The members of the board of directors

PhD, M. Fisc., FCMA, FCPA, FCA, ASC
Member since : 2017

Suzanne Landry, who holds a doctorate in business administration and a master’s degree in tax, is a member of the Order of Chartered Professional Accountants of Québec and the Collège des administrateurs de sociétés. She is a full professor at HEC Montréal, and has held professorships at ESG-UQAM and Université Laval. Throughout her university career, she has taken on duties of departmental and academic program policy and management. Prior to that she worked as an auditor and tax expert in a specialized accounting firm. She has sat on several boards, where she was active on committees and presided over audit committees.

Member since : 2023

Roula is a seasoned global leader with over 15 years of experience as a C-suite executive in diverse environments and in different stages of organizations.  

She is currently the Managing Director, Americas for Dialectica, a fast-growing global company in the insight services. Prior to this role, she was the Chief Operations & People Officer at Hopper - best known as a travel app using AI algorithms to predict pricing and offering data-driven and risk-based products.

Roula also spent close to 10 years leading major restructuring mandates in large organizations. She was Vice-President, People & Culture of CBC / Radio-Canada during very important re-organizations and spent 6 years in South America as Vice-President, Business Transformation at Aerolineas Argentinas, and in Brazil as a Senior Advisor at Matlin Patterson LLC, an American private equity firm specialized in distressed investments.

Roula holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, an MBA from John Molson School of Business in Montreal, and a “Neuroscience for Business” Executive Education certificate from MIT.

C.A.A.S., PWM, ADM. A., R.H.U., A.V.A., Pl. Fin.
Member since : 2023

Stéphane Rochon is Chair of the Board and Chief Digital Strategy Officer of Groupe KO since 2021. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Humania Assurance for several years.  

He is also a certified corporate director and as such, he has served on several boards and committees, including the Chambre de la sécurité financière, the Institut québécois de la planification financière (IQPF), Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Chair at Université Laval, and SOCODEVI (Société de coopération pour le développement international).  

Currently, he serves as Chair of the Board of the Véro & Louis Home (Varennes) and as a member of the board of the Véro & Louis Foundation. 

As well as an MBA from McGill University, Stephane holds an MBA in e-Commerce from Université Laval and a Certificate in Strategy and Innovation from MIT Sloan School of Management. 

FCIA, FSA
Member since : 2023

President and Chief Executive Officer since 2018 

Sylvain has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and had the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of other leading insurers, such as SCOR, SSQ, and AXA, where he spent five years in Europe on various international mandates.   

In his current role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Canassurance, Sylvain is responsible for providing innovative individual health and travel insurance solutions to clients and partners with a team of nearly 700 employees. 

He is a member of the Blue Cross Life Board of Directors, a leading life and living benefits insurance carrier. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of a Montreal non-profit palliative care organization and serves on the National Board of Directors of Make-A-Wish Canada. 

Sylvain graduated in Actuarial Science at Université Laval and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA) and a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA).