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Marie Giguère was appointed Executive Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Secretariat, and member of the Executive Committee on November 1, 2010. In this role, she supervises the teams responsible for legal affairs, the corporate secretariat and policies and compliance.
Background
Ms. Giguère has extensive experience in commercial and corporate law, as well as mergers and acquisitions. She was a partner with Fasken Martineau for many years and served as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, and General Secretary of the Montréal Exchange from 1997 to 1999, following which she became Senior Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Molson Inc. from 1999 to 2005. After working as a consultant for the Caisse on several infrastructure and private equity matters, she was appointed Vice-President, Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary of its real estate subsidiary Otéra Capital in 2008.
Ms. Giguère has a bachelor's degree in humanities from the Université de Montréal and another in civil law from McGill University. She is a member of the Québec Bar.
Connections
Ms. Giguère sits on the board of the McGill University Health Centre and chairs the Douglas Mental Health University Institute foundation. She is a Governor Emerita of McGill University and has held directorships with CBC/Radio-Canada, the Montréal Exchange and Addenda Capital. In 2005, she received the Commerce-ZSA career excellence award.