Hélène Desmarais
{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Hélène L. (nee Blouin) Desmarais
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ|size=100%}}
| image = Hélène_Desmarais01.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Desmarais in June 2013
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| pronunciation =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1955}}
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = Canadian
| other_names =
| alma_mater = HEC Montréal
| occupation = Businesswoman
| years_active =
| employer =
| organization =
| known_for =
| style =
| boards =
| spouse = Paul Desmarais Jr.
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
Hélène Desmarais {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ}} (born in 1955{{Cite web|title=Hélène Desmarais, C.M., LL. D.|url=https://www.ceim.org/en/about/board-of-directors/helene-desmarais-c-m-ll-d/|language=en|website=ceim.org|access-date=26 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227065803/https://www.ceim.org/en/about/board-of-directors/helene-desmarais-c-m-ll-d/|archive-date=27 February 2019|url-status=dead}}) is a Canadian businesswoman and is a member of a number of boards and committees in the public and private sectors, including president of the board of directors of HEC Montréal.
Biography
Desmarais is a graduate of business administration from HEC Montréal.{{cite web|title=Hélène Desmarais|url=https://www.hec.ca/en/about/contributors/helene-desmarais.html|access-date=21 March 2019}} She also studied at Sciences Po in Paris, studied art history at Christie's in London and history of architecture at the New York School of Design.
Desmarais has contributed to developing technology companies since 1996 as the founder, chair of the board and chief executive officer of the Montréal Centre for Enterprise and Innovation (CEIM), the first technology incubator and consulting service of its kind.
Desmarais chaired a provincial committee to study the healthcare industry (1997), was made a member of the board of HEC Montréal in 1999 and became its chair in 2003. Desmarais also chairs the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine Advisory Committee (from 2006), and sits on the boards of Christian Dior SA (from 2012), Garda World Security (2006), and Génome Québec (2002) and was governor of the International Economic Forum of the Americas. In 2009, she was appointed by Health Minister Yves Bolduc to the board of directors of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), one of the largest hospitals in Canada.
In 2010 she was awarded the Order of Canada and was named to the {{Interlanguage link|Académie des Grands Montréalais|fr}}. In June 2013 she received the title of Officer of the Ordre national du Québec.
Distinctions
- 2002 Golden Jubilee Medal
- 2007 Order of Merit, Université de Montréal
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate, Université Lumière Lyon 2
- 2009 Honorary Doctorate, St Francis Xavier University
- 2009 Medal of Honour, Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine
- 2010 Member of the Order of Canada
- 2010 Grands Montréalais, Chambre de commerce du Montréal Métropolitain
- 2010 Prix entrepreneurship of Conseil du Patronat du Québec
- 2012 Golden Jubilee Medal
- 2013 Officer of l'Ordre national du Québec
- 2016 Commander of the Order of Montreal
References
{{reflist|refs=
|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/economie/actualites-economiques/311094/une-grande-dame-de-montreal
|title=Une grande dame de Montréal
|trans-title=A great lady from Montreal
|work=Le Devoir
|publisher=Le Devoir Inc.
|first=Martine
|last=Letarte
|language=French
|quote=
|date=17 November 2010
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/200902/11/01-826146-helene-desmarais-bientot-nommee-au-ca-du-chum.php
|title=Hélène Desmarais bientôt nommée au CA du CHUM
|trans-title= Hélène Desmarais will soon be appointed to the Board of Directors of the CHUM
|work=La Presse
|location=Quebec
|publisher=Groupe Gesca
|first=Denis
|last=Lessard
|language=French
|quote=
|date=11 February 2009
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
|url=http://grandsmontrealais.ccmm.qc.ca/en/120/
|title=A tribute to the great Montrealers
|publisher=Chambre de Commerce du Montreal Metropolitain
|first=
|last=
|author=
|quote=
|date=2012
|access-date=
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206143145/http://grandsmontrealais.ccmm.qc.ca/en/120/
|archive-date=6 December 2017
|url-status=dead
}}
|url=http://www.fulbright.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/current-board-members/helene-desmarais-bio.html
|title=Hélène Desmarais
|publisher=Fulbright Canada
|first=
|last=
|author=
|quote=
|date=2012
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207002752/http://www.fulbright.ca/about-us/board-of-directors/current-board-members/helene-desmarais-bio.html
|archive-date=7 December 2018
|url-status=dead
}}
|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=13648428&privcapId=104204
|title=Hélène Desmarais
|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.
|first=
|last=
|author=
|quote=
|date=
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=12288&t=12&ln=Desmarais
|title=Hélène Desmarais, C.M., O.Q., LL.D.
|publisher=Governor General of Canada
|first=
|last=
|author=
|quote=
|date=2010
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=2656
|title=Hélène Desmarais
|trans-title=
|publisher=Government of Quebec
|first=
|last=
|author=
|language=French
|quote=
|date=2013
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
|url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/ordre/en/helene-desmarais
|title=Members of the Ordre
|trans-title=
|publisher=City of Montreal
|first=
|last=
|author=
|language=French
|quote=
|date=2016
|access-date=23 November 2017
|archive-url=
|archive-date=
}}
}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Desmarais, Helene}}
Category:Members of the Order of Canada