July 4, 2019 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Pierre Lortie as a Senior Fellow.
“Pierre’s achievements in business and his wisdom about public policy make him a highly valuable collaborator,” said Robson. “The C.D. Howe Institute has benefited from his insights most recently in connection with venture capital and private equity and we are delighted to continue the association.”
“The C.D. Howe Institute has earned its status as a leading source of sound policy advice in good times and in times of stress because its analyses and recommendations are not simply based on empirical data, but provide a way of making sense of the data, which is crucial for a well-balanced policy design,” said Lortie.
Pierre Lortie is a Senior Business Advisor at Dentons Canada LLP. He is also a Director of ECN Capital Corp.
Lortie has held senior executive positions at Bombardier including, President and COO of Bombardier Transportation; President and COO of Bombardier Capital; President and COO of Bombardier International; and President of Bombardier Aerospace, Regional Aircraft. He has been Chairman, President and CEO of Provigo Inc.; President and CEO of the Montréal Stock Exchange and a Senior Partner of SECOR Inc.
Lortie holds a number of directorships, including at the Research Center of the McGill University Health Center; the Montréal Cancer Institute; and the Marine Biotechnology Research Center. He is Chairman of the Schmeelk Canada Foundation and President of the Canadian Ditchley Foundation.
He also served as Governor of the Council of Canadian Academies, President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and as member of the Asia Pacific Foundation Taskforce on Regional Architecture.
Lortie has also held several government appointments. He served as Chairman of Canada’s Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing. He was a representative of the Prime Minister of Canada on the APEC Business Advisory Council from 1999 to 2003 and served as a member of the Panel of Advisors of the China Development Research Foundation of China’s State Council. In the technology field, he served as Vice Chairman of Canada’s National Advisory Board on Science and Technology and as Chairman of the Centre for Information Technology Innovation.
He received an M.B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago, a license in applied economics from the Université Louvain, Belgium, and a Bachelor’s degree in applied sciences (engineering physics) from Université Laval. He was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa in civil law from Bishop’s University. He received his certification from the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. He was appointed Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 1988.
Lortie was appointed member of the Order of Canada in 2001.
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