Graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, Elisabeth Borne is a general engineer of bridges and roads. After holding various positions in the Ministry of Equipment and at the Directorate-General of Equipment for the Ile-de-France region, she was named technical adviser in charge of transport and then adviser in charge of urban planning, equipment, housing, transport and the city in the cabinet of the Prime Minister (1997-2002). Ms. Borne then went on to become the Chief Strategy Officer and member of the Executive Committee of SNCF, where she remained until 2007. Concession Manager at Eiffage (2007-2008), then General Manager of city planning for the city of Paris (2008-2013), she was then appointed Prefect of the Poitou-Charentes region (2013-2014). From 2014 to 2015, she was the chief of staff to the minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. Since May 2015, Ms. Borne is CEO of RATP Group. Ms. Borne is also Vice-President of the Supervisory Council of Systra, the engineering subsidiary of RATP and SNCF.

A corporate director and international consultant, Louise Roy is currently Chair of the Board and a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO.

Louise Roy has held́ senior management positions in the urban transportation, air transportation and communications industries. She waś CEO of the Société de transport de Montréal (1985-1992), Executive Vice President for the Americas of Air France at its Paris headquarters (1994-1997), CEO of Telemedia Communications Inc. (1997-2000) and Executive Vice President of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (2000-2003).

Since September 2003, Ms. Roy has been a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO and, since 2012, she has chaired the Board of Directors of this Center for Applied Research in Public Policy. She was Chancellor and Chair of the Board of the University of Montreal from 2008 to 2018 and was named Chancellor Emeritus.

During her career, she has also served as a director of Power Financial Corporation and Intact Financial Corporation, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), Montreal International, Provigo Inc, Laurentian Bank of Canada, Videotron Ltd. and Domtar Corporation. She has chaired the Board of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, a cultural granting organization. Ms. Roy is currently a director of the Opéra de Montréal, the Montreal International Music Competition Foundation (MIMC) and the Montreal Airport.