Committees

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee is responsible for supervising and managing the association’s operations, exercising leadership, co-ordinating interactions among committees, overseeing the interests of members and the industry and following through on decisions taken by the Board of Directors or by the members at General Meetings.

Geneviève Morin – Fondaction CSN (Co-President)
Shahir Guindi – Osler Hoskin & Harcourt (Co-President)
Claude Dulude – Deloitte & Touche Canada Inc. (Vice-President)
Pierre Bérubé – KPMG (Treasurer)
Eric Gosselin – McCarthy Tétrault (Secretary)
Monique Laliberté - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (Officer)
Andrée-Lise Méthot - Cycle Capital Management (Officer)

PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE
The Promotions Committee is responsible for developing the strategic communications framework (issues, strategies, target publics, positioning) for a three-year period as well as annual action plans for implementation.

Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux – Cabinet de relations publiques National (Chair)
Isabelle Gaudet – MDEIE
Jo-Ann Hajdamacha - C4 Communications
Andrée-Lise Méthot - Cycle Capital Management
Anatole Pouliot – Desjardins Venture Capital
John Stokes - Real Ventures

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE
The Government Relations committee works with the different levels of government. It ensures that the common interests of various members are taken into account by the different regulatory and government institutions when establishing policies or regulations. The committee is also responsible for proposing solutions to industry problems in the common interest of various members.

Geneviève Morin - FondAction CSN (Responsable du comité)
Janie C. Béïque – Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Claude Dulude - Deloitte & Touche Canada Inc.
Gilles Duruflé - Consultant
Shahir Guindi - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Daniel Hétu - Lumira Capital
Eric Legault - Teralys Capital
Claude Miron - BMO Capital Corporation
François Tellier - Ernst & Young

STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE
The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for identifying orientations and priorities that best help the association fulfil its mission.

Geneviève Morin - FondAction CSN (Chair)
Janie C. Béïque - Fonds de solidarité FTQ
François Chaurette - Novacap
Claude Dulude - Deloitte & Touche Canada Inc.
Gilles Duruflé - Consultant
François Gilbert - Anges Québec
Shahir Guindi - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Monique Laliberté - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux - Cabinet de relations publiques National
Eric Legault - Teralys Capital
Pierre-André Meunier - Celtic House Venture Partners
Claude Miron - BMO Capital Corporation
François Tellier - Ernst & Young

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE – ANNUAL CONVENTION 2012 (Montréal – February 16)
The Annual Convention Organizing Committee is responsible for developing the program, selecting speakers, developing the communications strategy for the event and recruiting sponsors.

Louis J. Duhamel – Deloitte (Co-Chair)
John Stokes - Real Ventures(Co-Chair)
André Dessureault - Desjardins Capital Venture
Mireille Fontaine - Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Shahir Guindi - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Daniel Hétu - Lumira Capital
Eric Legault - Teralys Capital
Louis Séguin - Fasken Martineau

GALA CAPITAL COMMITTEE 2012 (Montréal – February 16)
The Gala Capital Committee is responsible for programming the evening, the communications strategy and the process for awarding the Prix Capital.

Claude Miron - BMO Capital Corporation (Jury Chair)
Marie-Claude Boisvert - Kilmer Capital Partners
David Petrie - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
François Tellier - Ernst & Young
Annie Thabet - Celtis Capital

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
The Membership Committee is responsible for developping strategies aimed at increasing, retaining and diversifying the association's membership.

Pierre-André Meunier - Celtic House Venture Partners (Chair)
Claude Dulude - Deloitte & Touche Canada Inc.
Shahir Guindi - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt
Monique Laliberté - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Raymond Massi - RSM Richter

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - 2012 GOLF TOURNAMENT (Mirabel - June 5th)

Creation of Committee currently underway.

GLOSSARY PROJECT COMMITTEE (Web Site)

Geneviève Morin - Fondaction CSN (Chair)
Janie Béïque - Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Dominique Bélanger - BDC
Pierre Blaising - Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Gilles Duruflé - Consultant
François Gilbert - Anges Québec
Monique Laliberté - Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

DISCUSSION GROUP on "PUBLIC MARKETS PROBLEMATICS"

Geneviève Morin - Fondaction CSN (Chair)
Janie Béïque - Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Claude Désy - Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Louis Doyle - Bourse de croissance TSX
Serge Leclerc - SIPAR
Hubert Manseau - Multiple Capital
Jean Martel - Lavery, DeBilly
Pierre-Olivier Perras - BMO Marchés des capitaux
Pierre Lortie - Fraser Milner Casgrain