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 and talented international workers 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 2013, MI has contributed to attracting direct foreign investment projects valued at $24 billion, leading to the creation or maintenance of 86,000 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 13,000 strategic international workers.
Board of Directors
Private Sector Representatives
Kathy Baig, CEO, École de technologie supérieure
Francis Baillet, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Ubisoft
Yves Beauchamp, President and CEO, Aéroports de Montréal
Andrée Boucher, CPA, Vice President, Financial Planning, Accounting and Business Performance, Hydro-Québec
Éric Bédard, President of the Board, Montréal International and Associate Director for the Québec region, Fasken
Kim Fontaine-Skronski, Executive Director, International Political Science Association (IPSA)
Manon Genest, Founding Partner and Executive Director, Montréal Office, TACT Conseil
Catherine Guillemart, Vice-President, Public Affairs, Airbus Canada
Philippe Huneault, Vice President, Private Equity and Impact Investing Technology, Fund Management and Chief International Business Development, Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Fabrice Jaubert, Director of Software Development, and Site Lead Montréal, GOOGLE
Vincent Landry, Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Private Banking 1859 -Québec & Atlantic, National Bank of Canada
Isabelle Melançon, President and CEO, Urban Development Institute of Québec
Danielle Nguyen, Executive Director, HALEON
Pierre Pilote, Managing Partner, Montréal Office, Gowling WLG
Mona Lisa Prosper, Director, Futurpreneur Canada
Jean-Yves Bourgeois , Executive Vice-President, Business Services, Desjardins Group
Normand Lebeau, President & Chief Guardian of the Mandrake Experience, Mandrake Group
Member and Officer of the organization
Stéphane Paquet, President and CEO of Montréal International and ex-officio Member of the Board of Directors
Public Sector Representatives
Julie Ethier, Executive Director, DEL and representing the Agglomeration of Longueuil
Observers
Jean-Frédéric Lafaille, Vice President, Policy and Communications, Canada Economic Development for Québec regions, representing the Government of Canada as an Observer
Youri Rousseau, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministère de l'Économie, de l'Innovation et de l'Énergie, representing the Government of Québec as an Observer
Officer and Secretary of the Organization
Annie Buzzanga, Director of Legal Affairs, Montréal International
Activity report
Foreign investors supported by Montréal International injected $2.7 billion in to the metropolitan area’s economy.