Siku Adam is an Associate Partner in our Vancouver office. He advises clients on business and technology strategy, enterprise architecture and the management of large, complex business transformation initiatives.
Siku has worked with a wide variety of clients both in Canada and internationally, including leading public sector and health, insurance, utilities, financial services, and transportation organizations. In his engagements, Siku quickly becomes a trusted advisor to his clients through his ability to work collaboratively with executives, senior managers and staff at all levels, facilitate diverse groups of stakeholders to arrive at decisions, identify root causes, communicate complex issues, and provide pragmatic recommendations.
Siku has an MBA from HEC Paris and BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is also a Professional Engineer and holds the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications, and is a member of ISACA and PMI.
Charles is a Partner in SECOR’s Strategy Practice.
At SECOR, Charles supports executives develop and implement their strategic plans. In particular, Charles’ mandates have focused on creating sustained value through growth and diversification. Charles’ clients include multinationals in the consumer products, consumer packaged goods, financial services and capital intensive sectors. Charles also has significant experience in the areas of new business development and acquisition and divestiture support. Prior to joining SECOR, Charles spent several years working for multinationals in the area of supply chain management.
Andrea is an Associate Principal in SECOR’s strategy practice. Andrea has worked for 12 years as a strategy consultant and has a breadth of experience in the retail, natural resources and financial services sectors with emphasis on go-to-market strategies and organizational design work. In addition, she has led M&A strategy, post-merger integration, functional redesign and operations restructuring projects. Prior to joining SECOR, Andrea was the VP, Membership and Advisory Services for the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility where she worked extensively on corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues.
Renaud Beauchesne has over 25 years of experience in consulting, management and executive positions.
Mr. Beauchesne recently joined the SECOR team as a partner and is in charge of our Quebec-City office. He is also a member of several boards and government advisory committees at the federal and provincial levels.
A professional in human resources management, Richard Blain has extensive experience in operations management and finance as well. In his more than 20 years of business, he developed and implemented human resource strategies that increased the efficiency of the firms that he worked for. Mr. Blain has worked in various industries, in particular in the retail trade, the mining sector and public transport. He is known for his ability to identify challenges that companies need to face and for implementing management practices designed to increase organizational efficiency and profitability within a growing and changing environment.
Richard Blain is an expert in managing talent and developing competencies, mobilizing resources, improving work climates, diagnosing organisational problems and handling employee communications. He also has great skill in succession management, due diligence reviews, post-acquisition integration, business process reviews, work group facilitation and coaching managers.
Mr. Blain has held a fair number of executive positions in human resources management. He was Vice-President Human Resources of BouClair Inc., Réno-Dépôt Inc. and the Montreal Stock Exchange. He also filled several management and professional positions for Cambior and the STM. Mr. Blain is a Board member for Moisson Montréal and for the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines et en relations industrielles agréés du Québec.
Olivier began his career with Ingersoll-Rand in the United States, where he worked in their marketing and commercial development divisions.
After two years with the US division, Olivier spearheaded the development of the Ingersoll-Rand EMEA's "Security Technologies" division, during which time he was based in Germany. His mission was to develop subsidiaries throughout the EMEA zone. His responsibilities included business development, creating a distribution network and the recruitment and development of multicultural teams.
In 2000, he joined the Swedish group ASSA ABLOY as the director of international development for their "Electro-mechanical Security" division based in Reno, Nevada.
In 2002, Olivier was appointed to lead ASSA ABLOY's newly created internal university in Stockholm, Sweden. He trained in coaching at Paris VIII and developed a number of programs related to change management and skill development for key employees within the organization.
In 2007, he launched his own company in coaching. He joined as an active member the European Association of Coaching and received his coaching certification. He also received training in clinical psychology and has a masters degree in conflict management.
Olivier joined SECOR in 2010 to succeed Francoise Poli and lead SECOR Europe’s coaching and executive development efforts. He is committed to contributing to the development of corporate leaders and providing the tools for them to reach their service and efficiency objectives.
Marc brings 9 years of strategy consulting and 25 years of industry experience to SECOR. He is a senior strategy consultant focusing on industry analysis and restructuring strategy and the development of business models for emerging opportunities. Marc specializes in the creation of public/private multi-stakeholder business models and the negotiation of the associated contract relationships involving domestic and/or international stakeholders. Marc’s expertise spans across several industry sectors including aerospace, utilities, health care, gaming and telecommunications. Marc has worked directly with both federal and provincial ministries, crown corporations and regulators, as well as with the private sector, municipalities, and non-profit organizations.
Prior to joining SECOR in January 2008, Marc was the principal consultant for Strategic Gaming Innovations and a manager within the strategy and transformation practice at CapGemini. While in these roles, he led the development of strategy and business innovation implementation in the charitable gaming sector for clients in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Prior to his career in strategy consulting, Marc helped develop and negotiate the international agreements defining Canada’s contribution to the International Space Station Program.
James brings 20 years of consulting experience to SECOR, having held senior roles with several leading global strategy consulting firms. James has advised clients through pre-deal strategy issues, and post-merger integration management. His clients are Canadian and global leaders of capital intensive sectors such as the resources, telecommunications and transportation industries, as well as service sectors such as information services and consumer products.
James has conducted a number of studies on behalf of government and industry groups on public policy issues such as competitiveness, industry strategy, and international trade. He has directed other public and private initiatives on economic issues such as foreign investment and globalization. Moreover, James has been a frequent speaker throughout North America in the print and television media on various topics.
Recently, James spent more than a year seconded to a Canadian-headquartered global firm as a senior advisor on strategic planning and corporate development where he was involved in pre-deal strategic work through to post-merger integration planning.
Alastair Caddick is an Associate Principal at SECOR Consulting based in Vancouver.
Alastair has fifteen years of management consulting experience and has worked across a broad range of industries including energy, telecommunications, financial services, health care and the public sector with industry leading clients in Canada, the US, and Europe.
Alastair has developed a broad and robust set of consulting skills from his experiences including: leading strategic planning efforts; conducting operational diagnostics and transformation planning for clients looking to improve their performance; leading customer strategy efforts aimed at better understanding customer needs and design strategies to better meet those needs.
Alastair started his career with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) working with Fortune 500 companies across North America before spending several years in Europe consulting and advising large European based multi-nationals. Over the past 7 years, Alastair has been leading client engagements for RPO Management Consultants in British Columbia.
Alastair currently sits on the Board of the Ivey Alumni Association.
Management experiences includes : CEO of Hydro-Quebec (HQ-Canada), CEO, Gaz Métropolitain (GM-Canada) and deputy Minister (Department Environment – Quebec). Present positions include member of the board of National Bank of Canada and of Junex, an oil and gas exploration company. Previously held positions include Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEL-London), Chairman of the Canadian Gas Association and chancellor of the University de Montréal.
Mr. Caillé has received a number of prestigious recognitions for his work and his contributions to society. Namely, he received the Order of Canada, was decorated a Knight of the French Legion of Honor by the President of France, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National Institute of Scientific Research, the University of Montreal and the Royal Military College of Canada.
Madeleine Chenette is Chair of the Board and an executive of SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. At the executive level, she contributed to SECOR's growth as associate-principal for Quebec and has been involved in the development of business solutions for the firm.
Madeleine’s compelling views of business challenges are based on extensive global research and twenty years of experience in diversified sectors such as retail, transportation, finance, and natural resources. Under her leadership, a unique team of shrewd business people, creative strategists and executives of top organizations wake up every day to exceed expectations and conquer new markets. National and international clients listed on the TSX and Fortune 500 listed as well as executives from crown corporations look to her teams to develop their innovation and leadership capabilities.
Madeleine holds a Master of Science in Administration from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal, and is currently taking courses with the Institute of Corporate Directors. She is at ease in both English and French Before joining SECOR, she helped successfully merge three homes for the elderly and designed an innovative concept for increasing the well-being of its residents and their families.
An eclectic sportswoman, Madeleine also values business and community involvement. Board Member of Transat A.T. inc., Chair of the Board of the Canadian Club of Montreal in 2010-2011, she was also a board member for the Orchestre Symphonique des jeunes de Montréal, and as a pro-bono, helped design strategies for Women in Finance and the YWCA. She sponsored the fundraising events for the Greater Montreal Foundation as well as for Les filles électriques, a creative organization for interdisciplinary events related to poetry, in 2010.
In 2011, at the Gala for “Les Talentueuses”, the Association of Quebec Women in Finance awarded its Inspiration prize for deserving women in finance to Madeleine Chenette, a well-deserved tribute for a very talented woman.
Christine Cherrière has more than 20 years of professional experience in human resources development, particularly with large corporations: SANOFI, an ELF subsidiary – SITA, a SUEZ subsidiary.
She has facilitated sessions on career management policy and high talent assessment with human resource executives of holding companies, and manages the recruitment and training services support function.
Philippe Collas is the Mobilization Practice Leader for SECOR and a Principal at our Montreal Office.
Philippe brings 20 years of management experience to SECOR having held different positions and senior roles within the AXA Group (Insurance and Asset Management leader). Philippe was head of staff of the IT Group and developed the IT Group’s strategic planning, group reporting, vendor relations and skills management. In addition, Philippe was Group V.P. Human Resources Development (including surveys, Corporate University management, and Top management meetings). Philippe was also CFO of AXA Millésimes (an AXA subsidiary, managing real-estate and wine production). Philippe spent more than 10 years at AXA’s head office, where he was involved in pre-merger and post-merger integration activities.
Philippe developed a corporate university for a large co-operative financial group in Canada as well as developing a mobilization survey. He has conducted more than 85 surveys in 50 different companies. Philippe is actively involved in business training and development, at Sciences Po Paris and UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal,).
Marcel Côté is a senior partner and a co-founder of SECOR.
Marcel is well-known for working closely with CEO's to develop value creating strategy at leading Canadian companies. Its 30 years of experience at Secor has given him a wide exposure to a variety of issues and several industries. He is particularly known for its strategic insights in business situations, and is associated with several major transactions and turn-around. For the past ten years, he has also been active in France, where he brings a North American perspective to strategy development, working closely with several corporations at the CEO level.
Over its career, Marcel has also been involved in the public policy arena. An economist by training, he has worked as a senior aide in both the Prime Minister Office in Ottawa and the Premier Office in Québec City. He has sat on the Boards of various public policy Think Tanks and has presided the Board of the Public Policy Forum. He is a frequent commentator on public policy issues, with a special in interest on growth, innovation and productivity and on Québec issues. For the past 15 years, Marcel has also written the back page column in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' monthly magazine.
Dr. Couillard served as Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services, a position he held from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that, he was a neurosurgeon at St. Luc Hospital, where he headed the Department of Neurosurgery from 1989 to 1992. He then co-founded the Department of Neurosurgery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where he worked from 1992 to 1996. Upon his return to Canada, he became a professor at the University of Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Medicine, where he taught from 1996 to 2003. He was also the director and chief surgeon for the Department of Surgery at the CHUS (Sherbrook University Hospital Centre) from 2000 to 2003. He graduated from the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine in 1979 as a neurosurgeon, with a designation in neurosurgery from the Collège des médecins du Québec and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1985.
Dr. Couillard has been a partner in Persistence Capital Partners since October, 2008, which focuses exclusively on investment in the health field. Dr. Couillard also teaches health care governance at McGill University. As a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, he serves on Canada’s Security Intelligence Review Committee.
André COUPET is an expert in helping executive management teams looking to focus on customer relations to differentiate themselves in the market and in helping corporations develop customer relations cultures: from measuring mobilization toward customer relations to aligning the organization and its functions with the customer relations culture.
André holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Paris as well as a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sherbrooke.
Pierre Daems is an Associate Principal in the SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. Particularly focused on customer experience management issues, Pierre is a senior advisor on organizational development mandates (mobilization, transformation, alignment). Pierre has been working during 7 years in the SECOR Paris office, and 4 years in the Montreal office.
Pierre compelling views of business challenges are based on extensive global research on customer/employees engagement issues and fifteen years of experience in diversified sectors such as finance, retail, media, telecom as well as clothing and tourism. He has worked for companies in France, Morocco, Quebec, Ontario and the States. Pierre is an engineer and an ESSEC MBA alumni. Before joining SECOR, he has been working for France Telecom Satellite Services, as marketing and communication manager, where he successfully contributed to position France Telecom as the value added services provider of reference in the industry. He also worked for Air France in Canada, as Customer Service Manager.
