With an MBA in finance and information systems (McGill) and a BAA in marketing (HEC Montréal), Paul Bourget is the creator of the Bourstad Challenge and has been its pedagogical director since its launch in 1987. He has had a career in college teaching while taking on various coordination and research mandates. Between 2010 and 2014, he piloted a financial education project at Collège de Rosemont that meets the needs of the adult population. He is continuing his teaching career in the Continuing Education Department at Collège de Rosemont. He joined CIRANO in 2015. He is responsible for two financial education projects: the Bourstad simulations and the FinÉcoLab educational games.

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin joined CIRANO in 2000 as a postdoctoral researcher and was appointed President and CEO in 2016, after serving as Vice-President from 2008 to 2016. Since 2011, she has led the CIRANO Barometer project on risk perception in Quebec, which annually collects data on Quebecers’ concerns regarding 47 major societal issues. She is also Head of the CIRANO Research Pole on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Digital Intelligence and Principal Investigator of the Innovation and Digital Transformation research theme.

She is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where she also serves as Academic Director of PolyFinances. In addition, she is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO).

She holds a PhD in Management Science (specializing in risk management and insurance) from the École normale supérieure de Cachan. Her research focuses on risk management and decision-making in contexts of risk and uncertainty, as well as the design and evaluation of public policies. Her work combines economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, survey data analysis, and more recently, large-scale unstructured data analytics.

In 2008, she founded the RISQH network, a knowledge-sharing and awareness network dedicated to risk management, patient safety, and quality of care in healthcare institutions. She contributed to the development of the Montreal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence.

She serves as Scientific Director of the Measurement Tools, Monitoring and Surveys Division at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies (OBVIA). She is also co-founder of the International Francophone Network on Scientific Advice (RFICS).

At CIRANO, she leads and contributes to several large-scale research initiatives, notably the creation of an economic digital twin of the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes region (GVCdtLab), developed in collaboration with the federal government.

She has published numerous scientific articles, several books, and more than 40 reports for government and other organizations. She has delivered over one hundred conferences and is regularly invited to speak in the media.

Fanie Dubuc is the Chair of the Bourstad 2022 judging panel

Ms. Dubuc is a senior enforcement councel at the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). Graduate from Sherbrook University and holder of the Quebec Bar accreditation, Ms. Dubuc was responsible for legal and regulatory affairs at the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés and then Counsel to the Court Remedies Directorate at the Société d'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) before joining IIROC in 2015.

Odrée Ducharme works in the Fund Investments and External Managers team where she deploys various strategic initiatives. Previously, she was Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Developed Markets. In that role, she was responsible for developing and managing institutional relationships with major asset managers, home offices and financial institutions.

Ms. Ducharme joined CDPQ in 2005 and has held various positions, including Director, Performance Management and Analysis and Senior Director, Strategy. In the latter role, she advised the management team on designing, planning and executing the investment strategy. Before joining CDPQ, she worked at CIBC.

She holds a Bachelor’s in Finance from HEC Montréal and is a CFA charterholder. She is President of the Board of Directors of CFA Montréal and sits on the Board of Directors of CFA Societies Canada.

Mr. Jacob is the honorary president of the 2022 Bourstad Challenge.

He was appointed Superintendent, Client Services and Distribution Oversight, Autorité des marchés financiers, in May 2021. With the assistance of over 150 employees, Mr. Jacob supervises the activities of representatives and firms in the insurance of persons, damage insurance, claims adjustment and financial planning sectors. He also administers the eligibility requirements related to and rules governing distribution activities, while overseeing the issuance of representative certificates and the registration of firms.

A corporate director and international consultant, Louise Roy is currently Chair of the Board and a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO.

Louise Roy has held́ senior management positions in the urban transportation, air transportation and communications industries. She waś CEO of the Société de transport de Montréal (1985-1992), Executive Vice President for the Americas of Air France at its Paris headquarters (1994-1997), CEO of Telemedia Communications Inc. (1997-2000) and Executive Vice President of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (2000-2003).

Since September 2003, Ms. Roy has been a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO and, since 2012, she has chaired the Board of Directors of this Center for Applied Research in Public Policy. She was Chancellor and Chair of the Board of the University of Montreal from 2008 to 2018 and was named Chancellor Emeritus.

During her career, she has also served as a director of Power Financial Corporation and Intact Financial Corporation, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), Montreal International, Provigo Inc, Laurentian Bank of Canada, Videotron Ltd. and Domtar Corporation. She has chaired the Board of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, a cultural granting organization. Ms. Roy is currently a director of the Opéra de Montréal, the Montreal International Music Competition Foundation (MIMC) and the Montreal Airport.

Cathy Sleiman is Senior Manager, Eastern Canada, for TD Bank's direct investments.
Graduate in finance from the École des sciences de la gestion (UQAM), she has held various positions within the TD Bank for the past 16 years.