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
Éric Bédard, President of the Board, Montréal International and Associate Director for the Québec region, Fasken
Andrée Boucher, CPA, Vice President, Financial Planning, Accounting and Business Performance, Hydro-Québec
Jean-Yves Bourgeois , Executive Vice-President, Business Services, Desjardins Group
Mario Charpentier, Founding Partner, BCF Business Law
Anne No Delaide, Regional Vice-President, Commercial Financial Services, Québec, Royal Bank of Canada
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
Normand Lebeau, President & Chief Guardian of the Mandrake Experience, Mandrake Group
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
Karl Sasseville, Managing Director, Strategy and Public Affairs, Bank of Montréal
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
Danie Deschênes, Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot
Nicolas Dufour, Mayor of Repentigny
Julie Ethier, Executive Director, DEL and representing the Agglomeration of Longueuil
Martin Fiola, Member of Laval City Council
Julien Hénault‑Ratelle, Member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal
Jean‑François Lalonde, Mayor of the Villeray–Saint‑Michel–Parc‑Extension borough
Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of the City of Montréal and President of the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal
Vana Nazarian, Member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal
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.