Michèle Desjardins

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Michèle Desjardins has extensive international consulting and management experience, particularly in organizational development, governance structures and manager evaluation and coaching. She trained as a forest engineer and pursued a career in the pulp and paper industry until the early 1990s, first at Abitibi-Price and later at Inter City Papers. After holding various positions with Price Waterhouse and the Commission des valeurs mobilières du Québec, she headed the Family Business Institute from 1994 to 1997. Appointed Senior Partner at Lansberg Gersick & Associates LLC in 1998, Ms. Desjardins is also President of Koby Consulting.

Ms. Desjardins has a Bachelor of Applied Science with an option in Forest Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Université Laval. She is a Certified Management Consultant and a member of the Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec. She is also a Certified Corporate Director, specializing in public and private family businesses. Ms. Desjardins has been active with various not-for-profit organizations in recent years and sits on the board of directors of the Société du Palais des congrès de Montréal.