Purpose

Founded in September 2009, the St. Lawrence Consortium is an association of young professionals whose objective is to create a forum where ideas, opinions and experiences are shared. By creating close links between members and the sharing of ideas and experiences, the St. Lawrence Consortium aims to contribute to the professional and personal development of Montreal’s future business leaders.

Meetings

Members of the St. Lawrence Consortium have privileged access to important players from the Montreal, Quebec and Canadian business and political scenes. Guests of honor are invited for intimate and interactive meetings during the course of which career experiences, knowledge and opinions are shared and current affairs are discussed.

Members

Members of the St. Lawrence Consortium are young professionals who have distinguished themselves by their leadership and professional, academic and community accomplishments. They work in various sectors such as finance, law, management consulting, entrepreneurship, and politics.

Latest Guests of Honor

In reverse chronological order since October 2009 (role description as of the time of the Consortium meeting):

Mr. Mitch Garber, C.M.
Lawyer, Business Executive, Board Member and Investor
Former Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Caesars interactive Entertainment Inc.

Colonel Alain Cohen, O.M.M., C.D.
Commander, 34th Canadian Brigade Group
Former Commanding Officer, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal

15th Anniversary Event
(September 2025)

The Honourable Lucien Bouchard, P.C., G.O.Q., Ad.E.
Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Former Premier of Québec, Secretary of State and Cabinet Minister, Government of Canada and Ambassador to France

Mrs. Dominique Anglade
Former Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

Mr. Stephen Bronfman
Canadian businessperson and philanthropist

Mr. Daniel Cossette
CEO MunichRE – Asia, Australia, Middle East and Africa (Life and Health)

Mr. Chris Arsenault
Founder and Partner, Inovia Capital

Mr. David Cataford
CEO and Director, Champion Iron

Mr. Martin Imbleau
President and CEO, Port de Montréal

Mr. Guy Leblanc
President and CEO, Investissement Québec

Mrs. Rania Llewellyn
President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors, Laurentian Bank of Canada

Mr. Pierre Boivin, O.C.
President and CEO of Claridge

Mr. Luc Desjardins
Executive Director and Editor in chief, L’Itinéraire

Mr. Greg Isenberg
Co-Founder and CEO, Late Checkout and Growth Advisor, TikTok
Former Head of Product Strategy, WeWork

Mr. Cherif Habib
Co-Founder and CEO - Dialogue Technologies Inc.

Mr. Francis Davidson
Co-Founder and CEO, Sonder Inc.

Mr. Michael Denham
President and CEO, Business Development Bank of Canada

Mr. Dax Dasilva
Founder and CEO, Lightspeed Inc.

Mrs. Marlene Puffer
President and CEO, CN Investment Division

10th Anniversary Event
(April 2019)

The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, PC CC GOQ
Former Prime Minister of Canada (1984-1993)


Mr. Alec Castonguay
Political Bureau Chief for L’Actualité and Political Analyst for Radio-Canada

Mrs. Monique F. Leroux, C.M., O.Q.
Chair of the Board of Directors of Investissement Québec and Corporate Director

Mr. Louis Vachon, C.M.
President and CEO, National Bank of Canada

Mr. Jean-François Gagné
Founder and CEO, Element AI

Mr. Lou Eccleston
Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group

Mr. Paul Desmarais III
Senior Vice President, Power Corporation of Canada and Executive Chairman, Portag3 Ventures

Mr. Alan MacIntosh
General Partner, Real Ventures

Mrs. Kim Thomassin
National Client Leader & Managing Partner, Québec region, McCarthy Tétrault

Mr. Lino Saputo, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, Saputo

Mrs. Christiane Germain & Mr. Jean-Yves Germain
Co-Presidents, Groupe Germain Hospitalité

Mr. Pascal Tremblay
President, Managing Partner of Novacap

Mr. Serge Godin, O.C., O.Q.
Founder and Executive Chairman of the board of CGI Group Inc.

Mrs. Chantal Hébert, O.C.
National affairs writer with the Toronto Star and guest columnist for Le Devoir and L’Actualité

Mr. Ian Greenberg
Co-Founder of Astral Media Inc.

Mr. Jean-Pierre Ouellet
Partner of St-Lawrence Capital & Vice Chairman of RBC Capital Markets (2000-2008)

The Honourable Jean Charest
Partner of McCarthy Tétrault
Former Premier of Québec (2003-2013)

Mrs. Marie-Josée Nadeau
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Secretary General of Hydro-Québec

Mr. Pierre Boivin, O.C.
President and CEO of Claridge & Former President and CEO of Club de hockey Canadien and evenko

Mr. Yves Fortier, C.C., O.Q., Q.C., Ad. E., LL.D.
Former Chairman and Senior Partner of Norton Rose OR
Former Canadian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Mr. Herbert Black
President and CEO of American Iron & Metal Company

Mr. Sylvan Adams
President of Iberville Developments

Mr. Marc Beauchamp
Founder and Chairman, Novacap

Mr. Éric Boyko
Cofounder President and CEO, Stingray Digital Inc & Founder and Former President, eFundraising.com

Mr. Pierre Karl Péladeau
President and CEO, Quebecor Inc.

Mr. Daniel Fournier
President, Real Estate Group, CDPQ & Former Chairman of the Board, Genivar Income Fund and Former Director, Canadian Tire

Mr. Raymond Royer, O.C., O.Q.
Director, Power Financial Corporation, Great-West Lifeco, and Gesca
Former President and CEO, Domtar & Former President and COO, Bombardier

Mr. Charles Sirois, C.M., C.Q.
President and Founder, Telesystem & Chairman, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Mr. Gwyn Morgan
Chairman of the Board, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
Former President and CEO, EnCana Corp.

Mr. Michael J. Sabia
President and CEO, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Former President and CEO, BCE Inc.

The Honourable Michael M. Fortier, P.C.
Partner, Ogilvy Renault
Former federal minister of Public Works and International Trade

Inaugural Event
(October 2009)

Mr. Calin Rovinescu
President and CEO, Air Canada
Co-Founder and former Managing Director, Genuity Capital Markets