Expertise

Leadership, Governance, Public-private partnerships

Biography

A corporate director and international consultant, Louise Roy is currently Chair of the Board and a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO.


Louise Roy has held́ senior management positions in the urban transportation, air transportation and communications industries. She waś CEO of the Société de transport de Montréal (1985-1992), Executive Vice President for the Americas of Air France at its Paris headquarters (1994-1997), CEO of Telemedia Communications Inc. (1997-2000) and Executive Vice President of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (2000-2003).


Since September 2003, Ms. Roy has been a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO and, since 2012, she has chaired the Board of Directors of this Center for Applied Research in Public Policy. She was Chancellor and Chair of the Board of the University of Montreal from 2008 to 2018 and was named Chancellor Emeritus.


During her career, she has also served as a director of Power Financial Corporation and Intact Financial Corporation, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), Montreal International, Provigo Inc, Laurentian Bank of Canada, Videotron Ltd. and Domtar Corporation. She has chaired the Board of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, a cultural granting organization. Ms. Roy is currently a director of the Opéra de Montréal, the Montreal International Music Competition Foundation (MIMC) and the Montreal Airport.

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CIRANO Publications by Louise Roy

As an author

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RP

La gouvernance des grands projets d'infrastructure publique - Le Bureau des grandes infrastructures publiques

Roger Miller, Joanne Castonguay, Féthi Chebil and Louise Roy

Competition, Public Finance, Risk Management, Governance and Infrastructures
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La gouvernance des grands projets d'infrastructure publique - Diagnostic et recommandations

Roger Miller, Joanne Castonguay, Danielle Lareau, Féthi Chebil, Louise Roy, Lydia Yakonowsky and 1 other authors

Competition, Public Finance, Risk Management, Governance and Infrastructures
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La gouvernance des grands projets d'infrastructure publique - La gestion des enjeux sociopolitiques

Danielle Lareau, Joanne Castonguay, Roger Miller and Louise Roy

Contract, Governance, Infrastructures and Social Policies

Events

As a speaker