Born on June 24, 1958, of Canadian nationality
First appointment: May 29, 2013
Expiry of term of office: 2025 Annual Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting
Number of shares held: 1,400
McCarthy Tétrault Bureau 2500 1000, rue de la Gauchetière-Ouest Montréal Québec H3B 0A2 Canada
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)
- Chair of the Board of Directors: Windiga Énergie (Canada), Ondine Biomedical, listed company (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: Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd, listed company (Canada), Compagnie des Chemins de Fer Nationaux du Canada, listed company (Canada)*
- Honorary Chair 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-Chair of the Board of Directors: Canada UAE Business Council (Canada)
- Member of the Advisory Committee: CelerateX (Hong Kong)
Offices held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Offices listed above as well as the following offices:
- Director: HNT Electronics Co Ltd (South Korea) (term ended in 2020), Asia Pacific Foundation (Canada) (term ended in 2021)
- Member of the panel of experts: Public Policy Forum (Canada) (term ended in 2018)
*This term of office is effective from 2022 and is not included in the number of offices held in listed companies (see table on page 51 of the URD).