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Board of Directors
Chair of the Board |
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| Giroux, Yves | Chairman - Board of Directors CIRANO | |
Coordination Committee Member |
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| Michaud, Pierre-Carl | CEO | |
Vice President |
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| Soucy, Marie-Claude | Vice-president, Finance, Talent and Technology | Autorité des marchés financiers |
Administrators |
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| Aimez, Vincent | Vice-President Partnerships and Knowledge Transfer | Université de Sherbrooke |
| Arseneau, Matthieu | Deputy Chief Economist at National Bank Financial | National Bank of Canada |
| Aubé, Caroline | Director of Research and Transfer | HEC Montréal |
| Bernier, Maria | Chief Strategy Officer | Power Corporation of Canada |
| Casanova, Christian | Executive director, research and partnerships | École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) |
| Cléroux, Pierre | Vice President Research and Chief Economist | Business Development Bank of Canada |
| Cloutier, Marie-Soleil | Director, Centre Urbanisation Culture Société | Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) |
| Daigneault, Réal | Interim Vice President, Research, Creation, and Planning | Université du Québec |
| Demers, Jacques | Senior Vice President, Depositor Advisory Services | Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec |
| Evans, Tim | Vice President, Research and Innovation | Concordia University |
| Goyette, Marc-André | Vice-President, Strategy, Finance and Regulatory Affairs | Énergir |
| Idoudi, Nadhem | Senior Director, Risks and Financial Engineering | Hydro-Québec |
| Kearns, Paul | Senior Director, Research and Economic Analysis Unit | Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada |
| Kozicki, Sharon | Deputy Governors | Bank of Canada |
| Langlais, Katlyn | Assistant Deputy Minister, Budget Policy Sector | Ministère des Finances du Québec |
| Malboeuf, Marc-André | Vice-President, Consulting and HR Transformation | Desjadins Group |
| Marchand, Jean-Sébastien | Director of Cabinet and External Relations | École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP) |
| Ménard, Lucie | Vice-rector for research, creation and dissemination | Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) |
| Pantazopoulos, Costa | Vice President - Products | Bell Canada |
| Paquette, Mathieu | Executive Vice-President, Communications, Human Resources, Health and Safety | VIA Rail Canada |
| Picard, Frédéric | Interim Associate Vice-President (Research, Creation, Innovation) | Université Laval |
| Ross, Annie | Deputy Vice-President - Research Training and Research Department |
Polytechnique Montréal |
| Scherrer, Frank | Associate Vice President, Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation | Université de Montréal |
| Tailleur, Audrey | Associate Vice-President - Indemnisation Québec | Intact Financial Corporation |
| Vacant, - | (position pending/appointment) | McGill University |
| Vacant, - | (position pending/appointment) | BMO Financial Group |
Observers |
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| Blouin, Marco | Managing Director in the Science and Innovation Sector | Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie du Québec (MEIE) |
| Dieudonné, Ella-Oyono | Director, Economic Development Department | Ville de Montréal |
Officers |
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| Benoit, Lucie | Executive Assistant, Office of the President and CEO Scientific Committee Secretary |
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| Blanc, Jérôme | Vice President Administration and Finance CFO |
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| Del Villar, Estrella | Executive Assistant, Office of the President and CEO Scientific Committee Secretary |
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| Michaud, Pierre-Carl | CEO | |
Committee President
Soucy, Marie-Claude
Vice-president, Finance, Talent and Technology, Autorité des marchés financiers
Members
Aubé, Caroline
Director of Research and Transfer, HEC Montréal
Bernier, Maria
Chief Strategy Officer
Power Corporation du Canada
Power Corporation du Canada
Cléroux, Pierre
Vice President, Research and Chief Economist, Business Development Bank of Canada
Giroux, Yves
Chairman - Board of Directors CIRANO
Idoudi, Nadhem
Senior Director, Risks and Financial Engineering, Hydro-Québec
Malboeuf, Marc-André
Vice-President, Consulting and HR Transformation, Mouvement Desjardins
Michaud, Pierre-Carl
CEO
Full Professor, HEC Montréal
Ph.D., Economics, CentER, Université de Tilburg
Ph.D., Economics, CentER, Université de Tilburg
Paquette, Mathieu
Executive Vice-President, Communications, Human Resources, Health and Safety, VIA Rail Canada
President
Demers, Jacques
Senior Vice-President, Depositor Relations, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Members
Arseneau, Matthieu
Deputy Chief Economist/General Manager, National Bank of Canada
Bernier, Maria
Chief Strategy Officer
Power Corporation du Canada
Power Corporation du Canada
Goyette, Marc-André
Vice-President, Strategy, Finance and Regulatory Affairs, Énergir
Michaud, Pierre-Carl
CEO
Full Professor, HEC Montréal
Ph.D., Economics, CentER, Université de Tilburg
Ph.D., Economics, CentER, Université de Tilburg
Ross, Annie
Deputy Vice-President - Research
Training and Research Department, Polytechnique Montréal
Training and Research Department, Polytechnique Montréal
Tailleur, Audrey
Associate Vice-President - Indemnisation Québec, Intact Corporation Financière