Board of Directors
Ms. Élaine Beaudoin is Vice-President and director of Beaudier, a private holding company which holds Multiple Voting Shares, since 2019. She is a member of several other boards of directors, including Armtex Inc., Hebdo-litho, Bodycad Inc. and the J.Armand Bombardier Foundation. She also sat on the board of directors of Canam Inc. from 2000 to 2017 and chaired its Human Resources Committee and served as a member of its Audit Committee. From 1989 to 1998, she acted as Chief Executive Officer of Unifix Inc., a company specializing in the manufacturing of light-weight concrete panels. Ms. Élaine Beaudoin is a graduate of McGill University and a member of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec (Québec CPA Order). She holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Member of the Nominating Governance and Social Responsibility Committee
Mr. Beaudoin is a corporate director. Mr. Beaudoin joined the Marine Products division of Bombardier Inc. in 1985. In October 1990, he was appointed Vice-President, Product Development of the Sea-Doo/Ski-Doo division. In 1992, he was appointed Executive Vice-President of the Sea-Doo/Ski-Doo division and became President of Bombardier Inc. in January 1994. In April 1996, he was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Recreational Products. In February 2001, he was appointed President of Bombardier Aerospace Services Limited, Business Aircraft and he became President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Aerospace Services Limited in October of the same year. On December 13, 2004, in addition to his duties as President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Aerospace Services Limited, he was appointed Executive Vice-President of Bombardier Inc. and became a member of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc. On June 4, 2008, he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Bombardier Inc. and served until 2015. He became Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc. in February 2015 and Chairman of the board of directors in July 2017. He has also been a member of the board of directors of Power Corporation of Canada since 2005. Mr. Beaudoin studied Business Administration at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and Industrial Relations at McGill University in Montreal.
Member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Member of the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee
Mr. Bekenstein is a Senior Advisor at Bain Capital Investors, LLC. (“BCI”) Prior to joining BCI in 1984, Mr. Bekenstein spent several years at Bain & Company, Inc., where he was involved with companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Bekenstein is a member of the board of directors and the Human Resources and Compensation Committee of Dollarama Inc. He also serves as a director of Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc., for which he is a member of the Compensation Committee. He was a member of the board of directors and the Nominating and Governance Committee of Canada Goose Holdings Inc. until 2023. Mr. Bekenstein received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School.
Chairman of the Board of Directors; member of the Investment and Risk Committee
Mr. Boisjoli is Chair of the Board of Directors of BRP since 2019 and President and Chief Executive Officer of BRP since December 2003, when BRP became a standalone company. In October 1998, Mr. Boisjoli was named President of the Snowmobile and Watercraft division, the largest division of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. In April 2001, he was given the added responsibility of managing the ATV division. Mr. Boisjoli joined Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. in 1989, after eight years in the pharmaceutical and road safety equipment industries. Mr. Boisjoli served on the board of directors of McCain Foods Group Inc. from January 2018 to February 2022. In April 2005, Mr. Boisjoli received the prestigious titles of Executive of the Year by Powersports Magazine, the most important powersports magazine in the United States, as Entrepreneur of the Year, Québec, by EY in 2014, was named CEO of the year 2017 by the Canadian business newspaper Les Affaires and was also named Global Visionary of the Year in 2023 by the Globe and Mail. Mr. Boisjoli received a Bachelor of Engineering from the Université de Sherbrooke.
Member of the Investment and Risk Committee
Mr. Bombardier is a corporate director. He was hired by BRP in 1989, and he later joined the R&D team to develop advanced vehicle concepts (Can-Am, Ski-Doo & Spyder). In 2006, he left the family business and created Jophem Holdings to finance startups, design new vehicle concepts and build prototypes in collaboration with universities. For 10 years, Mr. Bombardier also operated two BRP dealerships in Quebec. Between 2017 and 2019, he was hired as a senior consultant for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). He is also a member of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc. since 2019. Mr. Bombardier is a Canadian engineer and holds a bachelor’s and a master’s of science degrees from the École de Technologie Supérieure and a certificate in board governance from Université Laval.