Pierre also values community involvement and has worked on the boards of, and led pro bono strategic reflection, for educational and cultural organisations in Canada and France. Pierre is also a family man, plays saxophon in a Jazz band and ran the 2009/2010 Paris Marathon. He is fluent in English and French.
Carole Deniger has over 15 years' experience carrying out strategic analyses for major clients in the culture, communications, media and entertainment industries. She works closely with top executives of several majors firms, primarily identifying major strategic issues and developing growth-enhancing and value-creating business models.
She is the author of various studies such as An alyse de positionnement de l'industrie du jeu interactif au Québec,(analysis of the interactive games industry positioning in Quebec) Le marché de la communication au Québec : chiffres clés et enjeux (the communications market in Quebec: key figures and issues); The Emergence of the TV Portal and others.
Daniel Denis is an expert in economic and sectoral studies, as well as in strategic planning and analysis.
Mr. Denis’ 21 years in consulting have given him a solid experience in identifying strategic issues facing organizations and developing suitable strategies for them. His expertise ranges from competitive analysis and positioning strategies for public and private organizations to performance assessments of competitor or benchmark company strategies. A specialist in economic and industrial analysis as well as in regional development, Daniel Denis has developed significant expertise in the fields of finance, life sciences, IT sectors and energy. He is frequently called upon to provide expert analytical advice to various government bodies, associations and the media on economic or industrial issues.
Before joining SECOR, he worked for and important financial institution.
From 2000 to 2005 he worked for SECOR Europe in their Paris office, where he developed the strategic leadership practice. In the course of his duties he helped a large number of companies deal with transformational and leadership issues. Claude is an experienced facilitator, conference speaker and consultant. Keenly interested in the development potential of human dynamics, Claude has centred his professional practice on people, culture and strategy. He has developed a real knack for guiding executive teams through complex transformation issues.
Alain Dumas is an expert in business strategy and business plan development and follow-up. He is managing partner of SECOR's Quebec offices and is in charge of finance and administration for SECOR as well as being on its board of directors.
Alain Dumas has more than 15 years of experience in business accounting, auditing, consultation and administration. This experience has given him a solid background in various fields such as diagnostic analyses, business strategies, turnaround and business plans, scorecards, financial modeling and budgetary processes.
He regularly advises top corporate and institutional executives on major issues, business processes, and implementation of their action plans at both the organizational and financial level.
Before joining SECOR, Alain Dumas distinguished himself as audit manager at KPMG where he was involved in several mandates to turn companies around and handle their public share offerings while dealing with other major auditing mandates at the same time. He was also director and comptroller of the Montreal Stock Exchange.
Yves has spent his entire career in the energy sector. He has a broad and diverse experience in electricity production, transportation and distribution as well as a thorough understanding of corporate and support processes at Hydro-Quebec. He has held the positions of Senior Vice-president and President at Hydro-Quebec Distribution and President at Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie. He has also worked at the international level as Chair of the CIGRE (Conseil International de Grands Réseaux Électriques) (International Council on Large Electric Systems) from 2004 to 2008.
David Griller is an expert in technology and innovation and has a passion for life sciences. His clients range from major pharmaceutical companies to small biotechnology firms involved in drug discovery and diagnostics. David works with them on broad strategic issues as well as operational challenges. He also works with the public sector providing advice on policy and technology trends.
David has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University College London and is a fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Chemistry. David spent half his career as a research chemist at the National Research Council of Canada and the other half in business. He has worked in management, strategic planning, and consulting with Plastic Constructions Inc. Deloitte Haskins and Sells, and KPMG.
Paul Hiom is the Managing Partner of the Vancouver Office.
Paul brings over 15 years of consulting experience to SECOR, having previously founded RPO Management Consultants. He has significant experience working with a wide variety of clients, with extensive focus in government, insurance, health care, transportation and telecommunications.
Paul specializes in business and technology transformation including strategic outsourcing and enterprise technology acquisition. Paul focuses on opportunities to work with clients seeking to drive successful organization change through operations streamlining and enabling technologies. He brings extensive experience with program structuring and guidance for joint-disciplinary teams drawn from multiple organizations. In addition, he has led business case development and software acquisition for multiple clients.
Prior to his consulting career, Paul was a co-founder of the Centre for Operations Excellence at UBC, an applied research organization in the field of Operations Research. Paul also holds a graduate degree in Management Science and an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. While pursuing his graduate degree, Paul conducted original research in the application of probabilistic models and simulation to achieve significant service and cost improvements for large inbound call centres.
Stephen has over fifteen years of management consulting experience, for much of which he has led large-scale strategy and business transformation projects. Stephen has a broad base of project experience with public and private sector clients with a focus on the health and financial sectors. He works closely with senior executives to develop clarity and new insight for business strategy through first principles thinking and robust, comprehensive analytics. He also brings proven expertise and experience in mobilizing organizations to follow through on strategy and achieve outstanding performance.
Prior to Secor, Stephen was a founding partner of RPO Management Consultants, a leading national consultancy; and a co-founder of the Centre for Operations Excellence (COE), a strategic partnership between the University of British Columbia and a number of leading North American businesses.
Nancy Kaplan focuses on advising executives at domestic and global companies on issues related to business strategy. She has worked extensively in the areas of Post Merger Integration, innovation and commercialization, strategic and tactical marketing, customer-centricity, and enterprise-wide transformation. She has particular expertise in communications and media, including mobility, fixed line, and satellite.
Ms. Kaplan has led numerous engagements. As examples, she led the PMI work for the integration of the Enterprise businesses in the recent merger of two global telecommunications companies. She recently directed the strategy development and execution for the Small-Medium Business segment for a major telco. Changes to segmentation, product, channel and on-line strategies and capabilities were targeted to drive a minimum of $500M in revenue lift annually. Ms. Kapaln also led the go-to-market strategy and business model definition for a $1B integrated satellite-terrestrial start-up. The results helped to drive follow-on funding of $300M and save over $600M in capital expenditures.
Ms. Kaplan earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
With more than ten years experience as a consultant, Mélanie Kfoury is an expert in strategy and business planning, market analysis, and sectoral and economic studies.
Her analyses of complex issues enable management teams to agree on a policy direction that yields action strategies. She also carries out strategic industrial and sectoral analyses and assists top management of high-technology companies in deciding upon directions to take.
Before joining SECOR, Mélanie Kfoury worked for two years as an analyst at Accenture.
Zayna was a Principal with the Toronto office of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 2001 to 2010. There, she helped North American and international for-profit and not-for-profit clients in a variety of sectors including telecom, financial services, aviation, and (primarily) health care solve diverse business issues including strategy and organizational re-design. At BCG, Zayna was a core member of the firm's Health Care Practice and Organization Practice, and was most recently an Ambassador to BCG's Strategy Institute, the "R&D"engine of the firm, where she led the Sustainability Initiative partnership with MIT Sloan Review, and helped build BCG's Sustainability Practice.
Prior to joining BCG, Zayna earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children where she was a scholar of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She has more than 12 publications and chapters in international journals and textbooks.
Dr. Khayat is a senior advisor to Endeavour Volunteer Consulting Netowrk (EVCN), a volunteer based consultancy that provides strategic and management advice to non-profit clients in the GTA. She is a founding member of the Toronto Volunteer Bridge, a volunteer networking agency serving young professionals in the GTA. Dr. Khayat provides pro bono strategic advice to various non-profit organizations in the health care sector, and is currently helping a Canadian philanthropist establish a personalized medicine service for advanced stage cancer patients in Canada.
Zayna speaks proficiently in French and Arabic, and resides in Toronto with her husband and 3 children.
Ms. L’Heureux has been working as a consultant in strategic business alignment since 1994, both for the public and private sectors, in Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Since joining SECOR Consulting in 1997, she has been actively involved with many organizations wishing to plan and implement transformations in order to better answer their strategic issues: post-merger integration, customer experience re-invention (internal and external), organization design, and performance management.
Robert has had a distinguished career in the P&C insurance sector in Canada including being the CEO of the largest personal and commercial insurance brokerage firm in Québec between 1997 and 2006; he also knows well the life insurance sector given that his firm offered financial services.
Ms. Laurent is well known in the Quebec-City region, in the technology and corporate financing sectors. She was President and CEO of the Société Innovatech Québec from 1998 to 2008, after which she was appointed Director of Investment and Economic Development in the Office of the Mayor of Québec. At SECOR, she will primarily be advising technological firms in the Quebec-City region with respect to their development, financing and expansion plans and will assist SECOR’s professional staff in innovation and growth projects.
Josh is a senior strategy and operations advisor with over 10 years of consulting and industry experience. He has worked in numerous industries with global and national clients in the retail, consumer and packaged goods, high tech and pharmaceutical industries. His expertise includes strategy development, organizational transformation, complex program management and performance management.
Josh’s primary focus for the past five years has been on health system strategy development and deployment. He has worked on client engagements involving the highest levels of system leadership (payer and provider) as well as at major care settings including primary care, large and small community hospitals, academic health science centers and emergency departments.
Josh has worked with clients to develop and deploy strategies to optimize the use of health human resources, design and implement eHealth solutions, manage and reduce wait times for critical services, develop long-term capital investment strategies and negotiate and implement complex, multi-party agreements.
Josh has significant experience working with clients in the US, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.
Jocelyn brings 20 years experience with business transformation. He guides and supports executive teams when they must transform their organizational model and their processes, where executive alignment and strategic change management are typically critical to the success of the transformation.
He has led transformation initiatives in support to different business strategies: adapting organization structure and governance to improve effectiveness, ensuring organizational and cultural integration following an acquisition, aligning foreign operations to support rapid expansion, reducing costs at support functions and implementing new technology enabled processes and organization.
Jocelyn's main industries of expertise are aerospace, energy and financial services.
Miles brings over fourteen years of management consulting experience to SECOR. Miles is a highly regarded consultant to the telecommunications and related industries, with extensive international experience, having advised senior executives in North America, Asia and Europe. His clients are leading wireless operators, fixed-line operators, handset manufacturers, wireless platform providers, multinational corporations and government.
Miles was previously a Vice President at CSMG ADVENTIS, a leading provider of strategy consulting services focused on the communications, media and entertainment industries. In addition, Miles was a Vice President in A.T. Kearney's Communications and High Technology Practice in U.S. and Asia, where he focused on serving leading companies in the wireless and related sectors.
Miles also served as a communications subject matter expert to finance, investment companies and start-ups. Miles has been quoted by major US newspapers and trade magazines such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times.
Pierre Lefebvre has over twenty years experience in consulting, transactions, and management, primarily in the fields of finance and infrastructures, in both the private and public sectors.
He was the first CEO of the Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec, now called Infrastructure Québec. He set up and then managed this new provincial agency of over thirty employees. The agency was involved in more than $8B worth of projects in transportation, health and culture and received several national and international prizes.
Mr. Lefebvre was a leading figure in most of the province’s major infrastructure projects undertaken over the last few years and was a key player in creating Quebec’s recent policy framework on governance for major public infrastructure projects.
Mr. Lefebvre’s previous experience was primarily in project and corporate financing for Nortel Networks in Toronto, Paris and London and at Price WaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. He also practiced corporate law at Fasken Martineau in Montreal at the beginning of his career.
Renault joined SECOR in 2005 after a career in law and earning an MBA at HEC Montréal. He developed his business acumen in a number of sectors (manufacturing, media and financial services) before concentrating mostly on the natural resources and energy sector, which he now shares the leadership for in Quebec. In that capacity, Renault has worked on substantial mandates for large Canadian and international organizations such as Domtar, Transcontinental, Fibrek, SNC-Lavalin and Rio Tinto. He is known for his ability to develop long-term relationships built on mutual trust with SECOR's clients, equally at home in strategy planning and alignment.
Philippe started his career for a large financial institution for which he became Senior manager, Human resources development. He started his management consulting career with a large Canadian firm where he became Head of the Human Resources and Compensation practice. When it eventually merged with a leading international consulting firm, as partner in their Corporate Consulting group, Philippe directed reorganization and change initiatives in numerous large Canadian companies.
At SECOR, he helps North American and European companies in either growth & development, merger (post-merger integration) & acquisition (due diligence), and / or strategic repositioning situations.
