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 of the Board of Directors

Marie-Josée Neveu*

Partner, Chair of the partnership board, Fasken
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

Normand Bélisle

President, Norbel Management

Jean-Marc Chouinard*

Strategic management consultant

Denis Giangi*

President Rolls-Royce Canada Limited

Marie-Claude Guérard

Government of Canada

Jean-Benoît Grégoire Rousseau

Chief Operating Officer, Taking Root

Éric Lachance

President and Chief Executive Officer, Énergir

Marie-Josée Lapierre

Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

Patrick Lauzon*

Managing Partner, Innov8

Caroline Maso

Senior Vice President, Human Resources, AtkinsRéalis

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

Martin Thibodeau

Senior Vice-President & Chief Information Officer, Rona

*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.

  • Audit and Investment Committee
  • Governance and Nominating Committee
  • Human Resources Committee
  • Technology, Data, Analytics and Donor Journey Committee