ICD Chapter

Quebec

Welcome To Our Chapter

ICD-Quebec's mission is to promote excellence among boards of directors, with a view to strengthening corporate governance and the organizations’ performance for their stakeholders, while representing the directors. Our events offer our members and participants the opportunity to develop their leadership skills through networking and sharing of knowledge and best practices.

Featured Leaders

Abe Adham

President and CEO, IAS-Québec

Abe Adham

President and CEO, IAS-Québec

Suzanne Rancourt

CPA, ICD.D

Chair of the Board, IAS-Québec

Suzanne Rancourt

CPA, ICD.D

Chair of the Board, IAS-Québec

Suzanne Rancourt is a corporate director with more than 30 years of experience in consulting and management in finance and information technology. From 2006 to 2016, she was Vice-President, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risks. Since her arrival at CGI in 1985, Ms. Rancourt held increasingly senior positions in consulting, strategy and information technology, business development, project management and corporate functions in a multinational environment. Prior to her arrival at CGI, Ms. Rancourt began her career as an auditor and worked in operations, finance and accounting in distribution, retail and financial industries.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal and an ICD.D designation from the Institue of Corporate Directors. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA). Ms. Rancourt sits also on the board of directors of WSP and iA Financial group.

Claude Delage

ICD.D

Governor, IAS-Québec

Claude Delage

ICD.D

Governor, IAS-Québec

Claude Delâge is Co-Manager/Co-Head of the Transatlantic Fund, a unique investment fund between Canada and France, co-managed by Desjardins Capital and its European partner, Siparex, which is mainly active in France. She provides support for French and Belgian businesses expanding to North America, primarily through Quebec, and fosters the growth of Quebec businesses in European markets, mainly via France and Belgium.

She has just returned to Quebec, after having moved to France for more than 3 years to start the Transatlantic Fund.

She sits on the boards of French businesses supported by the fund in France. Before leaving Quebec in late 2018, she sat on the boards of directors of Quebec businesses. She was a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Centraide of Greater Montreal.

Having recently returned, she has just been appointed to the Board of Directors and as Governor of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), for the Quebec chapter.

Chapter Board of Directors Chapter Executive Committee

If you are interested in joining a Chapter committee, please contact Emmanuel Dupuis-Hébert, Chapter Administrator at info@iasquebec.com

Chapter Spotlight

Things a board of directors must keep an eye on in a digital transformation

Demystifying the Digital Transformation - Part 1

Demystifying the Digital Transformation - Part 2

Recommendation from the CIO to the board members of organizations that are going digital.

A culture based on agility, data and clients.

Digital transformation in SME.

Change management in a digital transformation program.

Board oversight digital transformation spotting red flags.

Structuring change management in a digital transformation.

The “Purpose” of a Corporation and the Stakeholder Model

The Institute for Governance (IGOPP) and the Institute of Corporate Directors Quebec Chapter (ICD Quebec) are pleased to announce a virtual conference on the purpose of the corporation, the shift towards stakeholder governance and ESG with Martin Lipton, foremost authority on corporate law and governance issues and co-founder of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

This conference is a way for IGOPP to mark its 15th anniversary and to celebrate its achievements since its foundation in 2005. Me Lipton and Dr. Yvan Allaire, Chair of the Board of IGOPP, will discuss some of the most relevant governance issues. Me Maryse Bertrand, Chair of the Board of ICD Quebec, will act as moderator for this conference.

Rebroadcast: Virtual Conference IGOPP - ICD Quebec, rebroadcast

PDF: It's Time to Adopt the New Paradigm

How will COVID-19 Impact your Business and consequently your Branding Strategy?

The ICD breakfast seminar dealing with brand strategy has been postponed due to the pandemic.

How will COVID-19 Impact your Business and consequently your Branding Strategy?

The ICD breakfast seminar dealing with brand strategy has been postponed due to the pandemic.

In the interim, Ms. Claude Delâge spoke with one of the panelists, Mr. Christian Pichette, about the impact of COVID-19 on corporate branding. In this document, she provides us with a summary of this discussion, as well as the preliminary thoughts of the other panelists.

Breakfast Seminar on February 27, 2020 – The Processing of Personal Data: What the Board Needs to Know.

So much information to consider from our panelists this morning...

Breakfast Seminar on February 27, 2020 – The Processing of Personal Data: What the Board Needs to Know.

So much information to consider from our panelists this morning...

Guiding us in the governance of personal data. A special thanks to Suzanne Gouin, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin and Guy Cormier for their valuable advice. Proactivity, governance, expertise, transparency, training, everything was covered with Anne-Marie Hubert’s questions.

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