Jean Pierre started his professional career in 1975 and has spent all of it in international development in industrialized and emerging countries. As head of a number of renowned consulting firms, Jean Pierre has specialized in helping large private corporations and public bodies scope foreign markets, design investment and partnership strategies, market and sell their products and services, as well as in development, joint financing and management support for large projects in emerging countries.
He now has an in-depth knowledge of the functions and general operations of major international financial institutions and has a particular expertise of the cultural habits and business processes in both the public and private sectors of over more than 60 countries across all continents. Originally from Montreal, he has been posted abroad for many years in places like Paris, Avignon, Geneva, Washington, Manila, Algiers, Casablanca and Barbados.
He will work closely with our Montreal office’s sectoral teams as well as with teams in all of SECOR’s locations.
Doron Melnick is an Associate Principal for SECOR in the Toronto Office.
Doron is a senior strategy and operations consultant with over ten years of experience advising clients in the private and public sectors, including government, healthcare, telecommunications and information technology. His expertise spans the areas of strategic planning, business transformation and performance management.
Doron’s consulting approach is highly collaborative. He makes the most of information and ideas inside a client’s organization, in combination with original research and analysis, to design tailored solutions which are widely supported by stakeholder groups. He also works closely with clients to ensure that planned solutions become reality, from policy and funding approvals through to implementation planning and execution.
Doron has conducted a number of studies on behalf of government on public policy issues such as public service modernization, climate change and healthcare funding.
Before joining SECOR, Doron worked with a global provider of customer experience solutions to the telecom industry, as well as companies in energy services and commercial property management.
Jean-Yves Ménard is an expert in M&A, strategy, marketing and international sales.
He developed extensive skills working in consulting, ranging from diagnoses, action plans, strategic analyses, to merger and acquisition strategies. He has carried out numerous strategic repositioning, marketing and business-plan mandates. Mr. Menard has extensive experience in various fields: cutting-edge technologies, consumer products, distribution, food processing, and the aeronautics and tourist industries.
During his career, Jean-Yves Ménard has held senior positions such as vice-president of sales and development of international business for Systèmes Proxima, president and CEO of Polyquip, and vice-president of sales for AVS Technologies. He also held several senior management positions at Air Canada, the last being first vice-president of sales and operations for Air Canada Vacations.
Michel A. Rathier is a seasoned executive who has served throughout his career in senior management positions with progressively increasing responsibilities for corporations and institutions in Canada, the United States as well as internationally.
His rich track record spans over 28 years of leadership in a variety of functions, including strategic planning and implementation, corporate communications and marketing as well as post-merger integration.
Before recently returning to SECOR where he previously worked from 1998 to 2002 as a Principal in the Strategic Planning and Change Management practices, he was VP Corporate Communications for Bell Canada and subsequently for Domtar Corporation. Since September 2009, Michel as focused his expertise on supporting major corporations and organisations in their merger and acquisition activities, leading pre and post merger integration engagements, developing reputational risk management strategies and key expansion initiatives in areas of large scale manufacturing, professional services and international economic development.
Throughout his career Michel as also led engagements in a broad number of countries from Brazil to Pakistan. His last major field assignment was in Senegal were he conducted due diligence activities on the economic, legal, environmental and social impact of a potential 1 B $ industrial development investment on behalf of a major US international financial institution.
In the course of his consulting career Michel as also supported corporate and institutional leaders operating in the fields of agro-industry, biotechnology, communications and media industries, engineering and construction, financial services including the insurance and reinsurance sectors, natural resource-based industries (forest, mines, energy, and water), pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, telecommunications, tourism and urban development.
Michel holds an MBA in International Management and Marketing from HEC-Montreal, a Masters in Urban Planning from the Urban Institute of the University of Montreal and a Bachelors degree in Social Psychology from l’Université du Québec à Montréal.
Louis brings over fifteen years of strategy consulting experience and five years of industry experience to SECOR. He specializes primarily in financial services in which he works with senior management on issues related to corporate strategy. Louis focuses on assisting banks, insurance companies and other wealth management firms in identifying growth opportunities, improving operations, managing change and ultimately realizing the benefits of these initiatives.
Previously, Louis was an Associate Partner at IBM’s Global Business Solutions, in the financial services practice. Louis is known for his dedication to his clients’ success; this commitment has led to longstanding client relationships, primarily in financial services.
Christian Roy is an expert in innovation studies and strategies.
With over 10 years’ experience in consulting and management, he designs performance indicators and measuring tools that are based on a company’s industrial, strategic and innovation practices. These tools are used to develop relevant action plans to foster company growth or regional economic development. At the international level, Christian Roy has worked on exports, industrial clusters and collaboration between research institutes and industry.
Over the course of his career, he worked as strategic advisor to various companies and institutions. He was also in charge of the first Quebec regional support program for innovation in manufacturing, and carried out its implementation at the participating firms’ executive levels. He was also mandated by the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (ACIP), the NRC-IRAP, Economic Development Canada (EDC) and the Ministère du Développement économique de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE) to develop an approach using benchmarking as part of strategic planning for SME. He has always worked closely with CEGEPs and universities regarding research support and program management. At the international level, he has worked in exports and in European research exchange programs, specifically with the University of Strasbourg.
Yves Roy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SECOR.
Yves Roy was appointed CEO of SECOR Consulting in June 2007. He has twenty-five years of experience in the consulting field in deployments across the world, advising companies of all sizes. Posted previously in Canada (Montréal), the US (New York and Chicago), Europe (Paris) and Latin-America (Sao Paolo), he has helped manage, acquire and divest of companies in each of these regions. He has also led a mid-size Quebec-based company in manufacturing and distribution of building materials.
Client work includes:
Domestic and international acquisition/alliance strategies
IT Governance and strategy
Employee mobilization measurement and strategy
After more than 20 years of experience in both functional and operational management posts in international contexts and at times of considerable change (Keolis, Framatome RT, Gaz de France), Françoise acquired the conviction that the orchestration of enterprises is successful under certain conditions. Thus, after having occupied positions on executive committees, fully conscious of the difficulty experienced by actors in converging, notably on the way to successfully define the means of attaining strategic objectives, decompartmentalising and cooperating, she decided to join the consultancy in supporting change within executive boards. Following an experience at Oliver Wyman where she supported reorganization projects at every level, she joined Secor in Paris as Managing Partner for activity.
Ashish Sarkar is an Associate Principal at SECOR Consulting, based in Toronto. He is a practice leader for SECOR’s Business Transformation Practice.
Ashish has extensive experience advising clients in the private and public sectors, including aviation, government, healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications in multiple global environments. He focuses on all aspects of business transformation programs, and has worked closely with organizations facilitating business strategy development, implementation planning, and execution of large scale change initiatives.
Ashish has developed an expertise in program leadership, stakeholder communications, and integrated team management. He has built a track record of challenging the status quo and delivering breakthrough results by successfully leveraging the knowledge base of the client team, incorporating industry best practices, bringing in-depth data analysis, and developing innovative thought.
Ashish has worked with clients across North America and India.
Ken Smith is one of Canada’s most experienced strategy consultants. He has recently retired from full-time practice after 25 years. Throughout his consulting career, he led the growth and development of new offices and practices. In particular, he was instrumental in developing SECOR from its Quebec base to Canada’s leading strategy consultancy and was ultimately elected Chair of the firm. He is now Associate Dean in the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph and continues consulting part-time in affiliation with SECOR.
Ken is a recognized expert in industry restructuring, mergers and partnerships. He has published several articles relating to the corporate governance and public policy issues associated with global industry restructuring and international mergers and acquisitions, including his most recent article “Losing (Ownership) Control” in the Harvard Business Review. Earlier, he established and published the first shareholder value based metric of merger success, which is now broadly used in the industry, and introduced the application of real options to acquisitions in restructuring industries. Much of this work is included in his new book “The Art of M&A Strategy”, McGraw Hill, 2012, co-authored with Alexandra Reed Lajoux.
His client work has focused on the business and public policy issues related to corporate strategy and industry restructuring. He has written on the systemic risk issues behind the US financial industry crisis and advised US financial institutions and regulators. In Canada, his work on global industry restructuring helped draw attention to the issues that led to the 2008 federal review of Canadian competitiveness policy. His work on financial services competitiveness, global bancassurance, global nuclear industry restructuring and on the medical isotope crisis is also well known in each of the respective industries and in government.
Ken is also active on a volunteer basis in the business and not-for-profit communities. He chaired of the Ontario Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors, one of the largest and most active associations for directors in North America. He is on the boards of ACCERTA, the Arthritis Society and the Mergers and Acquisitions Leadership Council, and is a member of the Steering Committee for Financial Literacy.
After many years in consultancy focused on the economic issues of states/regions and the problems of industrial restructuring, Isabelle turned towards company consultancy. This dual approach, macro then micro economic allowed her to support leadership teams and colleagues in enterprises in developing perspectives relating to both the internal and external challenges of the enterprise.
For 10 years now she has supported the reorganization of such enterprises as France Telecom/Orange, EDF, Roche Pharma and Nouvelles Frontières at some key moments in their history: regulation, change of brand and so on.
Isabelle acquired the conviction that the success of a strategy depends on the ability of a leadership team to share its vision and build with the managers an internal context favourable to its implementation and the mobilization of its teams.
Isabelle is a graduate of ESSEC and joined SECOR at the end of 2008 after 10 years at the office of Izsak Grapin et Associés.
Francis joined us as an Associate Principal in January 2011. He moved here from London, England in 2007.
Francis was an independent consultant in England and in Canada working with growth and start-up firms launching 2 firms and raising 3 rounds of finance. Prior to becoming an independent consultant , he worked as a Senior Manager at PwC Transaction Services Strategy Group, where he undertook sell side and buy side DD, corporate strategy and new product/market entry. At PwC, he was a leader of the Leisure Team and PwC’s online gaming thought leader, He has considerable experience in private equity, financial services, gaming and gambling, new media, building materials, food manufacturing, the automotive market, transport and more recently greentech. He was trained at Braxton Associates/Deloitte’s in London. As a consultant, he has worked across Europe and North America.
Prior to joining Braxton/Deloitte’s, Francis earned his MBA from London Business School in 1995 and did his undergraduate at University of Toronto in economics. He has been published in the European Venture Capital Journal on the trends in online gambling and land based gaming, is a Director of Learning Disabilities of Vancouver and is the President of the Vancouver Alumni Chapter of LBS.
Ms. Stock joined SECOR in 1997, as a strategy consultant. Today she is a specialist with SECOR’s client strategy practice, having developed a unique expertise in helping her clients develop a culture of partnerships as a business enhancement tool. A highly motivated and skilful team player, Oona Stock has developed a solid relationship with her clients who count on her support in long-term projects driving major change.
In 2005, in 2005, she created an event design practice called SECOR Events which she continues to run and developed the firm's Communications and Marketing Department, which she has been directing for the last seven years.
Oona has a master’s in management (human resources) and a bachelor’s in administration (industrial relations). Ms. Stock is a member of the Board of Directors of Ville-Marie Social Services.
David joined us as a Partner in October 2010. Most recently David was a Vice President leading Hay Group's organizational effectiveness practice. He was also responsible for establishing Hay Group's merger integration offering. David's client work with Hay Group included leading the human resources integration for a bank merger and post-merger integration work for a major automotive parts manufacturer.
Prior to joining Hay Group, David ran his own successful consulting practice focussed primarily on strategy issues in the telecommunications industry where he helped clients on key issues including acquisitions, industry policy changes, and launching new business models. He was also with A.T. Kearney for 10 years in Toronto and Melbourne as a Vice President in both the Operations and Strategy practices.
David holds an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a B.A. from York University.
David Waldron is a Partner in our Montreal office. He specializes in strategy and risk management for natural resource and complex industrial businesses.
David has spent 18 years helping executive teams form and implement strategies. He started his career advising governments in Alberta on regional economic development. The wide exposure to public sector industrial development issues helped David create a unique and comprehensive strategy practice for multifaceted enterprises. His mandates focus on creating value for businesses by helping them design an appropriate strategy, and ensuring the executive team can and will implement the strategy and then properly manage any corollary risks.
David has consulted for many Canadian based multinational companies in mining, metals and forestry. Beyond commodities, David also works with global sporting goods manufacturing operations, major rail transport equipment manufacturers and aerospace companies in North America and Europe. Since making management risk part of SECOR’s strategy services, David has also had the opportunity to work with leading insurance and re-insurance companies in Canada and abroad.
