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Nationality
  
Canadian

Name
  
Thierry Vandal


Role
  
Businessman

Children
  
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Occupation
  
Hydro-Quebec (President and CEO)

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Thierry Vandal is a Canadian businessman. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec since 2005. Mr. Vandal announced in January 2015 that he was stepping down front his role and is scheduled to leave on May 1, 2015.

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Early life and education

Mr. Vandal holds an engineering degree from École polytechnique (Université de Montréal, 1982) and an MBA from HEC Montréal (Université de Montréal, 1995).

Career

Prior to joining Hydro-Quebec in November 1996, Mr. Vandal worked for Shell Canada Limitée from 1982 to 1988 and for Société Pétrochimique Kemtec from 1988 to 1991.

While at Hydro-Quebec, Mr. Vandal served as Vice President–Strategic Planning and Business Development (1996–2001), President of Hydro-Québec Production (2001–2005) and finally President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec (2005–2015).

Board membership

He is or was the board member of the following companies:

  • Société d’énergie de la Baie James and Hydro-Québec International (Chairman of the Board)
  • BioFuelNet Canada (Chairman of the Board)
  • HEC Montréal
  • McGill University
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Social involvement

    Thierry Vandal is a membre of the Board of Governors of Centraide.

    Honors

    2012 Canadian Energy Person of the Year award by the Canadian Energy Council

    References

    Thierry Vandal Wikipedia