and the President of Shopify. He founded his first company at age 17 while a student at McGill. Harley completed his law degree as well as his MBA at the University of Ottawa. He received the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, Fortune’s 40 Under 40, was inducted into the Order of Ottawa, and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal. From 2014 to 2017 Harley was on the Board of Directors of the C100, and from 2017 to 2020 he was on to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). He is currently on the Board of Directors of the National Retail Federation, Operation Hope, and the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Harley co-founded Firebelly, a modern high-end tea brand, and recently created Big Shot, a project and podcast that archives the stories of the greatest Jewish entrepreneurs of the last century.

Laurie Lanoue

Laurie Lanoue is the Managing Partner of McKinsey & Company’s Montreal office and a leader in the firm’s Operations Transformation practice, specializing in operational strategy and geopolitics affecting supply chains. An engineer by training from Polytechnique Montréal, she holds an MBA from Green Templeton College, University of Oxford (2014–2015). She has been a long-time strategic partner to Centraide, contributing to impactful work on the housing crisis. Laurie also serves on the board of the McGill University Health Centre Foundation, supporting healthcare and research initiatives.