Though currently based in North America, David was based in our European headquarters in Paris from 2003 to 2004.
Bio
Siku Adam is an Associate Partner in our Vancouver office. He advises clients on business and technology strategy, enterprise architecture and the management of large, complex business transformation initiatives.
Siku has worked with a wide variety of clients both in Canada and internationally, including leading public sector and health, insurance, utilities, financial services, and transportation organizations. In his engagements, Siku quickly becomes a trusted advisor to his clients through his ability to work collaboratively with executives, senior managers and staff at all levels, facilitate diverse groups of stakeholders to arrive at decisions, identify root causes, communicate complex issues, and provide pragmatic recommendations.
Siku has an MBA from HEC Paris and BASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is also a Professional Engineer and holds the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications, and is a member of ISACA and PMI.
Areas of Expertise
Strategy Development
Technology Strategic Planning
Enterprise Architecture
Business Transformation
Program Management and Quality Assurance
Business Process Re-engineering
Organization Restructuring
Change Management
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas, France
BASc in Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Address
World Trade Centre
Suite 550 - 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3E1
Bio
Charles is a Partner in SECOR’s Strategy Practice.
At SECOR, Charles supports executives develop and implement their strategic plans. In particular, Charles’ mandates have focused on creating sustained value through growth and diversification. Charles’ clients include multinationals in the consumer products, consumer packaged goods, financial services and capital intensive sectors. Charles also has significant experience in the areas of new business development and acquisition and divestiture support. Prior to joining SECOR, Charles spent several years working for multinationals in the area of supply chain management.
Areas of expertise
Corporate strategy development and implementation
Growth and diversification strategies
New business development
Acquisition and divestiture support
Distribution and channel strategies
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, Strategy & International Business, McGill University
Trilingual, James BAER has 25 years experience in management, strategy and consulting.
Areas of expertise
James is specialized in operational strategy and the use of new technologies in management training. In particular he developed and marketed a SECOR/Les Echos Formation joint offering: “Leadership and Results”.
Professional Designations and Education
A graduate of ESSEC, James Baer also holds an MBA from McGill University in Montreal.
Renaud Beauchesne has over 25 years of experience in consulting, management and executive positions.
Mr. Beauchesne recently joined the SECOR team as a partner and is in charge of our Quebec-City office. He is also a member of several boards and government advisory committees at the federal and provincial levels.
Areas of expertise
Strategic planning
Public and private financing
Organization of international distribution networks (North America, Europe and Asia)
Strategic business partnerships (North America and Europe)
Address
2600 Laurier Blvd, Suite 955, 9th floor
Tour de la Cité - entrée 6
Québec (Québec) G1V 4W2
Bio
A professional in human resources management, Richard Blain has extensive experience in operations management and finance as well. In his more than 20 years of business, he developed and implemented human resource strategies that increased the efficiency of the firms that he worked for. Mr. Blain has worked in various industries, in particular in the retail trade, the mining sector and public transport. He is known for his ability to identify challenges that companies need to face and for implementing management practices designed to increase organizational efficiency and profitability within a growing and changing environment.
Richard Blain is an expert in managing talent and developing competencies, mobilizing resources, improving work climates, diagnosing organisational problems and handling employee communications. He also has great skill in succession management, due diligence reviews, post-acquisition integration, business process reviews, work group facilitation and coaching managers.
Mr. Blain has held a fair number of executive positions in human resources management. He was Vice-President Human Resources of BouClair Inc., Réno-Dépôt Inc. and the Montreal Stock Exchange. He also filled several management and professional positions for Cambior and the STM. Mr. Blain is a Board member for Moisson Montréal and for the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines et en relations industrielles agréés du Québec.
Professional Designations and Education
M.B.A. from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal
B.A.A. – Finance from the Université du Québec à Montréal
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Olivier began his career with Ingersoll-Rand in the United States, where he worked in their marketing and commercial development divisions.
After two years with the US division, Olivier spearheaded the development of the Ingersoll-Rand EMEA's "Security Technologies" division, during which time he was based in Germany. His mission was to develop subsidiaries throughout the EMEA zone. His responsibilities included business development, creating a distribution network and the recruitment and development of multicultural teams.
In 2000, he joined the Swedish group ASSA ABLOY as the director of international development for their "Electro-mechanical Security" division based in Reno, Nevada.
In 2002, Olivier was appointed to lead ASSA ABLOY's newly created internal university in Stockholm, Sweden. He trained in coaching at Paris VIII and developed a number of programs related to change management and skill development for key employees within the organization.
In 2007, he launched his own company in coaching. He joined as an active member the European Association of Coaching and received his coaching certification. He also received training in clinical psychology and has a masters degree in conflict management.
Olivier joined SECOR in 2010 to succeed Francoise Poli and lead SECOR Europe’s coaching and executive development efforts. He is committed to contributing to the development of corporate leaders and providing the tools for them to reach their service and efficiency objectives.
Areas of expertise
Individual coaching of senior executives and leaders
Leadership Development
Conflict resolution in intercultural settings
Stress and emotion management
Professional Designations and Education
Master’s degree in international trade (IAC, 1987)
Master’s degree in Coaching (Université Paris VIII, 2005)
Ecole de Psychologie Clinique Appliquée (school of applied clinical psychology) (EPC, 2007)
Permanent member of the Association Européenne de Coaching
Practitioner in non-violent communication (M. Rosenberg, 2009)
Master’s degree in stress and emotion management (CHRU (regional university hospital centre) Lille, 2010)
James brings 20 years of consulting experience to SECOR, having held senior roles with several leading global strategy consulting firms. James has advised clients through pre-deal strategy issues, and post-merger integration management. His clients are Canadian and global leaders of capital intensive sectors such as the resources, telecommunications and transportation industries, as well as service sectors such as information services and consumer products.
James has conducted a number of studies on behalf of government and industry groups on public policy issues such as competitiveness, industry strategy, and international trade. He has directed other public and private initiatives on economic issues such as foreign investment and globalization. Moreover, James has been a frequent speaker throughout North America in the print and television media on various topics.
Recently, James spent more than a year seconded to a Canadian-headquartered global firm as a senior advisor on strategic planning and corporate development where he was involved in pre-deal strategic work through to post-merger integration planning.
Areas of expertise
Corporate strategy development considering related and unrelated growth options
Business strategy development including turnaround and exit situations
Joint venture planning
Acquisition and divestiture planning
Post-merger integration process design and implementation in transportation, telecommunications, and manufacturing
Large scale restructuring projects ranging in focus from organizational strategy and design through to accelerated comprehensive cost reduction efforts
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, Queen's University, Kingston
BA (Honors), Huron College at the University of Western Ontario
Articles and Publications
Navigating the Acquisition Road to Market Leadership, Perspectives, December 2007.
Alastair Caddick is an Associate Principal at SECOR Consulting based in Vancouver.
Alastair has fifteen years of management consulting experience and has worked across a broad range of industries including energy, telecommunications, financial services, health care and the public sector with industry leading clients in Canada, the US, and Europe.
Alastair has developed a broad and robust set of consulting skills from his experiences including: leading strategic planning efforts; conducting operational diagnostics and transformation planning for clients looking to improve their performance; leading customer strategy efforts aimed at better understanding customer needs and design strategies to better meet those needs.
Alastair started his career with Mercer Management Consulting (now Oliver Wyman) working with Fortune 500 companies across North America before spending several years in Europe consulting and advising large European based multi-nationals. Over the past 7 years, Alastair has been leading client engagements for RPO Management Consultants in British Columbia.
Alastair currently sits on the Board of the Ivey Alumni Association.
Areas of expertise
Strategic Planning
Customer Experience Strategy (segmentation, customer research, new customer strategies)
Operations Effectiveness (current state diagnostics, future state planning)
Business Transformation (strategy to implementation, business cases, change management)
Professional Designations and Education
Honours degree in business administration (HBA) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
Madeleine Chenette is Chair of the Board and an executive of SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. At the executive level, she contributed to SECOR's growth as associate-principal for Quebec and has been involved in the development of business solutions for the firm.
Madeleine’s compelling views of business challenges are based on extensive global research and twenty years of experience in diversified sectors such as retail, transportation, finance, and natural resources. Under her leadership, a unique team of shrewd business people, creative strategists and executives of top organizations wake up every day to exceed expectations and conquer new markets. National and international clients listed on the TSX and Fortune 500 listed as well as executives from crown corporations look to her teams to develop their innovation and leadership capabilities.
Madeleine holds a Master of Science in Administration from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal, and is currently taking courses with the Institute of Corporate Directors. She is at ease in both English and French Before joining SECOR, she helped successfully merge three homes for the elderly and designed an innovative concept for increasing the well-being of its residents and their families.
An eclectic sportswoman, Madeleine also values business and community involvement. Board Member of Transat A.T. inc., Chair of the Board of the Canadian Club of Montreal in 2010-2011, she was also a board member for the Orchestre Symphonique des jeunes de Montréal, and as a pro-bono, helped design strategies for Women in Finance and the YWCA. She sponsored the fundraising events for the Greater Montreal Foundation as well as for Les filles électriques, a creative organization for interdisciplinary events related to poetry, in 2010.
In 2011, at the Gala for “Les Talentueuses”, the Association of Quebec Women in Finance awarded its Inspiration prize for deserving women in finance to Madeleine Chenette, a well-deserved tribute for a very talented woman.
Areas of expertise
Working with executive teams that invest in client relations and/or operational excellence strategy in order to stand out in the market
Measuring organizational mobilization and aligning it to strategy
Defining corporate cultural references (diagnosis, target management and, support during implementation)
Designing programs for organizational change (implementation of corporate strategy, development of leadership/management skills)
Streamlining management practices (revising structures, processes and management systems) in terms of corporate strategies, i.e., client strategy, innovation strategy, etc.
Professional Designations and Education
École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal
Member of the Board of Directors of SECOR
President of the Board of The Canadian Club of Montreal
Winner of the inspiration award discerned by the Association of Quebec Women in finance
Member of the Board of Groupe Conseil Omnitech (GCO)
Institute of Corporate Directors, Institute-certified Director, ICD.D - 2011 - Institute of Corporate Directors
555, René-Lévesque blvd. West, 9th floor
Montreal (Quebec) H2Z 1B1
Bio
Philippe Collas is the Mobilization Practice Leader for SECOR and a Principal at our Montreal Office.
Philippe brings 20 years of management experience to SECOR having held different positions and senior roles within the AXA Group (Insurance and Asset Management leader). Philippe was head of staff of the IT Group and developed the IT Group’s strategic planning, group reporting, vendor relations and skills management. In addition, Philippe was Group V.P. Human Resources Development (including surveys, Corporate University management, and Top management meetings). Philippe was also CFO of AXA Millésimes (an AXA subsidiary, managing real-estate and wine production). Philippe spent more than 10 years at AXA’s head office, where he was involved in pre-merger and post-merger integration activities.
Philippe developed a corporate university for a large co-operative financial group in Canada as well as developing a mobilization survey. He has conducted more than 85 surveys in 50 different companies. Philippe is actively involved in business training and development, at Sciences Po Paris and UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal,).
Areas of expertise
Mobilization and engagement measurement and action plans
Corporate alignment strategies
Top executive and managerial development and training activities
Post-merger integration processes
Brand and culture alignment
Surveys and research methodologies
Professional Designations and Education
Diploma, Economics and international trade, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) Paris
Marcel Côté is a senior partner and a co-founder of SECOR.
Marcel is well-known for working closely with CEO's to develop value creating strategy at leading Canadian companies. Its 30 years of experience at Secor has given him a wide exposure to a variety of issues and several industries. He is particularly known for its strategic insights in business situations, and is associated with several major transactions and turn-around. For the past ten years, he has also been active in France, where he brings a North American perspective to strategy development, working closely with several corporations at the CEO level.
Over its career, Marcel has also been involved in the public policy arena. An economist by training, he has worked as a senior aide in both the Prime Minister Office in Ottawa and the Premier Office in Québec City. He has sat on the Boards of various public policy Think Tanks and has presided the Board of the Public Policy Forum. He is a frequent commentator on public policy issues, with a special in interest on growth, innovation and productivity and on Québec issues. For the past 15 years, Marcel has also written the back page column in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants' monthly magazine.
