Nicholas Rémillard (born March 22, 1976) is the President and chief executive officer of the

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(IEFA), which hosts three annual economic forums, the

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, the Toronto Global Forum and the World Strategic Forum, which is held in

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Biography

Nicholas Rémillard graduated with a law degree from

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in 2001, and was then appointed Deputy Manager of the

. In 2007, Nicholas Rémillard launched the Toronto Forum for Global Cities, now held under the appellation Toronto Global Forum. This Forum is an organization presenting annual conferences on global economic issues, with an emphasis on the relations between the Americas and the other continents.Desrosiers, Eric. "La Conference de Montréal gagne en popularité". Le Devoir ontréalMay 23, 2014 Since 2010, he is the President and chief executive officer of the

. In 2011, he founded the Palm Beach Strategic Forum, now called the World Strategic Forum, an organization presenting annual conferences in Miami to foster exchanges of information and to promote free discussion on major current economic issues. Nicholas Rémillard also serves as Honorary Consul General of

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. Nicholas Rémillard is the son of

Gil Rémillard Gil Rémillard (born November 25, 1944) is a Canadian academic, university professor and politician. Biography Born in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec), Rémillard is the son of Carmel Rémillard and Jeannine Desjardins. He studied at th ...

, former minister of Justice of Québec and Founding Chairman of the

, and Marie DuPont, Chief Editor of Magazine FORCES, and has two sons.

Honours

In 2012, Nicholas Rémillard received the Montréal Centre Ville (MCV) Event Award. This award "singles out an event or demonstration that generated a lot of buzz this year and got the attention of the heads at Destination Centre-Ville and ''Montréal_Centre-Ville''"

References

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