Pascal Houle
Pascal Houle has been Chief Executive Officer of Sollio Groupe Coopératif since September 13, 2021. An agile and unifying manager, he relies on the cooperative business model and uses his skills to contribute to feeding people while ensuring the prosperity of farm families. At the head of Canada’s largest agricultural cooperative, Pascal Houle is a […]
Emmanuel Raufflet
Emmanuel Raufflet (Ph.D. Management, McGill University) is a Professor of Management at HEC Montréal. His research focuses on social innovation, sustainable development and circular economy. He has been a guest professor in several universities and business schools internationally. He has led research projects related to energy, sustainability and social acceptability, and circular economy with public, […]
Ilana Gotz
Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson discovered a passion for co‑operatives when, as a teenager, she led her neighbours in a successful fight to turn 260 units of low-rent housing into a cooperative. Her involvement in saving her own home led to a career spanning 47 years in the cooperative housing sector. A member of numerous co-operatives in Canada […]
Cindy Vaucher
Cindy Vaucher is a committed social entrepreneur who works for the preservation of our environment, particularly through circular economy and waste reduction projects. With a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Polytechnique Montreal, which led her to work in the aeronautical industry as an engineering project manager for a few years, Cindy then decided to […]
Balu Iyer
Balu Iyer is ICA’s Asia-Pacific’s Regional Director based in New Delhi, India. ICA, a member-based organization, advances the cooperative social enterprise model and provides a global voice and forum for cooperatives. The ICA Asia-Pacific’s 110 members from 32 countries are national apex organizations, sector federations and government departments. Balu has worked with the Asia Foundation, the […]
Ibon Zugasti
IBON ZUGASTI GOROSTIDI – SUMMARY CV/BIO Ibon Zugasti is International Project Manager at LKS Cooperative , the Management Consulting Division of MONDRAGON Corporation, Board Member of the Millennium Project Global Futures Think Tank, Member of the Board of Foresight Europe Network , Deputy Director of the Foresight Iberoamerican Network and Associate Fellow of the World […]
Nina Elomaa
Nina Elomaa is passionate about sustainability and believes in positive development in the role businesses has in tackling the sustainability challenges facing the globe in collaboration with different actors along the value chain. She has wide experience in different fields of business, such as energy, sourcing, food industry, retail, FMCG and sustainability.
Patrick Cyr
With a master’s degree in community economic development and a bachelor’s degree in finance, Patrick Cyr has worked for 26 years within the Desjardins Group, particularly in the management of sustainable international development projects. He has worked in 27 different countries to date, including Tanzania where he lived for 3 years and Colombia where he […]
Andrea Harris
Andrea reports to the Chief External Relations Officer and lead the coordination and oversight of the programs and strategies that advance Vancity’s goals of creating a clean and fair world, focusing particularly on climate action, climate justice, community investment, financial resilience, and Indigenous banking, all through the lens of anti-racism and Reconciliation. Through this role, Andrea […]