Areas of expertise
Assisting senior management in the conduct of strategic reviews
On-going advice to CEO on their strategic issues
Working with senior management task force to develop turn-around strategies
Participating in high level teams working on sensitive merger and acquisitions
Advising on Post Merger Integration
Advising CEOs on Public Policy issues
Professional Designations and Education
Harvard University: Fellow, Center for International Affairs, 1987
Dr. Couillard served as Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services, a position he held from 2003 to 2008. Prior to that, he was a neurosurgeon at St. Luc Hospital, where he headed the Department of Neurosurgery from 1989 to 1992. He then co-founded the Department of Neurosurgery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where he worked from 1992 to 1996. Upon his return to Canada, he became a professor at the University of Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Medicine, where he taught from 1996 to 2003. He was also the director and chief surgeon for the Department of Surgery at the CHUS (Sherbrook University Hospital Centre) from 2000 to 2003. He graduated from the University of Montreal's Faculty of Medicine in 1979 as a neurosurgeon, with a designation in neurosurgery from the Collège des médecins du Québec and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1985.
Dr. Couillard has been a partner in Persistence Capital Partners since October, 2008, which focuses exclusively on investment in the health field. Dr. Couillard also teaches health care governance at McGill University. As a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, he serves on Canada’s Security Intelligence Review Committee.
André COUPET is an expert in helping executive management teams looking to focus on customer relations to differentiate themselves in the market and in helping corporations develop customer relations cultures: from measuring mobilization toward customer relations to aligning the organization and its functions with the customer relations culture.
André holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Paris as well as a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sherbrooke.
Areas of expertise
André COUPET is an expert in helping executive management teams looking to focus on customer relations to differentiate themselves in the market and in helping corporations develop customer relations cultures: from measuring mobilization toward customer relations to aligning the organization and its functions with the customer relations culture.
Professional Designations and Education
André holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Paris as well as a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Sherbrooke.
Pierre Daems is an Associate Principal in the SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. Particularly focused on customer experience management issues, Pierre is a senior advisor on organizational development mandates (mobilization, transformation, alignment). Pierre has been working during 7 years in the SECOR Paris office, and 4 years in the Montreal office.
Pierre compelling views of business challenges are based on extensive global research on customer/employees engagement issues and fifteen years of experience in diversified sectors such as finance, retail, media, telecom as well as clothing and tourism. He has worked for companies in France, Morocco, Quebec, Ontario and the States. Pierre is an engineer and an ESSEC MBA alumni. Before joining SECOR, he has been working for France Telecom Satellite Services, as marketing and communication manager, where he successfully contributed to position France Telecom as the value added services provider of reference in the industry. He also worked for Air France in Canada, as Customer Service Manager.
Pierre also values community involvement and has worked on the boards of, and led pro bono strategic reflection, for educational and cultural organisations in Canada and France. Pierre is also a family man, plays saxophon in a Jazz band and ran the 2009/2010 Paris Marathon. He is fluent in English and French.
Contact
Pierre Daems
Position
Associate Principal
Phone
+33 (6) 74 67 47 29
Facsimile
01 56 28 03 43
Email
pdaems@secor.fr
Address
50/50 bis Saint-Ferdinand
75017 Paris
Bio
Carole Deniger has over 15 years' experience carrying out strategic analyses for major clients in the culture, communications, media and entertainment industries. She works closely with top executives of several majors firms, primarily identifying major strategic issues and developing growth-enhancing and value-creating business models.
She is the author of various studies such as An alyse de positionnement de l'industrie du jeu interactif au Québec,(analysis of the interactive games industry positioning in Quebec) Le marché de la communication au Québec : chiffres clés et enjeux (the communications market in Quebec: key figures and issues); The Emergence of the TV Portal and others.
Daniel Denis is an expert in economic and sectoral studies, as well as in strategic planning and analysis.
Mr. Denis’ 21 years in consulting have given him a solid experience in identifying strategic issues facing organizations and developing suitable strategies for them. His expertise ranges from competitive analysis and positioning strategies for public and private organizations to performance assessments of competitor or benchmark company strategies. A specialist in economic and industrial analysis as well as in regional development, Daniel Denis has developed significant expertise in the fields of finance, life sciences, IT sectors and energy. He is frequently called upon to provide expert analytical advice to various government bodies, associations and the media on economic or industrial issues.
Before joining SECOR, he worked for and important financial institution.
From 2000 to 2005 he worked for SECOR Europe in their Paris office, where he developed the strategic leadership practice. In the course of his duties he helped a large number of companies deal with transformational and leadership issues. Claude is an experienced facilitator, conference speaker and consultant. Keenly interested in the development potential of human dynamics, Claude has centred his professional practice on people, culture and strategy. He has developed a real knack for guiding executive teams through complex transformation issues.
Areas of expertise
Leadership
Change management
Organizational change
Professional Designations and Education
He has a master’s degree in education management and a graduate diploma in education.
Alain Dumas is an expert in business strategy and business plan development and follow-up. He is managing partner of SECOR's Quebec offices and is in charge of finance and administration for SECOR as well as being on its board of directors.
Alain Dumas has more than 15 years of experience in business accounting, auditing, consultation and administration. This experience has given him a solid background in various fields such as diagnostic analyses, business strategies, turnaround and business plans, scorecards, financial modeling and budgetary processes.
He regularly advises top corporate and institutional executives on major issues, business processes, and implementation of their action plans at both the organizational and financial level.
Before joining SECOR, Alain Dumas distinguished himself as audit manager at KPMG where he was involved in several mandates to turn companies around and handle their public share offerings while dealing with other major auditing mandates at the same time. He was also director and comptroller of the Montreal Stock Exchange.
Areas of expertise
Diagnosis
Business strategy
Assisting top management
Business processes
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, University of Sherbrooke
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec
555, René-Lévesque blvd. West, 9th floor
Montreal (Quebec) H2Z 1B1
Bio
David Griller is an expert in technology and innovation and has a passion for life sciences. His clients range from major pharmaceutical companies to small biotechnology firms involved in drug discovery and diagnostics. David works with them on broad strategic issues as well as operational challenges. He also works with the public sector providing advice on policy and technology trends.
David has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from University College London and is a fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Chemistry. David spent half his career as a research chemist at the National Research Council of Canada and the other half in business. He has worked in management, strategic planning, and consulting with Plastic Constructions Inc. Deloitte Haskins and Sells, and KPMG.
Areas of expertise
Strategic planning
Innovation strategy
Market analysis
Professional Designations and Education
Doctorate in organometallic chemistry from the University College London.
Paul Hiom is the Managing Partner of the Vancouver Office.
Paul brings over 15 years of consulting experience to SECOR, having previously founded RPO Management Consultants. He has significant experience working with a wide variety of clients, with extensive focus in government, insurance, health care, transportation and telecommunications.
Paul specializes in business and technology transformation including strategic outsourcing and enterprise technology acquisition. Paul focuses on opportunities to work with clients seeking to drive successful organization change through operations streamlining and enabling technologies. He brings extensive experience with program structuring and guidance for joint-disciplinary teams drawn from multiple organizations. In addition, he has led business case development and software acquisition for multiple clients.
Prior to his consulting career, Paul was a co-founder of the Centre for Operations Excellence at UBC, an applied research organization in the field of Operations Research. Paul also holds a graduate degree in Management Science and an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. While pursuing his graduate degree, Paul conducted original research in the application of probabilistic models and simulation to achieve significant service and cost improvements for large inbound call centres.
Areas of Expertise
Business Transformation
Technology Strategy
Enterprise Technology Acquisition
Shared Services and Strategic Outsourcing
Professional Designations and Education
MScBA, Operations Research, University of British Columbia
Stephen has over fifteen years of management consulting experience, for much of which he has led large-scale strategy and business transformation projects. Stephen has a broad base of project experience with public and private sector clients with a focus on the health and financial sectors. He works closely with senior executives to develop clarity and new insight for business strategy through first principles thinking and robust, comprehensive analytics. He also brings proven expertise and experience in mobilizing organizations to follow through on strategy and achieve outstanding performance.
Prior to Secor, Stephen was a founding partner of RPO Management Consultants, a leading national consultancy; and a co-founder of the Centre for Operations Excellence (COE), a strategic partnership between the University of British Columbia and a number of leading North American businesses.
Areas of Expertise
Growth strategy
Business transformation
Strategic planning
Leadership and organizational development
Professional Designations and Education
MSc Finance, University of British Columbia
MA Economics, University of British Columbia
GD Business, McGill University
Founder of the Centre for Operations Excellence at University of British Columbia
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Nancy Kaplan focuses on advising executives at domestic and global companies on issues related to business strategy. She has worked extensively in the areas of Post Merger Integration, innovation and commercialization, strategic and tactical marketing, customer-centricity, and enterprise-wide transformation. She has particular expertise in communications and media, including mobility, fixed line, and satellite.
Ms. Kaplan has led numerous engagements. As examples, she led the PMI work for the integration of the Enterprise businesses in the recent merger of two global telecommunications companies. She recently directed the strategy development and execution for the Small-Medium Business segment for a major telco. Changes to segmentation, product, channel and on-line strategies and capabilities were targeted to drive a minimum of $500M in revenue lift annually. Ms. Kapaln also led the go-to-market strategy and business model definition for a $1B integrated satellite-terrestrial start-up. The results helped to drive follow-on funding of $300M and save over $600M in capital expenditures.
Ms. Kaplan earned a B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Areas of expertise
Strategy Development and Implementation
Portfolio rationalization and enterprise transformation
Growth and innovation
M&A and Post Merger Integration (PMI)
Professional Designations and Education
MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business
BA from Yale University
Nancy is a frequent keynote speaker at industry events
Articles and Publications
Select Publications and Presentations
Live BBC-TV Analysis of SBC acquisition of AT&T (2005)
“VoIP and BPL – They’re Here! But are They Enough? (UTC Journal, 2005)
“Surviving and Thriving When Your Customers Contract” (Journal of Business Strategy, 2003)
“Realizing the Promise of Partnerships” (Journal of Business Strategy, 2002)
“Assimilate, Integrate, or Leave Alone” (Journal of Business Strategy, 2001)
Address
Continental Tower
1370 Avenue of the Americas, 14th floor
New York, NY 10019
Bio
Zayna was a Principal with the Toronto office of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 2001 to 2010. There, she helped North American and international for-profit and not-for-profit clients in a variety of sectors including telecom, financial services, aviation, and (primarily) health care solve diverse business issues including strategy and organizational re-design. At BCG, Zayna was a core member of the firm's Health Care Practice and Organization Practice, and was most recently an Ambassador to BCG's Strategy Institute, the "R&D"engine of the firm, where she led the Sustainability Initiative partnership with MIT Sloan Review, and helped build BCG's Sustainability Practice.
Prior to joining BCG, Zayna earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Toronto / Hospital for Sick Children where she was a scholar of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She has more than 12 publications and chapters in international journals and textbooks.
Dr. Khayat is a senior advisor to Endeavour Volunteer Consulting Netowrk (EVCN), a volunteer based consultancy that provides strategic and management advice to non-profit clients in the GTA. She is a founding member of the Toronto Volunteer Bridge, a volunteer networking agency serving young professionals in the GTA. Dr. Khayat provides pro bono strategic advice to various non-profit organizations in the health care sector, and is currently helping a Canadian philanthropist establish a personalized medicine service for advanced stage cancer patients in Canada.
Zayna speaks proficiently in French and Arabic, and resides in Toronto with her husband and 3 children.
Ms. Laurent is well known in the Quebec-City region, in the technology and corporate financing sectors. She was President and CEO of the Société Innovatech Québec from 1998 to 2008, after which she was appointed Director of Investment and Economic Development in the Office of the Mayor of Québec. At SECOR, she will primarily be advising technological firms in the Quebec-City region with respect to their development, financing and expansion plans and will assist SECOR’s professional staff in innovation and growth projects.
Address
2600 Laurier Blvd, Suite 955, 9th floor
Tour de la Cité - entrée 6
Québec (Québec) G1V 4W2
Bio
Josh is a senior strategy and operations advisor with over 10 years of consulting and industry experience. He has worked in numerous industries with global and national clients in the retail, consumer and packaged goods, high tech and pharmaceutical industries. His expertise includes strategy development, organizational transformation, complex program management and performance management.
Josh’s primary focus for the past five years has been on health system strategy development and deployment. He has worked on client engagements involving the highest levels of system leadership (payer and provider) as well as at major care settings including primary care, large and small community hospitals, academic health science centers and emergency departments.
