Trustees
Chairman
Michel Trudeau is a corporate director. Since September 2019, Mr. Trudeau is a director of Valeo Pharma Inc., a Canadian-based pharmaceutical company listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Mr. Trudeau was Vice Chairman of Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. from October 2018 to October 2019. Mr. Trudeau was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. between 2003 and 2018. He previously worked for more than 15 years within the institutional and fixed income sectors, including 10 years at Merrill Lynch where he successively occupied various senior management positions.
Michel Trudeau
Guy Laframboise
Trustee
Mr. Laframboise has been the President of Restaurant Subway Quebec Ltd., since 1990. The chain has since grown and now has over 600 outlets across Quebec.
Trustee
Mr. Zakuta is the President and CEO of Plaza Retail REIT, which he co-founded in 1986. He has been involved in every aspect of shopping center development in Canada since 1986.
Michael Zakuta
Trustee
Mr. Laplante is a partner at Nymbus Capital, a Canadian investment management firm for which he manages a real estate-focused hedge fund. He is also President of Folco Capital Inc., a corporation managing a large variety of private investments, focusing on real estate assets. From 2003 to 2014, François served as Vice-President, Director and Head of Liability Trading on the Institutional Equity Trading team at Desjardins Securities, part of a $260 billion financial institution.
François-Olivier Laplante
Trustee
Katia Marquier is the Chief Financial Officer of Fednav since January 2020, where she previously spent 3 years as Vice President, Finance. Ms. Marquier is a member of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA, CA) and is also a certified corporate director "Administrateur de Sociétés Certifié” (ASC). She has more than 20 years of experience in financial management especially at Gaz Metro l.l.p. (Énergir) and KPMG. Ms. Marquier is also a member of the board of directors and member of the Investment committee – development capital of Fonds de Solidarité FTQ.
Katia Marquier, CPA, CA
Trustee
Mr. Dancosse is an independent Trustee. He is currently a legal counsel at Dunton Rainville. Mr. Dancosse is also a board member of Devonian Health Sciences (TSX-V: GSD). Previously, he was a member of the board of directors of the Royal Canadian Mint, AREV Brands International and Canamex Gold. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and holds the title of Queen's Counsel (QC).