Member of the Investment and Risk Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Hernández is a corporate director who has over 40 years of engineering sales, marketing and operations experience in the automotive industry. After starting his career at General Motors (Mexico) in 1980 as a Development Engineer, he worked in several positions including Engineering Manager, Executive Engineer, and Marketing Director. In 2003, he was appointed Vice-President of General Motors de México and Executive Director of Sales, Service and Marketing, where he successfully led the commercial operations of various brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac. In 2011, he took the helm as the first Mexican national to be appointed President and Managing Director. He held this role until September 2019 and retired in January 2020. During his tenure, Ernesto M. Hernández managed both the commercial and manufacturing sides of General Motors’ operations in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. He sits on the board of directors of Constellation Brands, Inc. and is a member of its Human Resources Committee and its Governance, Nominating and Responsibility Committee. He also sits on the board of directors of Dana Incorporated and is a member of its Audit Committee as well as its Technology and Sustainability Committee. He currently serves in various Chambers of Commerce and Business Councils. Mr. Hernández was an independent director on the board of directors of Grupo KUO, S.A.B. de C.V., DINE, S.A.B. de C.V., and Corporación Zapata, S.A. de C.V. He obtained a Bachelor of Science from Instituto Politécnico Nacional and he has also completed a Master of Science in Administration and a Master of Science in Management from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively.
Member of the Audit Committee
Ms. Kountze is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Bose Corporation, a consumer retail company that develops sound solutions for entertainment, home audio, aviation, and automotive industries. She has held other various senior IT leadership positions across her over 25 years working in the technology field. Before joining Bose Corporation, Ms. Kountze was the Chief Information Officer for DentaQuest, a company that provides oral health care benefits and delivers oral care, from 2021 to 2022. Between 2012 and 2021, Ms. Kountze was also Senior Vice-President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Eversource Energy, the largest provider of electric, gas and water services in the New England area of the United States, where she held that position for 11 years and prior to that Ms. Kountze spent 2 years as the Vice-President and CIO for United Illuminating Company, an electric utility company in Connecticut. She is the Chair for the Boston CIO Leadership Council and a member of the Massachusetts Cybersecurity Council, a cybersecurity advisory group for the Governor of Massachusetts. Ms. Kountze serves on the board of The Children's Place Inc. and is a member of its Audit Committee since November 2021. She has won several awards including: 2021 Top Women in Energy, 2021 Diversity Women Elite 100, Most Impactful Black Women in Boston 2021, 2017 CIO of the Year, and 2015 Women Leading Stem Award. Ms. Kountze holds a bachelor’s degree in actuarial Math and Science and a master’s degree in Computer Science. She also received a certification in Risk and Information Security Controls (CRISC) in 2023.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee
Ms. Métayer is the president of EM Strategy Inc. and an adjunct professor at McGill University. Prior to that, she worked at the ING Bank (Netherlands, Poland), Bouygues Group (France, UK), and in Canada at McKinsey & Company, CAE Inc., and Competia Inc. which she founded and sold in 2004. She currently serves on the board of directors, sits on the Governance, Compensation and Human Resources Committee, the Strategy and Innovation Committee and chairs the Audemars Piguet Private Investment Committee of Audemars Piguet Holding S.A. (Switzerland). She also serves on the board of directors of Martur Fompak International (Republic of Türkiye) for which she is a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Métayer joined the board of directors of Nortera Foods Inc. (Canada, U.S.A.) in December 2022 and chairs its Human Resources and Governance Committee as well as being chair of the board. In the last few years, she served on various advisory boards and boards of directors, including the board of directors of Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc. (Canada) for which she was a member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and chaired its Governance and Ethics Committee and Agropur Cooperative (Canada) where she was a member of the technology committee, the Governance Committee and the Sustainable Development Committee. Ms. Métayer is a certified director of the Institut Français des Administrateurs and attended the High Performing Boards Program at Harvard Business School. She was trained in the Netherlands, where she obtained her MBA and Drs. from the University of Nijenrode. Ms. Métayer has also developed an expertise in ESG, including climate-related issues, notably through having chaired on several board committees overseeing ESG strategy, and having obtained a certificate on Sustainable Real Estate from Cambridge University in 2021.