Josh has worked with clients to develop and deploy strategies to optimize the use of health human resources, design and implement eHealth solutions, manage and reduce wait times for critical services, develop long-term capital investment strategies and negotiate and implement complex, multi-party agreements.
Josh has significant experience working with clients in the US, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.
Areas of Expertise
Public sector strategy development
Health system strategy and organizational transformation
Human resources strategy development and deployment
Public policy development
Professional Designations and Education
MBA from the University of California at Berkeley – Haas School of Business
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Jocelyn brings 20 years experience with business transformation. He guides and supports executive teams when they must transform their organizational model and their processes, where executive alignment and strategic change management are typically critical to the success of the transformation.
He has led transformation initiatives in support to different business strategies: adapting organization structure and governance to improve effectiveness, ensuring organizational and cultural integration following an acquisition, aligning foreign operations to support rapid expansion, reducing costs at support functions and implementing new technology enabled processes and organization.
Jocelyn's main industries of expertise are aerospace, energy and financial services.
Areas of expertise
Developing the business case and designing the organization of a corporate shared services for a large Canadian financial institution
Reshaping of the IT division and the IT governance mechanisms for a Canadian insurer
Guiding a new executive team in positioning a post merger integration, in the aerospace sector
Benchmarking of best practices of electricity distributors global leaders in operational excellence
Supporting the design and alignment of multiple customer serving departments in the implementation of an integrated Customer Care Center, in the aerospace industry
Advise executive team and managed the organization transformation stream of large ERP implementation projects, in the aerospace and in the electricity sectors
Managed leadership alignment on off shore strategy for a global aerospace manufacturer
Business Transformation - Organization design and corporate governance - Strategic change management - Business planning and organization performance management
- Project management
Professional Designations and Education
McGill University : « Executive Development Course » and « Advanced Management Course » , 2004-2005
Miles brings over fourteen years of management consulting experience to SECOR. Miles is a highly regarded consultant to the telecommunications and related industries, with extensive international experience, having advised senior executives in North America, Asia and Europe. His clients are leading wireless operators, fixed-line operators, handset manufacturers, wireless platform providers, multinational corporations and government.
Miles was previously a Vice President at CSMG ADVENTIS, a leading provider of strategy consulting services focused on the communications, media and entertainment industries. In addition, Miles was a Vice President in A.T. Kearney's Communications and High Technology Practice in U.S. and Asia, where he focused on serving leading companies in the wireless and related sectors.
Miles also served as a communications subject matter expert to finance, investment companies and start-ups. Miles has been quoted by major US newspapers and trade magazines such as Wall Street Journal, New York Times.
Areas of expertise
Growth Strategy
New Market Entry Strategy
Marketing and Customer Management
Corporate Turnaround
Professional Designations and Education
MBA from Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University.
Bachelor of Science degree with Distinction in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University.
Certified by American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
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Continental Tower
1370 Avenue of the Americas, 14th floor
New York, NY 10019
Bio
Pierre Lefebvre has over twenty years experience in consulting, transactions, and management, primarily in the fields of finance and infrastructures, in both the private and public sectors.
He was the first CEO of the Agence des partenariats public-privé du Québec, now called Infrastructure Québec. He set up and then managed this new provincial agency of over thirty employees. The agency was involved in more than $8B worth of projects in transportation, health and culture and received several national and international prizes.
Mr. Lefebvre was a leading figure in most of the province’s major infrastructure projects undertaken over the last few years and was a key player in creating Quebec’s recent policy framework on governance for major public infrastructure projects.
Mr. Lefebvre’s previous experience was primarily in project and corporate financing for Nortel Networks in Toronto, Paris and London and at Price WaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. He also practiced corporate law at Fasken Martineau in Montreal at the beginning of his career.
Professional Designations and Education
Pierre Lefebvre holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario), where he received the Richard Schmleek fellowship. He also received his law degree from the law faculty of the University of Montreal.
Ms. L’Heureux has been working as a consultant in strategic business alignment since 1994, both for the public and private sectors, in Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Since joining SECOR Consulting in 1997, she has been actively involved with many organizations wishing to plan and implement transformations in order to better answer their strategic issues: post-merger integration, customer experience re-invention (internal and external), organization design, and performance management.
Areas of expertise
High level implementation planning and organizational change process
Organizational evaluation, issue definition and strategic alignment
Performance improvement and monitoring; balanced scorecard development
Renault joined SECOR in 2005 after a career in law and earning an MBA at HEC Montréal. He developed his business acumen in a number of sectors (manufacturing, media and financial services) before concentrating mostly on the natural resources and energy sector, which he now shares the leadership for in Quebec. In that capacity, Renault has worked on substantial mandates for large Canadian and international organizations such as Domtar, Transcontinental, Fibrek, SNC-Lavalin and Rio Tinto. He is known for his ability to develop long-term relationships built on mutual trust with SECOR's clients, equally at home in strategy planning and alignment.
Philippe started his career for a large financial institution for which he became Senior manager, Human resources development. He started his management consulting career with a large Canadian firm where he became Head of the Human Resources and Compensation practice. When it eventually merged with a leading international consulting firm, as partner in their Corporate Consulting group, Philippe directed reorganization and change initiatives in numerous large Canadian companies.
At SECOR, he helps North American and European companies in either growth & development, merger (post-merger integration) & acquisition (due diligence), and / or strategic repositioning situations.
Areas of expertise
Aligning Strategy, Governance and Leadership
Organisational Review, Development and Change
Top Management Team Assessment and development
HR Strategy
(See Articles, Publications and presentations)
Professional Designations and Education
Baccalauréat de l’enseignement du Second degré (Ministère de l’Éducation nationale, République française)
Baccalauréat ès Arts (B.A): Baccalauréat ès Sciences (B.Sc.): University of Montreal
Master in (Industrial / Organizational) Psychology (M.Ps.): University of Montreal
Master in Business Administration (M.B.A.): HEC Montreal.
Management doctorate studies (Ph.D., save dissertation): McGill University, with Professors Henry Mintzberg (Strategy), Patricia Pitcher and Jay Conger (Strategic Leadership)
Certified Industrial Psychologist
Certified Human resources management Professional
Articles and Publications
Corporate Governance and Strategic Management
Leadership stratégique et équipes de direction: un modèle diagnostic et prescriptif
Formation des Stratégies et équipes de direction
Executive Education: an Holistic and Strategic Perspective
L'apprentissage collectif et la formation de la stratégie
Contemporary motivational theories and Human Resources management practices
Managing Human Resources; the Issue of Cultural Fit
Une transformation impressionnante, mais une transformation réussie?
Les compétences pour une Gestion des Ressources humaines stratégique
Les intégrations post-fusion: s’agit-il des projets les plus complexes de transformation d’entreprise?
La mobilisation en entreprise; Valeurs et culture d'entreprise
The moral imperatives of organizational Leadership
Le développement du leadership stratégique; Les Universités d'entreprise
Diversification Posture and Top Management Team Characteristics
Doron Melnick is an Associate Principal for SECOR in the Toronto Office.
Doron is a senior strategy and operations consultant with over ten years of experience advising clients in the private and public sectors, including government, healthcare, telecommunications and information technology. His expertise spans the areas of strategic planning, business transformation and performance management.
Doron’s consulting approach is highly collaborative. He makes the most of information and ideas inside a client’s organization, in combination with original research and analysis, to design tailored solutions which are widely supported by stakeholder groups. He also works closely with clients to ensure that planned solutions become reality, from policy and funding approvals through to implementation planning and execution.
Doron has conducted a number of studies on behalf of government on public policy issues such as public service modernization, climate change and healthcare funding.
Before joining SECOR, Doron worked with a global provider of customer experience solutions to the telecom industry, as well as companies in energy services and commercial property management.
Areas of Expertise
Business transformation strategy, business case development and implementation planning
Performance management for business units, project portfolios and service contracts
Organizational restructuring and process optimization
Shared services and outsourcing models
Public policy development
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, Rotman School of Management, Toronto
BASc Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, with a specialization in applied statistics
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Jean-Yves Ménard is an expert in M&A, strategy, marketing and international sales.
He developed extensive skills working in consulting, ranging from diagnoses, action plans, strategic analyses, to merger and acquisition strategies. He has carried out numerous strategic repositioning, marketing and business-plan mandates. Mr. Menard has extensive experience in various fields: cutting-edge technologies, consumer products, distribution, food processing, and the aeronautics and tourist industries.
During his career, Jean-Yves Ménard has held senior positions such as vice-president of sales and development of international business for Systèmes Proxima, president and CEO of Polyquip, and vice-president of sales for AVS Technologies. He also held several senior management positions at Air Canada, the last being first vice-president of sales and operations for Air Canada Vacations.
Michel A. Rathier is a seasoned executive who has served throughout his career in senior management positions with progressively increasing responsibilities for corporations and institutions in Canada, the United States as well as internationally.
His rich track record spans over 28 years of leadership in a variety of functions, including strategic planning and implementation, corporate communications and marketing as well as post-merger integration.
Before recently returning to SECOR where he previously worked from 1998 to 2002 as a Principal in the Strategic Planning and Change Management practices, he was VP Corporate Communications for Bell Canada and subsequently for Domtar Corporation. Since September 2009, Michel as focused his expertise on supporting major corporations and organisations in their merger and acquisition activities, leading pre and post merger integration engagements, developing reputational risk management strategies and key expansion initiatives in areas of large scale manufacturing, professional services and international economic development.
Throughout his career Michel as also led engagements in a broad number of countries from Brazil to Pakistan. His last major field assignment was in Senegal were he conducted due diligence activities on the economic, legal, environmental and social impact of a potential 1 B $ industrial development investment on behalf of a major US international financial institution.
In the course of his consulting career Michel as also supported corporate and institutional leaders operating in the fields of agro-industry, biotechnology, communications and media industries, engineering and construction, financial services including the insurance and reinsurance sectors, natural resource-based industries (forest, mines, energy, and water), pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, telecommunications, tourism and urban development.
Michel holds an MBA in International Management and Marketing from HEC-Montreal, a Masters in Urban Planning from the Urban Institute of the University of Montreal and a Bachelors degree in Social Psychology from l’Université du Québec à Montréal.
Louis brings over fifteen years of strategy consulting experience and five years of industry experience to SECOR. He specializes primarily in financial services in which he works with senior management on issues related to corporate strategy. Louis focuses on assisting banks, insurance companies and other wealth management firms in identifying growth opportunities, improving operations, managing change and ultimately realizing the benefits of these initiatives.
Previously, Louis was an Associate Partner at IBM’s Global Business Solutions, in the financial services practice. Louis is known for his dedication to his clients’ success; this commitment has led to longstanding client relationships, primarily in financial services.
Professional Designations and Education
MBA and B.Arch McGill University
Executive Education Program, Harvard Business School
Chair of the Board of Governors of The Study of Montreal
Founder of Cresus Capital LP
Lecturer at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management
Christian Roy is an expert in innovation studies and strategies.
With over 10 years’ experience in consulting and management, he designs performance indicators and measuring tools that are based on a company’s industrial, strategic and innovation practices. These tools are used to develop relevant action plans to foster company growth or regional economic development. At the international level, Christian Roy has worked on exports, industrial clusters and collaboration between research institutes and industry.
Over the course of his career, he worked as strategic advisor to various companies and institutions. He was also in charge of the first Quebec regional support program for innovation in manufacturing, and carried out its implementation at the participating firms’ executive levels. He was also mandated by the Canadian Plastics Industry Association (ACIP), the NRC-IRAP, Economic Development Canada (EDC) and the Ministère du Développement économique de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE) to develop an approach using benchmarking as part of strategic planning for SME. He has always worked closely with CEGEPs and universities regarding research support and program management. At the international level, he has worked in exports and in European research exchange programs, specifically with the University of Strasbourg.
Areas of expertise
Innovation strategy
Market studies
Development plan
Professional Designations and Education
Master of Business Administration, Laval University
Master of Arts, Laval University
Yves Roy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SECOR.
Yves Roy was appointed CEO of SECOR Consulting in June 2007. He has twenty-five years of experience in the consulting field in deployments across the world, advising companies of all sizes. Posted previously in Canada (Montréal), the US (New York and Chicago), Europe (Paris) and Latin-America (Sao Paolo), he has helped manage, acquire and divest of companies in each of these regions. He has also led a mid-size Quebec-based company in manufacturing and distribution of building materials.
