Guylaine Saucier , (born 10 June 1946), a

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, is the

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Gérard Saucier Ltée Gérard ( French: ) is a French masculine given name and surname of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constitu ...

, a major group specialing in

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

products. She was the

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of the

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(CBC). She is a member of the board of directors at

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and the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations

Biography

Born in

Noranda, Quebec Rouyn-Noranda (; 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census d ...

, Saucier is a corporate director of the

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, AXA Assurances Areva,

Groupe Danone Danone S.A. () is a French multinational food-products corporation based in Paris. It was founded in 1919 in Barcelona, Spain. It is listed on Euronext Paris, where it is a component of the CAC 40 stock market index. Some of the company's produ ...

, and Wendel. She is a former chairman of the board of directors of the

, a former director of the

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, Altran Technologies SA from 2003 to 2007, CHC Helicopter Corporation from 2005 to 2008, Nortel Networks Corporation from 1997 to 2005 and Tembec Inc. from 1991 - 2005. She also served as a former chair of the

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(CICA), a former director of the

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, and was the first woman to serve as President of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce. She serves as a director of the Fondation du Musée des Beaux Arts. In 2001 she headed a Joint committee on

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which reported to the

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. Saucier obtained a B.A. from

Collège Marguerite-Bourgeois In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

and a B.Comm. from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales,

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. She is a Fellow of the

and a Member of the

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. In 2004, she received the Fellowship Award from the

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, in 2007, she obtained the Institute Certified Designation from the

, and in 2010, Administrateur de Société Emérite from

Collège des Administrateurs de sociétés In France, secondary education is in two stages: * ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14. * ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20141209232313/http://cfoy.ca/en/committee/view/Guylaine-Saucier 1946 births Living people Businesspeople in forest products companies Canadian telecommunications industry businesspeople Canadian chief executives Canadian corporate directors Canadian women business executives Canadian chairpersons of corporations Directors of Nortel Institute of Directors Members of the Order of Canada People from Rouyn-Noranda Université de Montréal alumni Women corporate directors Bank of Montreal people Petro-Canada people Groupe Danone people {{canada-business-bio-stub