Guylaine Saucier , (born 10 June 1946), a

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, is the

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of Gérard Saucier Ltée, a major group specialing in

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products. She was the

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of the

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

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and the Institute for Governance of Private and Public Organizations

Biography

Born in

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, Saucier is a corporate director of the

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, AXA Assurances Areva,

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

, a former director of the

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

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(CICA), a former director of the

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

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which reported to the

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. Saucier obtained a B.A. from Collège Marguerite-Bourgeois and a B.Comm. from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales,

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. She is a Fellow of the

and a Member of the

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. In 2004, she received the Fellowship Award from the

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

, and in 2010, Administrateur de Société Emérite from

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