JEAN CHAREST
- Independent member of the Supervisory Board
- Chair of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Nominating Committee
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
Therrien Couture Joli‑Coeur
1100 René Lévesque Boulevard West, Suite 2000, Montreal (Quebec) H3B 4A4 Canada
Biographie
A trained lawyer, Jean Charest was elected to Canada’s House of Commons in 1984. At the age of 28, he was appointed Minister of State (Youth). 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 at Therrien Couture Joli‑Coeur 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: Cabinet Therrien Couture Joli‑Coeur (Canada)
- Chair of the Board of Directors: 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)
- Chair: Canada ASEAN Business Council (Singapore)
- Member of the Supervisory Board and member of the Governance Committee: Tikehau Capital SCA, listed company (France)
- Member: Leaders pour la Paix (France)
- Permanent representative member: Chardi, Inc. (Canada)
- Co‑Chair of the Board of Directors: Canada UAE Business Council (Canada)
- Member of the Advisory Committee: CelerateX (Hong Kong)
- Member of the Board of Directors: Historica Canada (Canada), Institute for Research on Public Policy (Canada)
Offices held outside the Groupe in the last five years
Offices listed above as well as the following offices:
- Chair of the Board of Directors: Windiga Energie (Canada) (term ended in 2022)
- Director: Canada Jetlines Operations Ltd, listed company (Canada) (term ended in 2022), Compagnie des Chemins de Fer nationaux du Canada, listed company (Canada) (term ended in 2022), Asia Pacific Foundation (Canada) (term ended in 2021), HNT Electronics Co Ltd (South Korea) (term ended in 2020)