Board of Directors

Forward-thinking and daring, the volunteer members on the Board of Directors determine the overall direction for Centraide of Greater Montreal. Responsibility, integrity, and transparency guide their deliberation and decision-making process.

Chairmanship of the Board of Directors Committee

Grégoire Baillargeon*

President, BMO Financial Group, Québec & Co-Head at BMO Capital Markets

Members of the Board of Directors Committee

Vice-Chair and Treasurer of the Board of Directors

Marie Hélène Noiseux*, PhD, ASC

Professor of Finance, School of Management, Université du Québec à Montréal

Secretary of the Board of Directors

Andrea Nicholls*

Chief Financial Officer, Dentons Canada

Nancy Audette

Senior Vice-President & General Manager, Cogeco Connexion

Luciano Barin-Cruz

Director Sustainability Transition, HEC Montréal, Director of Pôle Ideos, HEC Montréal, Full Professor

Philippe Béland

Directeur Ressources humaines – Innovation, conception, exploitation et Technologies numériques, Hydro-Québec

Anne-Marie Boucher

Lawyer, BCF and Corporate Director

Jean-Marc Chouinard*

Strategic management consultant

Denis Giangi*

President, Rolls-Royce Canada Limited

Marie-Claude Guérard

Directrice exécutive, Services administratifs, Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain

Jean-Benoît Grégoire Rousseau

Chief Operating Officer, Taking Root

Éric Lachance

President and Chief Executive Officer, Énergir

Marie-Josée Lapierre*

Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Patrick Lauzon*

Managing Partner, Innov8

Maha Lebbos

Vice President of Digital Transformation and IT Systems, Fondaction

Renée Loiselle

Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Caroline Maso

Chief Human Resources Officer, Bombardier

Thierry Nguyen

Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking for Quebec, Canaccord Genuity

Jessica Olivier-Nault

Director women’s rights and pay equity, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Saad Saade*

Vice President – Technology and Transformation, WSP

Julie Shugarman

Strategy consultant

*Member of the Executive Committee

Committees of the Board of Directors

The committees of the Board of Directors oversee the recruitment of other volunteers, Centraide’s finances and, in the case of ad hoc committees, certain issues which require Centraide’s close attention.