Client work includes:
Domestic and international acquisition/alliance strategies
IT Governance and strategy
Employee mobilization measurement and strategy
Areas of expertise
Corporate development
Business Planning
Technology Organization
Acquisition and Divestitures
Professional Designations and Education
Laval University, B.Sc Actuarial Science 1975
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, M.A. Risk and Insurance 1977
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Ph. D. Managerial Science and Applied Economics 1981
Fellow Society of Actuaries
Fellow Canadian Institute of Actuaries
Member of the Board of Directors of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
Ho Chi Minh City 74/7H Hai Ba Trung, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
+84 8 7301 1323 info@secorgroup.com
Bio
After more than 20 years of experience in both functional and operational management posts in international contexts and at times of considerable change (Keolis, Framatome RT, Gaz de France), Françoise acquired the conviction that the orchestration of enterprises is successful under certain conditions. Thus, after having occupied positions on executive committees, fully conscious of the difficulty experienced by actors in converging, notably on the way to successfully define the means of attaining strategic objectives, decompartmentalising and cooperating, she decided to join the consultancy in supporting change within executive boards. Following an experience at Oliver Wyman where she supported reorganization projects at every level, she joined Secor in Paris as Managing Partner for activity.
Professional Designations and Education
Françoise is a graduate of CELSA and the Institut des Hautes Etudes de l'Information et de la Communication, and holds an Executive MBA from HEC.
Ashish Sarkar is an Associate Principal at SECOR Consulting, based in Toronto. He is a practice leader for SECOR’s Business Transformation Practice.
Ashish has extensive experience advising clients in the private and public sectors, including aviation, government, healthcare, insurance, and telecommunications in multiple global environments. He focuses on all aspects of business transformation programs, and has worked closely with organizations facilitating business strategy development, implementation planning, and execution of large scale change initiatives.
Ashish has developed an expertise in program leadership, stakeholder communications, and integrated team management. He has built a track record of challenging the status quo and delivering breakthrough results by successfully leveraging the knowledge base of the client team, incorporating industry best practices, bringing in-depth data analysis, and developing innovative thought.
Ashish has worked with clients across North America and India.
Areas of Expertise
Strategy Development
Business Transformation, including:
Business architecture diagnostic studies
Process reengineering
Organization restructuring
IT and systems analysis
Implementation planning and execution
Change management
Professional Designations and Education
MBA, Queen’s School of Business, Kingston, ON
Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Articles and Publications
Claims and Disability Management – a study of leading practices (2010)
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Ken Smith is one of Canada’s most experienced strategy consultants. He has recently retired from full-time practice after 25 years. Throughout his consulting career, he led the growth and development of new offices and practices. In particular, he was instrumental in developing SECOR from its Quebec base to Canada’s leading strategy consultancy and was ultimately elected Chair of the firm. He is now Associate Dean in the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph and continues consulting part-time in affiliation with SECOR.
Ken is a recognized expert in industry restructuring, mergers and partnerships. He has published several articles relating to the corporate governance and public policy issues associated with global industry restructuring and international mergers and acquisitions, including his most recent article “Losing (Ownership) Control” in the Harvard Business Review. Earlier, he established and published the first shareholder value based metric of merger success, which is now broadly used in the industry, and introduced the application of real options to acquisitions in restructuring industries. Much of this work is included in his new book “The Art of M&A Strategy”, McGraw Hill, 2012, co-authored with Alexandra Reed Lajoux.
His client work has focused on the business and public policy issues related to corporate strategy and industry restructuring. He has written on the systemic risk issues behind the US financial industry crisis and advised US financial institutions and regulators. In Canada, his work on global industry restructuring helped draw attention to the issues that led to the 2008 federal review of Canadian competitiveness policy. His work on financial services competitiveness, global bancassurance, global nuclear industry restructuring and on the medical isotope crisis is also well known in each of the respective industries and in government.
Ken is also active on a volunteer basis in the business and not-for-profit communities. He chaired of the Ontario Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors, one of the largest and most active associations for directors in North America. He is on the boards of ACCERTA, the Arthritis Society and the Mergers and Acquisitions Leadership Council, and is a member of the Steering Committee for Financial Literacy.
Areas of expertise
Public policy on industry restructuring in financial services
New business model development in financial services, energy, retailing, publishing
Portfolio valuation, restructuring and divestitures for large holding companies
Domestic and international acquisition/alliance strategies in airlines, railroads, couriers, brewing
Post merger integration for major transactions in technology, telecommunications, transportation
Operations restructuring and integration in transportation, manufacturing, printing
Professional Designations and Education
Ken holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from York University, and an M. Sc. and Ph.D. in Mathematics and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He is also an accredited director with an ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Articles and Publications
The Art of M&A Strategy, by Ken Smith and Alexandra Reed Lajoux, McGraw Hill, New York, 2012
20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Strategy, by Ken Smith, 3rd Edition, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, to appear
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
After many years in consultancy focused on the economic issues of states/regions and the problems of industrial restructuring, Isabelle turned towards company consultancy. This dual approach, macro then micro economic allowed her to support leadership teams and colleagues in enterprises in developing perspectives relating to both the internal and external challenges of the enterprise.
For 10 years now she has supported the reorganization of such enterprises as France Telecom/Orange, EDF, Roche Pharma and Nouvelles Frontières at some key moments in their history: regulation, change of brand and so on.
Isabelle acquired the conviction that the success of a strategy depends on the ability of a leadership team to share its vision and build with the managers an internal context favourable to its implementation and the mobilization of its teams.
Isabelle is a graduate of ESSEC and joined SECOR at the end of 2008 after 10 years at the office of Izsak Grapin et Associés.
Francis joined us as an Associate Principal in January 2011. He moved here from London, England in 2007.
Francis was an independent consultant in England and in Canada working with growth and start-up firms launching 2 firms and raising 3 rounds of finance. Prior to becoming an independent consultant , he worked as a Senior Manager at PwC Transaction Services Strategy Group, where he undertook sell side and buy side DD, corporate strategy and new product/market entry. At PwC, he was a leader of the Leisure Team and PwC’s online gaming thought leader, He has considerable experience in private equity, financial services, gaming and gambling, new media, building materials, food manufacturing, the automotive market, transport and more recently greentech. He was trained at Braxton Associates/Deloitte’s in London. As a consultant, he has worked across Europe and North America.
Prior to joining Braxton/Deloitte’s, Francis earned his MBA from London Business School in 1995 and did his undergraduate at University of Toronto in economics. He has been published in the European Venture Capital Journal on the trends in online gambling and land based gaming, is a Director of Learning Disabilities of Vancouver and is the President of the Vancouver Alumni Chapter of LBS.
Ms. Stock joined SECOR in 1997, as a strategy consultant. Today she is a specialist with SECOR’s client strategy practice, having developed a unique expertise in helping her clients develop a culture of partnerships as a business enhancement tool. A highly motivated and skilful team player, Oona Stock has developed a solid relationship with her clients who count on her support in long-term projects driving major change.
In 2005, in 2005, she created an event design practice called SECOR Events which she continues to run and developed the firm's Communications and Marketing Department, which she has been directing for the last seven years.
Oona has a master’s in management (human resources) and a bachelor’s in administration (industrial relations). Ms. Stock is a member of the Board of Directors of Ville-Marie Social Services.
Areas of expertise
Business strategy
Marketing
Client strategy
Professional Designations and Education
Master of Science in management with a major in human resources
Bachelor of Administration with a major in industrial relations, University of Montreal
David joined us as a Partner in October 2010. Most recently David was a Vice President leading Hay Group's organizational effectiveness practice. He was also responsible for establishing Hay Group's merger integration offering. David's client work with Hay Group included leading the human resources integration for a bank merger and post-merger integration work for a major automotive parts manufacturer.
Prior to joining Hay Group, David ran his own successful consulting practice focussed primarily on strategy issues in the telecommunications industry where he helped clients on key issues including acquisitions, industry policy changes, and launching new business models. He was also with A.T. Kearney for 10 years in Toronto and Melbourne as a Vice President in both the Operations and Strategy practices.
David holds an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a B.A. from York University.
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
David Waldron is a Partner in our Montreal office. He specializes in strategy and risk management for natural resource and complex industrial businesses.
David has spent 18 years helping executive teams form and implement strategies. He started his career advising governments in Alberta on regional economic development. The wide exposure to public sector industrial development issues helped David create a unique and comprehensive strategy practice for multifaceted enterprises. His mandates focus on creating value for businesses by helping them design an appropriate strategy, and ensuring the executive team can and will implement the strategy and then properly manage any corollary risks.
David has consulted for many Canadian based multinational companies in mining, metals and forestry. Beyond commodities, David also works with global sporting goods manufacturing operations, major rail transport equipment manufacturers and aerospace companies in North America and Europe. Since making management risk part of SECOR’s strategy services, David has also had the opportunity to work with leading insurance and re-insurance companies in Canada and abroad.
Though currently based in North America, David was based in our European headquarters in Paris from 2003 to 2004.
Areas of expertise
Corporate strategy development and implementation
Business unit strategy development, including expansion and spin-off situations
Crisis management due to changing business environments
Pre merger and growth activities including market assessments, target identification and due diligence
Executive team structure and team assessments
Professional Designations and Education
Master of Arts Economics, University of Alberta 1990
Specialization in corporate and public sector finance
Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Economics, Queen’s University at Kingston
Specialization in natural resources and energy economics
Contact
David Waldron
Position
Partner, Knowledge Management & Client Development
Marc brings 9 years of strategy consulting and 25 years of industry experience to SECOR. He is a senior strategy consultant focusing on industry analysis and restructuring strategy and the development of business models for emerging opportunities. Marc specializes in the creation of public/private multi-stakeholder business models and the negotiation of the associated contract relationships involving domestic and/or international stakeholders. Marc’s expertise spans across several industry sectors including aerospace, utilities, health care, gaming and telecommunications. Marc has worked directly with both federal and provincial ministries, crown corporations and regulators, as well as with the private sector, municipalities, and non-profit organizations.
Prior to joining SECOR in January 2008, Marc was the principal consultant for Strategic Gaming Innovations and a manager within the strategy and transformation practice at CapGemini. While in these roles, he led the development of strategy and business innovation implementation in the charitable gaming sector for clients in Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Prior to his career in strategy consulting, Marc helped develop and negotiate the international agreements defining Canada’s contribution to the International Space Station Program.
Areas of expertise
Industry analysis and restructuring strategy
Development of competitive positioning, economic, and business models for emerging opportunities
Assessment of public policy implications regarding market place innovations
Creation of new multi-stakeholder business relationship models involving both the public and private sectors
Negotiation of contract relationships to implement new multi-stakeholder public/private business models
Professional Designations and Education
Marc holds a BASc from University of Waterloo and an honours MBA from the Schulich School of Business.
Address
390 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON M5H 2Y2
Bio
Christine Cherrière has more than 20 years of professional experience in human resources development, particularly with large corporations: SANOFI, an ELF subsidiary – SITA, a SUEZ subsidiary.
She has facilitated sessions on career management policy and high talent assessment with human resource executives of holding companies, and manages the recruitment and training services support function.
Areas of expertise
Christine Cherrière is an expert in evaluation and has managed the in-house operations of the assessment and evaluation centres for managers and senior executives.
Professional Designations and Education
Trained at the Ecole des Psychologues praticiens, Christine is certified in MBTI and OPQ, and also trained in Coaching at the Institut de Formation au Développement (IFOD). She is a member of the Société Française de Coaching. She masters Assessment Centres and 360° evaluations.
With more than ten years experience as a consultant, Mélanie Kfoury is an expert in strategy and business planning, market analysis, and sectoral and economic studies.
Her analyses of complex issues enable management teams to agree on a policy direction that yields action strategies. She also carries out strategic industrial and sectoral analyses and assists top management of high-technology companies in deciding upon directions to take.
Before joining SECOR, Mélanie Kfoury worked for two years as an analyst at Accenture.
Master of Science in Economics and Marketing, HEC Montréal
Diploma in international business management (ERASMUS) from IECS, a European School of Management in Strasbourg
Bachelor of Business Administration, HEC Montréal.
Robert has had a distinguished career in the P&C insurance sector in Canada including being the CEO of the largest personal and commercial insurance brokerage firm in Québec between 1997 and 2006; he also knows well the life insurance sector given that his firm offered financial services.
