Claude Thibault is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Alithya Group. Mr. Thibault has more than twenty years of experience serving as CFO for a variety of companies, both private and publicly-traded, active in Canada and internationally. He has worked in a variety of sectors, including high-tech, manufacturing, distribution, and services. Previously, Mr. Thibault worked in financial advisory services for a decade at KPMG, and for five years as Vice President, Investment Banking, at Midland Walwyn/Merrill Lynch Canada. He has served on the boards of directors of two Crown corporations, and is a member of the advisory committee of a high-tech start-up. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, with the Corporate Finance qualification (CPA, CA-CF), and a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). Mr. Thibault holds an MBA and an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

As a public policy analyst, Krystle collects and analyzes data related to public policies and their success, or lack thereof. Through rigorous examination, she works to make sense of these policies and to analyze and evaluate their actual effects, which often diverge from their expected results. She appreciates the impact that her research can have on Canadians, and enjoys having to think critically and creatively, all while keeping up to date on economic and policy developments.

Krystle holds a BA, BSc, Master of Public Policy, and Master of Science, all from the University of Calgary. She has received several academic scholarships for the quality of her work at the graduate level and has published articles in a number of specialized academic journals. Prior to joining the MEI team in February 2021 she worked at the School of Public Policy and collaborated with the MEI as an Associate Researcher. In her free time, you can find Krystle rock climbing, travelling, exploring the great outdoors, or spending time with friends and family.

Alexandre Massaux holds a PhD in Law from the University of Toulon in France. He also holds a master’s degree in Business Administration. He also collaborates with various think tanks like IREF Europe and the web magazine Contrepoints by commenting on and analyzing international current events. He was a research scholar at the CEVRO Institute in Prague in 2018. His main areas of interest are international relations, trade, and governance.

Philip Infilise is the Chief Executive Officer at Octium. Before, he was with Quadra and was promoted to SBU Management, Mining in 2011 and became Business Manager for the newly created Mining Group in 2014. Philip Infilise is also a Board member and shareholder of Infilise Holdings Inc., a member of the Quadra Leadership Team, and has served on the Board of Hydro Technologies (Canada) Inc. since 2007.

Richard Garneau was President and CEO of Resolute Forest Products from January 1, 2011 to January 31, 2018. He served as President and CEO of Catalyst Paper Corporation from 2007 through 2010 and as Vice President of pulp and paper operations with Domtar Inc. from 2005 through 2007. He also held a variety of roles at Norampac, Copernic.com, Future Electronics, St. Laurent Paperboard, Finlay Forest Industries, and Donohue Inc. Richard Garneau is a chartered professional accountant.

Miguel holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Toronto. Prior to his graduate studies, he completed an honours bachelor’s degree with distinction in economics at the Université de Montréal. During his studies, he was elected President of the Economics Students’ Association at the Université de Montréal (AÉÉSÉUM), which has over 600 members, and collaborated with the MEI as an associate researcher. In his free time, Miguel is an outdoor and sports enthusiast. On the weekend, he can be found, among other places, on top of a mountain, on a hiking trail, or on a skating rink. Miguel is a lecturer in economics at HEC Montréal, where he teaches macroeconomic analysis. He was an Economist and the Director of Operations at the MEI, from August 2020 to May 2022.

Gaël Campan has been teaching economics for almost twenty-five years. He holds a DEA with Honours from the Faculty of Applied Economics in Aix-en-Provence, France, and pursued his doctoral studies in Paris (Panthéon-Assas), during which his thesis project was recognized by the Department of Economics and Finance. He worked for several years in strategic and organizational advising and managed companies in Africa and Asia. An international speaker, he has published in academic journals and contributed opinion pieces to economic and financial newspapers. His 2016 handbook of political economy, Théorie Générale de l’Interaction, was an Amazon bestseller. He lived in Cambodia for ten years, where he was Associate Professor at the Royal University of Law and Economics and the National University of Management. He was a Senior Economist at the MEI from January 2020 to January 2021.

Peter St. Onge is a former assistant professor at Taiwan’s Feng Chia University, has served as a fellow at the Mises Institute, and was general partner of a private equity fund in Washington, D.C. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University, and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from McGill University.

Guillaume is Partner, CFO at Diagram Ventures, a venture capital fund backed by Power Financial Corporation. Prior to Diagram, he was working in the United Kingdom in the investment banking division of HSBC in its Financial Institutions Group. Before that, Guillaume was based in Germany as part of Rocket Internet, the world’s largest incubator of technology start-ups, where he was CFO of a fintech portfolio company. He previously spent five years at PSP Investments, in Montreal, in its direct private equity group and in its internal hedge fund. Guillaume is a CFA, a CAIA, and holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School. He also sits on the board of directors of the Opéra de Montréal and the Mount Royal Club.

Adam Michel is Policy Analyst in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.