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Louis
L. Roquet
President
and Chief Operating Officer
Tel.:
(514) 281-7135 |
Louis
Roquet is President and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins Venture
Capital Inc. He is responsible for managing the operations of the
different Desjardins venture capital funds, as well as those of
Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, a publicly traded company
founded in 2001 with authorized capital of one billion dollars.
He also sits on the Mouvement Desjardins Strategic Management Structure
Committee.
In
addition to mastering four languages, Mr. Roquet holds a doctorate
in business administration from Harvard University and an MBA, finance
and international administration option, from Montréal’s École des
Hautes Études Commerciales.
Before
joining the Desjardins team, Mr. Roquet was president and general
manager of Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). Prior to this, he
was successively president and general manager of Investissement
Québec, secretary general of the City of Montréal and general manager
of the Montréal Urban Community.
Deeply
committed to the community, Mr. Roquet chairs the boards of directors
of Angus Development Corporation, International Mosaiculture of
Montréal and Soverdi. He also has a seat on the boards of directors
of Birks & Mayors Inc., Cercle des présidents du Québec, Institut
de tourisme et d’hôtellerie du Québec, Fondation Jeunesse du Maire
de Montréal and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Canada. A member
of the consultative committee of the McGill/MUHC Life Sciences Technopole,
Mr. Roquet is also active in several charitable organizations including
Centraide Montréal, where he has a seat on the board of directors
and is a member of the Executive Committee.
The
Société québécoise des professionnels en relations publiques awarded
Mr. Roquet its Grand Prix Équinoxe Hommage 2007 prize for exceptional
communication work by a business leader and the MBA Association
of Québec awarded him the title of MBA of the Year for 2004.
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