Yves has spent his entire career in the energy sector. He has a broad and diverse experience in electricity production, transportation and distribution as well as a thorough understanding of corporate and support processes at Hydro-Quebec. He has held the positions of Senior Vice-president and President at Hydro-Quebec Distribution and President at Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie. He has also worked at the international level as Chair of the CIGRE (Conseil International de Grands Réseaux Électriques) (International Council on Large Electric Systems) from 2004 to 2008.
Jean Pierre started his professional career in 1975 and has spent all of it in international development in industrialized and emerging countries. As head of a number of renowned consulting firms, Jean Pierre has specialized in helping large private corporations and public bodies scope foreign markets, design investment and partnership strategies, market and sell their products and services, as well as in development, joint financing and management support for large projects in emerging countries.
He now has an in-depth knowledge of the functions and general operations of major international financial institutions and has a particular expertise of the cultural habits and business processes in both the public and private sectors of over more than 60 countries across all continents. Originally from Montreal, he has been posted abroad for many years in places like Paris, Avignon, Geneva, Washington, Manila, Algiers, Casablanca and Barbados.
He will work closely with our Montreal office’s sectoral teams as well as with teams in all of SECOR’s locations.
Management experiences includes : CEO of Hydro-Quebec (HQ-Canada), CEO, Gaz Métropolitain (GM-Canada) and deputy Minister (Department Environment – Quebec). Present positions include member of the board of National Bank of Canada and of Junex, an oil and gas exploration company. Previously held positions include Chairman of the World Energy Council (WEL-London), Chairman of the Canadian Gas Association and chancellor of the University de Montréal.
Mr. Caillé has received a number of prestigious recognitions for his work and his contributions to society. Namely, he received the Order of Canada, was decorated a Knight of the French Legion of Honor by the President of France, was awarded an honorary doctorate from the National Institute of Scientific Research, the University of Montreal and the Royal Military College of Canada.
Areas of expertise
Energy, namely hydro-electricity, gas / thermal, renewables, nuclear and related innovative technologies
Presiding / Chairing a state-owned energy company, optimizing its earnings while sustaining a mutually fruitful relationship with all stokeholders
Strategic planning and implementation of complex regional energy projects, some of which having world ramifications. Co-instigator of the World Energy Council's AAA (Availability, Affordability and Acceptability)
Planning and deploying large energy infrastructure projects throughout the world with all stakeholders while making sure that significant benefits ensue to the local stakeholders (project value range of $50M to $3 billion)
Directorship of large public corporations, industrial and financial
Coaching of CEO's throughout the world facing, namely, the above-mentioned items
Natural gas transmission and distribution
Oil and gas exploration activities
Professional Designations and Education
Canadian Military College,
B.S. (Chemistry),
M.A. Physics / Chemistry,
Ph.D. Physics / Chemistry (University of Montreal)
Andrea is an Associate Principal in SECOR’s strategy practice. Andrea has worked for 12 years as a strategy consultant and has a breadth of experience in the retail, natural resources and financial services sectors with emphasis on go-to-market strategies and organizational design work. In addition, she has led M&A strategy, post-merger integration, functional redesign and operations restructuring projects. Prior to joining SECOR, Andrea was the VP, Membership and Advisory Services for the Canadian Business for Social Responsibility where she worked extensively on corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues.
Siku Adam is an Associate Partner in our Vancouver office. He advises clients on business and technology strategy, enterprise architecture and the management of large, complex business transformation initiatives. 
Charles is a Partner in SECOR’s Strategy Practice. 
Trilingual, James BAER has 25 years experience in management, strategy and consulting.
Renaud Beauchesne has over 25 years of experience in consulting, management and executive positions.
A professional in human resources management, Richard Blain has extensive experience in operations management and finance as well. In his more than 20 years of business, he developed and implemented human resource strategies that increased the efficiency of the firms that he worked for. Mr. Blain has worked in various industries, in particular in the retail trade, the mining sector and public transport. He is known for his ability to identify challenges that companies need to face and for implementing management practices designed to increase organizational efficiency and profitability within a growing and changing environment. 
Marc brings 9 years of strategy consulting and 25 years of industry experience to SECOR. He is a senior strategy consultant focusing on industry analysis and restructuring strategy and the development of business models for emerging opportunities. Marc specializes in the creation of public/private multi-stakeholder business models and the negotiation of the associated contract relationships involving domestic and/or international stakeholders. Marc’s expertise spans across several industry sectors including aerospace, utilities, health care, gaming and telecommunications. Marc has worked directly with both federal and provincial ministries, crown corporations and regulators, as well as with the private sector, municipalities, and non-profit organizations.
James brings 20 years of consulting experience to SECOR, having held senior roles with several leading global strategy consulting firms. James has advised clients through pre-deal strategy issues, and post-merger integration management. His clients are Canadian and global leaders of capital intensive sectors such as the resources, telecommunications and transportation industries, as well as service sectors such as information services and consumer products.
Alastair Caddick is an Associate Principal at SECOR Consulting based in Vancouver.
Madeleine Chenette is Chair of the Board and an executive of SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. At the executive level, she contributed to SECOR's growth as associate-principal for Quebec and has been involved in the development of business solutions for the firm. 
Marcel Côté is a senior partner and a co-founder of SECOR. 
Pierre Daems is an Associate Principal in the SECOR Group, an international strategy and management consulting firm. Particularly focused on customer experience management issues, Pierre is a senior advisor on organizational development mandates (mobilization, transformation, alignment). Pierre has been working during 7 years in the SECOR Paris office, and 4 years in the Montreal office.
Daniel Denis is an expert in economic and sectoral studies, as well as in strategic planning and analysis. 
Alain Dumas is an expert in business strategy and business plan development and follow-up. He is managing partner of SECOR's Quebec offices and is in charge of finance and administration for SECOR as well as being on its board of directors. 
Yves has spent his entire career in the energy sector. He has a broad and diverse experience in electricity production, transportation and distribution as well as a thorough understanding of corporate and support processes at Hydro-Quebec. He has held the positions of Senior Vice-president and President at Hydro-Quebec Distribution and President at Hydro-Quebec TransEnergie. He has also worked at the international level as Chair of the CIGRE (Conseil International de Grands Réseaux Électriques) (International Council on Large Electric Systems) from 2004 to 2008.
David Griller is an expert in technology and innovation and has a passion for life sciences. His clients range from major pharmaceutical companies to small biotechnology firms involved in drug discovery and diagnostics. David works with them on broad strategic issues as well as operational challenges. He also works with the public sector providing advice on policy and technology trends. 
Paul Hiom is the Managing Partner of the Vancouver Office. 
Nancy Kaplan focuses on advising executives at domestic and global companies on issues related to business strategy. She has worked extensively in the areas of Post Merger Integration, innovation and commercialization, strategic and tactical marketing, customer-centricity, and enterprise-wide transformation. She has particular expertise in communications and media, including mobility, fixed line, and satellite.
With more than ten years experience as a consultant, Mélanie Kfoury is an expert in strategy and business planning, market analysis, and sectoral and economic studies. 
Zayna was a Principal with the Toronto office of The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) from 2001 to 2010. There, she helped North American and international for-profit and not-for-profit clients in a variety of sectors including telecom, financial services, aviation, and (primarily) health care solve diverse business issues including strategy and organizational re-design. At BCG, Zayna was a core member of the firm's Health Care Practice and Organization Practice, and was most recently an Ambassador to BCG's Strategy Institute, the "R&D"engine of the firm, where she led the Sustainability Initiative partnership with MIT Sloan Review, and helped build BCG's Sustainability Practice. 
Ms. L’Heureux has been working as a consultant in strategic business alignment since 1994, both for the public and private sectors, in Quebec and the rest of Canada.
Robert has had a distinguished career in the P&C insurance sector in Canada including being the CEO of the largest personal and commercial insurance brokerage firm in Québec between 1997 and 2006; he also knows well the life insurance sector given that his firm offered financial services.
Ms. Laurent is well known in the Quebec-City region, in the technology and corporate financing sectors. She was President and CEO of the Société Innovatech Québec from 1998 to 2008, after which she was appointed Director of Investment and Economic Development in the Office of the Mayor of Québec. At SECOR, she will primarily be advising technological firms in the Quebec-City region with respect to their development, financing and expansion plans and will assist SECOR’s professional staff in innovation and growth projects.
Josh is a senior strategy and operations advisor with over 10 years of consulting and industry experience. He has worked in numerous industries with global and national clients in the retail, consumer and packaged goods, high tech and pharmaceutical industries. His expertise includes strategy development, organizational transformation, complex program management and performance management.
Jocelyn brings 20 years experience with business transformation. He guides and supports executive teams when they must transform their organizational model and their processes, where executive alignment and strategic change management are typically critical to the success of the transformation. 
Miles brings over fourteen years of management consulting experience to SECOR. Miles is a highly regarded consultant to the telecommunications and related industries, with extensive international experience, having advised senior executives in North America, Asia and Europe. His clients are leading wireless operators, fixed-line operators, handset manufacturers, wireless platform providers, multinational corporations and government.
Pierre Lefebvre has over twenty years experience in consulting, transactions, and management, primarily in the fields of finance and infrastructures, in both the private and public sectors.
Renault joined SECOR in 2005 after a career in law and earning an MBA at HEC Montréal. He developed his business acumen in a number of sectors (manufacturing, media and financial services) before concentrating mostly on the natural resources and energy sector, which he now shares the leadership for in Quebec. In that capacity, Renault has worked on substantial mandates for large Canadian and international organizations such as Domtar, Transcontinental, Fibrek, SNC-Lavalin and Rio Tinto. He is known for his ability to develop long-term relationships built on mutual trust with SECOR's clients, equally at home in strategy planning and alignment.
Jean Pierre started his professional career in 1975 and has spent all of it in international development in industrialized and emerging countries. As head of a number of renowned consulting firms, Jean Pierre has specialized in helping large private corporations and public bodies scope foreign markets, design investment and partnership strategies, market and sell their products and services, as well as in development, joint financing and management support for large projects in emerging countries.
Doron Melnick is an Associate Principal for SECOR in the Toronto Office. 
Jean-Yves Ménard is an expert in M&A, strategy, marketing and international sales. 
Michel A. Rathier is a seasoned executive who has served throughout his career in senior management positions with progressively increasing responsibilities for corporations and institutions in Canada, the United States as well as internationally.
Louis brings over fifteen years of strategy consulting experience and five years of industry experience to SECOR. He specializes primarily in financial services in which he works with senior management on issues related to corporate strategy. Louis focuses on assisting banks, insurance companies and other wealth management firms in identifying growth opportunities, improving operations, managing change and ultimately realizing the benefits of these initiatives.
Christian Roy is an expert in innovation studies and strategies. 
Yves Roy is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SECOR. 
After more than 20 years of experience in both functional and operational management posts in international contexts and at times of considerable change (Keolis, Framatome RT, Gaz de France), Françoise acquired the conviction that the orchestration of enterprises is successful under certain conditions. Thus, after having occupied positions on executive committees, fully conscious of the difficulty experienced by actors in converging, notably on the way to successfully define the means of attaining strategic objectives, decompartmentalising and cooperating, she decided to join the consultancy in supporting change within executive boards. Following an experience at Oliver Wyman where she supported reorganization projects at every level, she joined Secor in Paris as Managing Partner for activity.
Ken Smith is one of Canada’s most experienced strategy consultants. He has recently retired from full-time practice after 25 years. Throughout his consulting career, he led the growth and development of new offices and practices. In particular, he was instrumental in developing SECOR from its Quebec base to Canada’s leading strategy consultancy and was ultimately elected Chair of the firm. He is now Associate Dean in the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph and continues consulting part-time in affiliation with SECOR.
Francis joined us as an Associate Principal in January 2011. He moved here from London, England in 2007.
Ms. Stock joined SECOR in 1997, as a strategy consultant. Today she is a specialist with SECOR’s client strategy practice, having developed a unique expertise in helping her clients develop a culture of partnerships as a business enhancement tool. A highly motivated and skilful team player, Oona Stock has developed a solid relationship with her clients who count on her support in long-term projects driving major change. 
David joined us as a Partner in October 2010. Most recently David was a Vice President leading Hay Group's organizational effectiveness practice. He was also responsible for establishing Hay Group's merger integration offering. David's client work with Hay Group included leading the human resources integration for a bank merger and post-merger integration work for a major automotive parts manufacturer. 