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Investment and Risk Committee
Mr. Nomicos is a Senior Advisor of Nonantum Capital Partners, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that he founded with other executives in 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Nomicos was at Bain Capital Investors, LLC where he worked from 1999 to 2016 as an Operating Partner focused on investments in the manufacturing and consumer product sectors and as a Managing Director of Bain Capital Credit, LP, the credit arm of Bain Capital Investors, LLC. Previously, Mr. Nomicos was a senior corporate development and manufacturing executive at Oak Industries Inc., and he spent several years at Bain & Company, Inc. where he was an engagement manager. Mr. Nomicos serves on the board of directors and is a member of the Audit Committee of Dollarama Inc. He received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University.
Chair of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Chair of the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee
Mr. Philip is a corporate director. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of Partners in Health (a non-profit health care organization) from 2013 until 2017. In addition, Mr. Philip was a Special Partner at Highland Consumer Fund (consumer-oriented private equity fund), serving in this role from 2013 until 2017. He served as Managing General Partner at Highland Consumer Fund from 2006 to 2013. Prior thereto, Mr. Philip served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Decision Matrix Group, Inc. (research and consulting firm) from 2004 to 2005. Prior to joining Decision Matrix Group, Inc., he held several positions at Terra Networks, S.A. (global Internet company), Lycos, Inc. (an Internet service provider and search company), The Walt Disney Company, and prior thereto Mr. Philip spent a number of years in investment banking. He recently retired from the board of directors of Hasbro, Inc., of which he was a director from 2002 until 2023. Mr. Philip is also the Non-Executive Chairman of United Airlines Holdings, Inc. and sits on its Audit Committee, and is also Chairman of its Executive Committee and of its Nominating and Governance Committee. In addition, he is on the board of directors, a member of the Compensation Committee and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Blade Air Mobility, Inc., a technology-powered, global air mobility platform. Mr. Philip received a B.S. in Economics and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.
Member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Ross is a corporate director. He was Chief Financial Officer of Sesami Cash Management Technologies Corporation (“Sesami”) from 2022 to 2023. In this role, he was responsible for all financial activities, corporate development, and strategic planning. Prior to joining Sesami, Mr. Ross was Chief Financial Officer of Dollarama Inc. for over a decade. Prior to that, Mr. Ross was CFO of Sanimax Industries, a rendering services company, and spent over 20 years in senior financial roles in the television and broadcasting industry. He began his career as an auditor with Ernst & Young. Mr. Ross is a member of the board of directors of Pixcom Inc., the Fondation CHU Saint Justine and FEI – Quebec Chapter. He was previously a member of the board of directors of Investissement Québec, la Fondation Marie-Vincent, Fondation Dr Clown and Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Mr. Ross holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a graduate diploma in accounting from Concordia University. He received the Fellow of the Order distinction (FCPA) in 2012.
Lead Director
Chair of the Investment and Risk Committee
Member of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee
Ms. Samardzich is a corporate director. Ms. Samardzich previously held various senior leadership positions across her 26-year career with Ford Motor Company. Before retiring in 2016, she was the Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Europe leading a team of over 30,000 employees. In previous years, she served as Vice-President, Product Development; Vice-President, Global Powertrain Engineering and held various roles in powertrain and vehicle engineering within Ford. She has also worked in various engineering roles at Westinghouse Electric Corporation. Ms. Samardzich sits on the board of directors of Adient plc (Ireland) and chairs its Human Capital and Compensation Committee and is a member of its Corporate Governance and Executive Committees. She also serves as a director of Amogy Inc. (a privately-held clean energy company) and is a member of its Compensation Committee and Audit Committee. She served as a director of Velodyne LiDAR and as a member of its Audit Committee and chair of its Compensation Committee until 2021 and as a director of AB SKF until 2022. She has won many awards including CBTNews “Leading Women in Automotive in 2019” and 2016 Automotive News Europe “25 Leading Women in the European Auto Industry”. Ms. Samardzich holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from Wayne State University.