Business Positions
Lafargeholcim Ltd
Cement maker
The Canada Life Assurance Company
Insurance and wealth management
Great-West Lifeco Inc.
A financial services holding company
Power Financial Corporation
A diversified management and holding company that has interests in companies that are active in the financial services sector in Canada, the United States, and Europe.
IGM Financial Inc.
The largest non-bank-affiliated asset manager in Canada
TotalEnergies
French multinational integrated oil and gas energy company, one of the seven "Supermajor" oil companies, active in ~130 countries
Power Corporation of Canada
A diversified international management and holding company
Lafargeholcim Ltd
Cement maker
Great-West Lifeco Inc.
A financial services holding company
Brookings Institute
Major Washington think tank
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Trustee
Desmarais Family Residuary Trust
Controlling shareholder of Power Corp of Canada
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Trustee
SGS S.A.
The world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company
Canadian Council of Chief Executives
Representing the CEOs and entrepreneurs of 150 leading Canadian corporations
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Chairman
TotalEnergies
French multinational integrated oil and gas energy company, one of the seven "Supermajor" oil companies, active in ~130 countries
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director
Power Corporation of Canada
A diversified international management and holding company
Positions
Donations
Brookings Institute
Major Washington think tank
Memberships
Order of Canada
Canada's "highest honor for lifetime achievement."
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Member
The Business Council
Business Advisory Council for the Department of Commerce since 1933
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Member
Family
Andre Roger Desmarais
Power Corporation Of Canada
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brother
Paul G. Desmarais, Sr.
French Canadian billionaire; owned Putnam Investments
Hélène Desmarais
Chair of the Board of Directors of HEC Montréal
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wife
Jacqueline Desmarais
wife of Paul Desmarais, Sr
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mother