CANACCORD GENUITY

2013 – Current

Managing Director, Investment Banking

Head of Quebec – Investment Banking

• Accelerate development of Investment Banking Activities
• International geographical scope
• Lead manager to the most successful IPO of 2014: $115 million – Lumenpulse Global IPO
• Advised Nordion in its competitive $826 million acquisition by Sterigenics

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS (formerly RBC Dominion Securities)

1996 – 2011

Head, Corporate Finance, Quebec (2004)

Managing Director, Global Investment Banking (2004)

Canadian Management Committee – Investment Banking (2004)

Managing Director, Investment Banking (1998)

Vice-President, Investment Banking (1996)

• RBCCM is the #1 Investment Bank in Canada. Quebec is an important part of the market.
• Established RBCCM as the leading player in the highly competitive Quebec market.
• Direct reporting to Head of Global Investment Banking.
• Led and coordinated the actions of multiple departments in achieving market leadership: Investment Banking, M&A, DCM, ECM, Corporate Lending, Treasury Products and Services.
• Built and successfully managed a highly efficient team (15 direct reports and 35 coordination partners from the ground up, with young talent that was groomed into the top team in its market and within the organization.
• Highly regarded and respected by the team and clients. Mentor to the alumni base.
• Executed directly and very successfully the most important and complex mandates for key clients.
• Established a reputation of consistently achieving excellence and success.

Education

• Directors Executive Program – Institute of Corporate Directors, Rotman/McGill University, 2011
• Helios Leadership Institute, 2007 – 2009
• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), 1990 – 1993
• M.B.A. (Finance), Concentrations in Finance, Real Estate – McGill University, 1988 – 1990
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mech.), Minor in Management – McGill University, 1983 – 1987

CORECO INC.

2000 – 2005

Board Member

• Joined the Board at the request of shareholders after effecting its IPO in 1996.
• Member of the Audit Committee.
• Steered the company on financing and market issues, a major greenfield project, M&A and sale of the company at a 70% premium to market trading price.

RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS

1990 – 1996

Vice-President (Associate from 1990-1993)

Investment Banking, Corporate Finance

DUPRAS, LEDOUX & ASSOCIATES

1987 – 1990

Project Manager and Consulting Engineer
Consulting Engineering, Construction & Project Management

Selected transactions

Communications & Media :

• Bell Canada International (Lead, $350 million IPO, 1997)
• Cirque du Soleil (Advisory)
• GTC Transcontinental (Lead, $66 million equity, 2002)
• Quebecor (Lead, Sale of IQW exchangeable shares, $510 million, 2001 – Sale of Donohue, $7.1 billion, 2000)
• Quebecor World (Acquisition of World Color Press, US $2.7 billion, 1999 – Lead on Series 2, 3 & 4 Preferred Shares – Investor strategy pertaining to Latin American and Memphis facilities – $750 million financing rescue package, 2007)
• Yellow Pages Income Trust (Lead advisor – $2.6 billion acquisition of ADS Advertising Directory Services – Lead, $1.4 billion equity issue, 2005 – Co-Lead, $1 billion IPO, 2003 – Lead on 12 capital market issues and lead advisor for multiple advisory and M&A mandates)

Technology :

• Lumenpulse (head, $115 million IPO, 2014
• BCE Emergis (Advisory, Strategic Review, Sale of selected e-Finance assets, 2005 – Lead, $250 million equity, 2001)
• CGI Group (Lead, US $192 million issue of 10 year Notes, Investor presentation review, 1999)
• Coreco (Lead, $22 million IPO, 1996 – Board member – Advisory on sale of the company at a 70% premium, 2005)
• Hypership (Lead, $100 million private placement, 2000)
• EXFO (US $209 million IPO, 2000)
• ITA (Advisory for an investor –eventually purchased by Google)
• Matrox Electronics (Advisory)
• Mediagrif (Lead, $50 million IPO, 2000 – Advisory)
• Mindready (Lead, $30 million IPO, 2000 – Advisory)
• SR Telecom (Lead, $57 million equity, 1994 – Lead, $75 million high yield, 1998) • Tecsys (Co-Lead, $16 million IPO, 1998)

Forest Products :

Involvement and multiple transactions with respect to Abitibi-Consolidated, Domtar, Kruger, SFK and Tembec from 1990 to 1997, including:

• Donohue (Fairness opinion, 1992 – Sale of the company via auction for $7.1 billion, 2000)

Diversified :

• Nordion (Advisor on US$727 million acquisition)
• ACE Aviation and Air Canada (Global Lead Manager, $792 million equity offering, 2005 – Multiple advisory mandates, 2005-2006)
• Aeroplan (Lead Manager, $287 million IPO, 2005 – Multiple advisory mandates)
• Bombardier (Advisory and multiple debt financings, 1991-1995, 2007+)
• Bombardier Recreational Products (Acquisition financing, advisory and recapitalizations, 2005+)
• Dollarama (Lead, $354 million IPO, 2009 – $282.7 million follow-on, 2010)
• Imasco (Multiple financings and advisory, 1990-1996)
• GLV (Water treatment and specialized manufacturing) (Lead, $38 million equity issue, 2009)
• MAAX (Lead, equity offering, 1992 – Debt private placement, 2001)
• Mecachrome International (Lead, Euro 345 million refinancing, 2006 – Revolver, Term Loan B, High Yield, $205 million IPO, 2007 – Financial restructuring, 2008)
• Rona (Co-Lead, $150 million IPO, 2002 – Lead Manager, $206 million equity offering, 2001– $400 million debentures, 2009 – Advisory)
• Spectra Premium (Lead Manager, $48 million IPO, 1997 – $80 million follow-on, 1998 – $67 million, 1998 – Advisory – Sale of the company)
• Transforce (Lead on multiple equity offerings, 2006-2011 – Advisory on multiple acquisitions – Conversion from income trust to corporation)

Infrastructure :

Involvement and multiple transactions with respect to infrastructure and like assets in the fields of telecommunications, airports, power generation and transmission.

Fields of Intervention :

Involvement in virtually all types of financial transactions with reporting to Board of Directors and/or senior management, including:

• Acquisitons and related financings
• Divestitures
• Auctions
• Fairness Opinions
• Formal Valuations
• Privatizations
• Initial Public Offerings (3-time winner of the IPO of the Y ear)
• Convertible Debentures Offerings
• Exchange Offers
• Bank Financings
• Term Loan B Offerings
• Investment Grade Debentures
• Non-Investment Grade Debentures
• Restructurings
• Corporate Conversions
• Common Equity Offerings (including the Deal of the Year)
• Preferred Equity Offerings
• Rating Advisory
• Leveraged Finance
• Infrastructure Finance

Angel Investing :

• Member of Anges Québec (2013)
• Lead investor and Lead Director – SmartReno
• Other projects under development

Other Information :

• Canadian citizen
• Perfectly bilingual (French/English)
• Guest lecturer/speaker – University of Toronto, HEC Montreal, CICA, Conférence de Montréal, industry conferences, etc.
• Interested in arts and technology
• Charities (Head of the RBC Capital Markets Quebec’s Charities Donations Committee, Centraide, Heritage Montreal, others)
• Member of Anges Québec
• Skiing, kite surfing, water polo, football