TEAM

A passionate team dedicated to promoting local innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity around the world. 

THE ZÚ TEAM

Dimitri Gourdin

Chief Executive Officer

Jeanne Dorelli

Senior Director, Strategy & Operations

Maude Bédard-Dufour

Director, Strategic Partnerships & Development

Pierre-Olivier Bontems

Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Frédérique Hébert-Soucy

Lead, Partnerships and Communications

Véronique Levert

Lead, Operations & Admni

Gwenaël Bégasse

Advisor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation and international development

Valérie Patenaude

Advisor, Partnerships and Communications

Pierre Steiner

Advisor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Lesly Appatore

Coordinator, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Fabien Lanteri-Massa 

Attorney/Partner, Blakes, President of the Board of Zú

Brigitte Leblanc

Executive Vice-President, Specialty Groups - Canada, National Bank of Canada, Treasurer of the Board of Zú

Isabelle Richard

Chief Legal Officer, Guy Laliberté Foundation, Secretary of the Board of Zú

Marie-Chantal Chassé 

Impact Coach-Consultant | Founder, MC2 Vision, Former Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change

Christiane Germain

Co-President, Germain Hotels

Dimitri Gourdin

CEO, Zú

Benoit Lacoste Bienvenue

Managing Partner, Province of Quebec, International Tax/Mergers & Acquisitions Partner, KPMG

Erandi Motte Cortés 

Senior Director, International Markets, Entrepreneurship and Business Information, Chamber of Commerce of the Metropolitan Montreal

Pascale Nini

General Manager, DistriQ, Sherbrooke's Quantum Innovation Zone Executive, Executive Chairwoman, Immervision

Samuel Morissette

Director, Technology Transfer Division, Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy (Observer)