Sector

Basic Materials

The basic materials sector groups companies that discover, develop and process raw materials. This sector includes among others the mining industry, the refining of metals and forestry products. This sector is sensitive to the business cycles. The products sold by this financial sector are found in nature and in finite quantities.

Our Analysts

Augustin Commun

Graduating with a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering

Augustin is presently in his third year in the Industrial Engineering program at Polytechnique de Montréal. After having completed an internship as part of the coverage team for the corporate bank of Natixis, he decided that, to become a successful global engineer, he should increase his knowledge in finance and economy. Augustin believes that nowadays, engineers must diversify their learning field in order to overcome obstacles they may face while in the working field.

In addition to his experience at Natixis, Augustin had the opportunity to work in a Montreal based start-up company making meal-kit : MissFresh. This internship allowed him to improve his analysis and problem-solving skills. In addition, this was his first experience working in a factory as well as production lines.

Also involved in the CCGP as a student consultant for two projects, Augustin won a 6-week consulting competition organized and mentored by Accenture consultants (AOTC). This allowed him to develop leadership skills and taught him how to work efficiently in a team. His competences will allow him to support PolyFinances to reach their goals for this year, while expanding his knowledge in finance and economics.

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Éléonore Guy

Student master in industrial engineering 

Till the completion of her Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Eleonore demonstrated a great interest in finance, economics and technology. Now entering a Master's degree in Innovation and Technology Management, she is convinced that finance and economics are closely related to the wide range of functions an engineer accomplishes in the workplace, particularly in decision making, business management or any transformation project. 

It is after completing her internships at the National Bank of Canada in the Intelligence and Digital Workplace team that Eleonore has developed a considerable interest in finance and technology. By participating in large-scale transformation projects, she was initiated to the fields of artificial intelligence, technology project management and process optimization. By joining PolyFinances as the mission Coordinator for 2019-2020, she will deepen her knowledge of technology and will learn more about economic and financial issues, particularly in the basic materials sector. Curious to learn more about the specifics of the sector, she will analyze Canadian companies working in the extraction, distribution and transformation of basic materials and examine the impact that technology, finance and economics have on the prosperity of the sector.

Following the constant evolution of technology and with Montreal at the forefront of artificial intelligence, Eleonore sees this area as extremely promising, particularly in retail banking. With the digitalization of financial services, the growing openness towards financial data sharing and the increase in the connectivity of objects, she is convinced that all financial institutions and companies can benefit from artificial intelligence, proving all the more the fundamental role that an engineer has in the world of finance.

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