Greater Montréal’s economic promotion agency
Montréal International (MI) supports Greater Montréal’s economic development by attracting sustainable wealth and talent from abroad, while amplifying the success of its partners and clients.
Mandates
Its mandates include the attraction of foreign direct investment, international organizations, entrepreneurs, talented workers and international students to the region.
A public-private partnership
Created in 1996, Montréal International is a non-profit organization that is financed by the private sector, the governments of Canada and Québec, the Montréal Metropolitan Community and the City of Montréal.
Since its founding, MI has contributed to attracting direct foreign investment projects valued at $21 billion, leading to the creation or maintenance of 80,000 jobs. We have also played a key role in the decisions of nearly half of the city’s 70 international organizations to establish themselves here, as well as in attracting and retaining more than 12,000 strategic international workers.
Board of Directors
Private Sector Representatives
Francis Baillet, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Ubisoft
Éric Bédard, Vice President of the Board, Montréal International and Associate Director for the Québec region, Fasken
Andrée Boucher, Vice President, Finance and Treasurer, Hydro-Québec
Pierre Cardin, Executive Vice President and Head of Public Affairs Canada, Airbus
David Da Costa, Partner, Director Sourcing & Talent Acquisition, Sourcinc
René Douville, Market Lead, entrepreneurial ecosystems, Wealth - Québec, BMO Bank of Montréal
Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Executive Director, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Manon Genest, Founding Partner and Executive Director, Montréal Office, TACT Conseil
Philippe Huneault, Vice President, Private Equity and Impact Investing Technology, Fund Management and Chief International Business Development, Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Elaine Morissette, Vice President, Commercial, Specialty Groups, Banque Nationale du Canada
Anne-Marie Hubert, Treasurer of the Board, Montréal International and Managing Partner for Eastern Canada, EY
Danielle Nguyen, Executive Director, HALEON
Mario Lapierre, Vice President, Direct Sales and Distribution, Desjardins
Frédéric Martel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Claridge
Pierre Pilote, Managing Partner, Montréal Office, Gowling WLG
Valérie Pisano, President and Chief Executive Officer, MILA
Jean-François Prince, MBA, CFA, Regional Vice President, Business Financial Services, Québec, RBC
Élise Proulx, Chief of Québec Economic Development, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Anne-Marie Hubert, EY Canada Managing Partner, East
Jean Laurin, Council President, Montréal International Partner, President and Executive Director, Avison Young
Yves Beauchamp, President and CEO, Aéroports de Montréal
Members and Officers of the organization
Stéphane Paquet, President and CEO of Montréal International and ex-officio Member of the Board of Directors
Members and Officers of the organization
Richard Deschamps, LaSalle Borough Councillor and Council Member, City of Montréal
Julie Ethier, Executive Director, DEL and representing the Agglomeration of Longueuil
Dominique Ollivier, City Councillor, Vieux-Rosemont
Mario Lemay, Mayor of the city of Sainte-Julie, representing the South Shore
Valérie Plante, Mayor, City of Montréal and President of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal
Christine Poirier, City Councillor, Representing the Agglomeration of Laval
Luc Rabouin, Executive Commitee Member, City of Montréal and Mayor, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Borough
René Villeneuve, City Councillor, Rosemère
Observers
Jean-Frédéric Lafaille, Vice President, Policy and Communications, Canada Economic Development for Québec regions, representing the Government of Canada as an Observer
Manon Lecours, Assistant Deputy Minister, Secrétariat à la région métropolitaine, Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l'Habitation, representing the Government of Quebec as an Observer
Officer and Secretary of the Organization
France Brosseau, Vice President, International Organizations, International Talent and Chief of Legal Affairs of Montréal International
Activity report
Montréal International achieved record results for all of its mandates.