2020 Annual Financial Report

Biography

A trained lawyer, Jean Charest was elected to Canada’s House of Commons in 1984. At age 28, he was appointed Minister of State for Young People. He was also Minister for the Environment (leading the Canadian delegation at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992), Minister for Industry, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada then Prime Minister of Quebec from 2003 to 2012. He is currently a partner in McCarthy Tétrault SENCRL, s.r.l and a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada.

Other offices and positions held within the Groupe

None

Main offices and positions held outside the Groupe

• Partner, Senior Lawyer and Strategic Advisor: McCarthy Tétrault Law Firm (Canada)
• Chairman of the Board of Directors: Windiga Énergie (Canada)
• Member of the Advisory Board and member of the Canada US Borders Taskforce: Woodrow Wilson Center – Canada Institute (Canada)
• Member of the Advisory Board: Canadian Global Affairs Institute (Canada)
• Member of the Canadian group of the Trilateral Commission (Canada)
• Director: Asia Pacific Foundation (Canada), Ondine Biomedical (Canada)
• Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors: Canada ASEAN Business Council (Singapore)
• Member of the Supervisory Board, member of the Compensation and Appointments Committee and member of the International Advisory Board: Tikehau Capital SCA, listed company (France)
• Member: Canadian Council of the North American Forum (Canada), Leaders pour la Paix (Leaders for Peace) (France)
• Permanent representative member: Chardi, Inc. (Canada)
• Joint-Chairman of the Board of Directors: Canada UAE Business Council (Canada)

Offices and positions held outside the Groupe in the last five years

Positions listed above as well as the following offices:

• Director: HNT Electronics Co Ltd (South Korea) (ended in July 2020)
• Member of the panel of experts: Public Policy Forum (Canada) (term expired in 2018)
• National Joint-Chairman and Spokesperson: Mouvement Canada 2017 Redonner (Canada) (term expired in January 2016)