Our board of directors

The Executive Committee of the City of Montréal appoints the members of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) for the period that it sees fit. As per the Agency's letters patent, the Executive Committee appoints two City of Montréal representatives to act as observers.

The Executive Committee of the City of Montréal appoints the members of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) for the period that it sees fit. As per the Agency's letters patent, the Executive Committee appoints two City of Montréal representatives to act as observers.

The Board works with the Agency’s leadership and shares its skills and expertise in areas such as trends, strategy, mobility, compliance, strategic governance and ethics, communications, human resources, finance and innovation and technology.

Board Committees

The standing Board Committees each meet three to five times a year to fulfil their Terms of Reference as adopted by the Board and to provide recommendations and advice to the Board.

The standing Board Committees are:

  • Governance and Ethics
    The Committee assists the Board with implementing best practices with regard to compliance, sound governance, ethics, integrity and transparency.
  • Human Resources and Communications
    The Committee assists the Board with strategic direction and developing policies and guidelines for both human resources management and the Agency's communications.
  • Audit, Finance and Risk Management
    The Committee assists the Board with overseeing the Agency's financial reporting, external auditing, risk management and internal controls.
  • Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development
    The Committee assists the Board with monitoring, developing and predicting innovation, strategy and sustainable development initiatives, and tracks the progress of the Agency’s 2021–2030 Organizational Strategic Plan in particular.

Board members

Isabelle Cadrin

Chair, Board of Directors

Sherazad Adib

Member, Human Resources and Communications Committee

Member, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Catherine Allard

Treasurer of the Board of Directors

Chair, Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee

Member, Governance and Ethics Committee

Responsible for ethics and disclosure

Benoît Bessette

Vice-Chair, Board of Director

Chair, Human Resources and Communications Committee

Member, Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee

Marie Coté

Chair, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Member, Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee

Luc Gagnon

Member, Human Resources and Communications Committee

Member, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Me André Goyer

Chair, Governance and Ethics Committee

Member, Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee

Catherine Morency

Member, Governance and Ethics Committee

Member, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Vanessa Ngalli

Member, Human Resources and Communications Committee

Member, Governance and Ethics Committee

Me Sophie Préfontaine

Secretary, Board of Directors

Observers appointed by the City of Montréal

Lucie Careau

Interim Director, Urban Planning and Mobility Department, City of Montréal.

Observer, Innovation, Strategy and Sustainable Development Committee

Raoul Cyr, CPA, CA

Director, Accounting and Financial Information, City of Montréal

Observer, Audit, Finance and Risk Management Committee