FGM - Key Persons


Andrea Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Social Entrepreneur

André-Yanne Parent

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

Angelina Mehta

Job Titles:
  • General Manager of Joint Ventures
  • Member of Governance and Human Resources Committee

Caroline Montminy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Vice - President and Investment Counsellor

Catherine Fisette

Job Titles:
  • Director, Public Affairs and Communications
Provides strategic counsel and manages the unit. Coordinates special projects. Ensures that FGM and its CEO have as prominent a profile as possible.

Claire Nyirasangwa

Job Titles:
  • Technician, Accounting
Tasked with processing deposit and withdrawal transactions in philanthropic funds, and managing various accounting operations related to data entry and financial transactions according to established procedures and timetables.

Corinne Charette

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Senior Fellow, John Molson School of Business / Concordia University

Danièle Tremblay

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Director, Administration and Finance
Responsible for the operational management of financial, material and human resources. Acts as a contact person for all financial and administrative issues.

David Turcotte

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Eric Lapierre

Job Titles:
  • Secretary
  • Assistant Vice - President and Assistant Chief Counsel
  • Member of Governance and Human Resources Committee

Frédéric Lavoie - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee
  • Partner
  • Vice - Chair
  • Member of Governance and Human Resources Committee

George Hogg

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

Gilles Chouinard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Vice - President of Investments

Grace Laing Hogg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

J.W. Burns

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Organizational Development and Systems Change Strategist and Research Affiliate

Jane Rabinowicz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Chief Program Officer / McConnell Foundation

Jason Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Jean-François Fontaine

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee
  • Senior Director, Actuarial Services / Mallette Actuaires Inc.

Jean-François Marcil

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Juniper Glass

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Consultant for Non - Profits and Foundations

Karel Mayrand - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
Karel Mayrand is the President and CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montréal since June 2020. Before that, he has been for twelve years Director General for Quebec and the Atlantic with the David Suzuki Foundation, and chair of Al Gore's Climate Reality Project in Canada. He is also Vice-President of the board of Parc Jean-Drapeau. Karel is co-author of Demain, le Québec (Éditions La Presse, 2018), author of Une Voix pour la Terre (Boréal, 2012), co-author of Ne renonçons à rien (Lux, 2017) with the Faut qu'on se parle collective, and initiator and co-author of the Manifesto for a Global Movement (2015) which was signed by 42 000 people. Karel Mayrand took up his role in June of 2020. He manages the team and the operations of the Foundation, establishes its overall strategy in tandem with the Board of Directors, and is responsible for representing FGM vis-à-vis the Foundation's philanthropic and community partners, elected officials and the media.

Karen Macdonald - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Karimé Issa

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager, Philanthropic Development
Main contact for organizations that are creating funds as part of public or private matching programs. Supports fund creation through those programs, abiding by their rules and regulations and pursuing the best investment strategies for each organization. Supports and informs them through changes within the programs or opportunities for non-program fund creation. Supports and implements attraction and retention strategies for the stewardship of fund creators.

Kathy Fazel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Senior Investment Counsellor / RBC PH & N Investment Counsel Inc.

Kenny Tang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • FRM / Chief Compliance Officer and ESG Leader

Krystel Kenol

Job Titles:
  • Intern, Administration and Accounting
Updates and upkeeps the CRM database and supports the Administration Technician and the entire team in their many responsabilities.

Laurent Giguère

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee

Linda Tchombé

Job Titles:
  • Director, Philanthropic Development

Lise Charbonneau

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President, Administration, Finance and Investments

Mahalia Verna

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee
  • External Advisor

Malvina Klag

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

Manda Razafimahefa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Management Advisor

Marc Nisbet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Director, Consulting Services and Financing - Social Economy

Mariama Dupuis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee
  • Chief of Staff, Chairman and CEO / Sagard

Marie-Andrée Farmer

Job Titles:
  • Director, Strategic Initiatives and Community Partnerships

Marion Daul

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Internal Communications and Events

Marion Van Staeyen

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Communications and Publications
Responsible for publications (annual reports, brochures, etc.) and the production of communications vehicles intended for donors, organizations, and the FGM team. Coordinates reflection that aims to improve internal and external communications functions.

Montreal YWCA - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Mélanie Cyr

Job Titles:
  • Technician, Administration

Nadir André

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Governance and Human Resources Committee
  • Partner
  • Member of Governance and Human Resources Committee
  • Partner / BLG

Natacha Zénié - CEO, Chief Investment Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • Member of the Investment Committee

PAAL Partageons le monde - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • President

Pascal Grenier - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

Pilar Hernandez Romero

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee

Richenda Grazette

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Engagement Committee
  • Coordinator, Funding Program / SHIFT Center for Social Transformation

Samenthat Thoby

Job Titles:
  • Agent, Philanthropic Development
Provides administrative support to the philanthropic development team as well as to fund creators.

Samia Medelci

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee
  • District Vice President, Laval & Rive - Nord / TD Bank

Samuel Sharetzer Michel

Job Titles:
  • Technician, Accounting

Simon Delorme

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Communications and Public Relations
Responsible for feeding and managing the Foundation's digital communications outlets such as the website, newsletters and social media. Handles the majority of FGM's written content like presentations, speeches and messages from the President and CEO, selected publications and various correspondence.

Solveille Dubois

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager, Community Engagement

Sophie Labrecque

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Philanthropic Development Committee

Suzanne Gouin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Corporate Director
  • Member of the Borealis Global Asset Management Team
  • Member of the Governance and Human Resources Committee
  • Chairman of Governance and Human Resources Committee

Toni Dilli

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Audit Committee
  • Chairman / Partner, Audit
  • Treasurer / Partner, Audit

Valérie Cecchini - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Investment Committee
  • Managing Partner

Valéry Fienena

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager, Philanthropic Development

Vira Kovalova

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Community Partnerships
Collaborates in managing the process of selecting recipients for funding, and in equitable distribution of funding; maintains relationships with social and community actors. Works to enhance FGM's understanding of the needs and issues on its territory, and participates in FGM's internal deployment of Reconciliation and JEDI initiatives.

Yacine Bouzid

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Philanthropic Development

Yolanda Macias Schaffner

Job Titles:
  • Director, Legal Services, Corporate Secretariat and Privacy