Joke Dufourmont leads Circle Economy's Circular Jobs Initiative. The programme uncovers how the circular economy changes the world of work, and what it takes to ensure the circular transition is positive for work and workers. Joke started at Circle Economy as a public sector consultant on circular city development, and organically grew to focus on the social issues related to environmental sustainability. In previous roles, she worked as a researcher on inclusive urban planning strategies in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and on a Green Employment Programme in Dublin, Ireland.

Guillaume Majeau-Bettez is a researcher within the two research chairs associated with the CIRAIG, the International Life Cycle Chair and the Research Chair for Advanced Waste Recycling. He is also Assistant Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). His research aims to better understand the complex causal chains linking consumption activities and technological choices to environmental emissions and resource extraction. To this end, he focuses on the coherent integration of multiple databases, methods and analytical tools, including combining system descriptions from life cycle assessment (LCA), material flow analysis (MFA), extended economic and environmental input-output models (EEIO), and process models.
detailed parameterized engineering and optimization algorithms. It aims to go beyond simple "hybrid LCA" and bring a convergence of perspectives in the analysis of industrial ecology, to address the complex material and economic issues of downcycling, rebound effects and circular economy. He holds an Honours BSc in Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry from McGill University and an MSc and PhD in Industrial Ecology from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Philippe Noël is Director, Strategy and Economic Affairs at the FCCQ. In addition to working on the organization's government relations, he works on issues related to finance, economic development, transportation, infrastructure and construction, energy, the environment and the green economy. During his political career, he worked as a political advisor to the Quebec government, for the Minister of Transport and Municipal Affairs, after a few years as a political advisor in the office of the Leader of the Official Opposition. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Université de Montréal and a master's degree in political science from Université Laval, as well as master's studies at the École nationale d'administration publique.

José (Josepha) Potting holds a PhD in the Environmental Sciences. She has some 30 years of experiences in environmental modelling and assessment, notably life cycle assessment, and acted as researcher and project-leader in many international research projects. She works presently for several customers from her consultancy, EnviroSpotting (Netherlands). The last two years she has helped Wageningen University & Research to develop a vision and strategy for making their own organisation circular. Until summer 2018, she worked as a senior policy researcher for PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and held a professor-position at the Swedish KTH Royal Institute of Technology. On behalf of PBL, she has been leading the development of a monitoring system to follow the progress of the Dutch policy program A circular economy in the Netherlands by 2050. The monitoring system contains indicators to measure developments in resource and material use, environmental pressures and economy by circular economy activity. However, the novelty of the monitoring system is in indicators to measure the implementation and transition process itself.

Léa St-Pierre is an Advisor with the Sustainable Development Coordination Office of the Ministry of Environment and Fight Against Climate Change. She is responsible for the objectives of the government's Sustainable Development Strategy for the green economy and specializes in the circular economy, production and consumption responsible and societal responsibility of organizations. Previously, she worked as a project manager in a traceability company and in business development. Her academic career has also allowed her to explore several disciplines, including social and cultural anthropology and political science, at Université Laval, at the University of Havana and the Graduate School of Commercial Sciences in Shanghai.

Mélissa Stoia is Director of Sustainable Development and Circular Economy for the MTL SME network and Coordinator of Synergie Montréal. Ms. Stoia has been involved in the economic development of East Montreal since 2011. She has recognized expertise in setting up structuring projects and coaching companies in the circular economy. She designed and set up Synergie Montréal, the first industrial symbiosis in Greater Montréal. Ms. Stoia sees the circular economy as an entrepreneurial school for both start-ups and seasoned entrepreneurs who want to reorient their way of doing business. With a degree in geography - spatial and territorial analysis from the universities of Paris-I-Sorbonne and La Réunion, Ms. Stoia brings her geographer's perspective to the development of projects aimed at creating a more resource-efficient and resilient economy on a daily basis.

Johanne Whitmore is Research Professional at CIRANO and Member of Avant-Garde@CIRANO. She is also Senior Researcher at the Chair of Energy Sector Management at HEC Montréal. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of measures for energy transition and the decarbonisation of economies, in particular through the adoption of circular economy measures. Her expertise is used in several initiatives in the private, governmental and academic sectors. She has conducted workshops on E3 modelling and eco-tax for TEQ. In 2017, she was appointed vice-president of TEQ's Stakeholder Table and received the distinction of "Inspiring Woman" in energy from the AIEQ. She is co-author of numerous publications, including the État de l'énergie au Québec. She holds a M.Sc. in spatial analysis of environmental data from the University of Ottawa and training in management and sustainable development from HEC Montréal.