The members of the board of directors

Jean Laurin

Chair of the Board of Directors
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Member since: 2017

Jean Laurin is President and Chief Executive Officer of Avison Young Québec real estate company, formerly known as Devencore. Greatly involved in the community, he is also Chair of the Board of Montréal International, former Chair of the Board of the Société de la Place des Arts, former President and Member of the Board of the Fondation de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont and Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Fondation de l'UQAM.

Michèle Desjardins

Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
C.M.C., Admin.A, ICD.D
Member since: 2017

Michèle Desjardins holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, with an option in Forestry Engineering, and a Master in Business Administration. Since 1998, she has been President of Koby Consulting Inc., a management consulting firm. She is also a certified management consultant, a Fellow of the Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec and an accredited corporate director. She sits on the boards of Purolator and Fednav.

Pierre Moreau

Member since: 2022

With a law degree from Université Laval in 1980 and a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1982, Pierre Moreau practiced public and administrative law in private practice, notably with Bélanger Sauvé from 1991 to 2003. He was a professor of public and administrative law at the École de formation professionnelle of the Barreau du Québec from 1996 to 2003. First elected in the provincial riding of Marguerite-D'Youville in 2003 and then in the provincial riding of Châteauguay in 2008, 2012 and 2014, Mr. Moreau has held the positions of Chief Government Whip, Minister of reform of democratic institutions and Access to Information and Minister responsible for Canadian Intergovernmental Affairs and the Canadian Francophonie, Minister of Transport, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Acting Minister of Public Security, Chair of the Conseil du trésor and Minister responsible for Government Administration and Ongoing Program Review and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. Since February 11, 2019, Me Moreau has been Managing Partner of Bélanger Sauvé. He also acts as a political analyst for the program Mordus de politique, on ici RDI since August 2020.

Jacques Gagnier

Member since: 2022

Jacques Gagnier is a graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales (B.A.A) and McGill University (MBA). He is President of Cafa Financial Corporation (www.Cafa.ca), a private investment bank operating in Canada, Europe and Asia. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gagnier has served on numerous advisory committees and boards of directors of public and private companies, both in Canada and abroad.

Sylvain Charbonneau

FCIA, FSA
Member since: 2023

Sylvain has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and had the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of other leading insurers, such as SCOR, SSQ, and AXA, where he spent five years in Europe on various international mandates.  
In his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Canassurance, Sylvain is responsible for providing innovative individual health and travel insurance solutions to clients and partners with a team of nearly 700 employees.
He is a member of the Blue Cross Life Board of Directors, a leading life and living benefits insurance carrier. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of a Montreal non-profit palliative care organization and serves on the National Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish Canada.
Sylvain graduated in Actuarial Science at Université Laval and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA). 

Suzanne Landry

PhD, M. Fisc., FCMA, FCPA, FCA, ASC
Member since: 2017

Suzanne Landry, who holds a doctorate in business administration and a master’s degree in tax, is a member of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Québec and the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés. She is a full professor at HEC Montréal, and has held professorships at ESG-UQAM and Université Laval. Throughout her university career, she has taken on duties of departmental and academic program policy and management. Prior to that she worked as an auditor and tax expert in a specialized accounting firm. She has sat on several boards, where she was active on committees and presided over audit committees.

Roula Zaarour

Member since: 2023

Roula is a seasoned global leader with over 15 years of experience as a C-suite executive in diverse environments and in different stages of organizations. 
She is currently the Managing Director, Americas for Dialectica, a fast-growing global company in the insight services. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Operations & People Officer at Hopper - best known as a travel app using AI algorithms to predict pricing and offering data-driven and risk-based products.
Roula also spent close to 10 years leading major restructuring mandates in large organizations. She was Vice-President, People & Culture of CBC / Radio-Canada during very important re-organizations and spent 6 years in South America as Vice-President, Business Transformation at Aerolineas Argentinas, and in Brazil as a Senior Advisor at Matlin Patterson LLC, an American private equity firm specialized in distressed investments.
Roula holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, an MBA from John Molson School of Business in Montreal, and a “Neuroscience for Business” Executive Education certificate from MIT.

Stéphane Rochon

C.A.A.S., PWM, ADM. A., R.H.U., A.V.A., Pl. Fin.
Member since: 2023

Stéphane Rochon is Chair of the Board and Chief Digital Strategy Officer of Groupe KO since 2021. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Humania Assurance for several years.
He is also a certified corporate director and as such, he has served on several boards and committees, including the Chambre de la sécurité financière, the Institut québécois de la planification financière (IQPF), Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Chair at Université Laval, and SOCODEVI (Société de coopération pour le développement international).
Currently, he serves as Chair of the Board of the Véro & Louis Home (Varennes) and as a member of the board of the Véro & Louis Foundation.
As well as an MBA from McGill University, Stephane holds an MBA in e-Commerce from Université Laval and a Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Louis Martel

Member since: 2025

Louis Martel is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a former Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. He previously served as Managing Director and Head of Client Strategy at TD Greystone Managed Investments Inc.
He has also served on the boards of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, the Public Employees Pension Plan (PEPP), Blue Cross Life, and Saskatchewan Blue Cross.
Jean-francois blais

Jean-François Blais

Member since: 2026


Jean-François Blais has nearly 30 years of experience in the insurance industry. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AXA Canada and, more recently, as President of Intact Insurance. Mr. Blais currently serves on the Board of Directors of La Caisse, where he chairs the Investment and Risk Management Committee; on the Board of Directors of Loto-Québec, where he chairs the Development and Innovation Committee; and on the Board of Directors of Nesto. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Desjardins Financial Security. He holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial science from Université Laval and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (FCAS).

Manon Boisclair

Member since: 2026

 

Manon Boisclair is a seasoned leader, investor and corporate director with over 20 years of executive experience in life sciences, innovation and biopharma, including in the United States and Europe. A clinician by training, she holds a master's degree in nursing and an Executive MBA from McGill-HEC Montréal. She also holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and the CDC designation from Harvard. Co-founder and Managing Partner of Linearis Ventures, a fund specializing in artificial intelligence and life sciences, she is an advisor to the Investment Committee of Accelia Capital and an investor with Anges Québec. Her governance experience includes chairing the boards of directors of Gray Oncology Solutions and Scopia Surgical, as well as a term on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Manon Boisclair
Helene Lavictoire

Hélène Lavictoire

Member since: 2026

 

Hélène Lavictoire is a healthcare and technology leader and strategist. She has held several leadership roles, including at TELUS Health, Medavie and Green Shield Canada. She is currently President of Lavictoire Consulting Inc. and, since 2023, a strategic advisor at Accenture. Ms. Lavictoire has served on the boards of directors of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Clinia.