Thierry Vandal

Thierry Vandal is a Canadian businessman. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec since 2005. Mr. Vandal announced in January 2015 that he was stepping down front his role and is scheduled to leave on May 1, 2015.^[1]

Early life and education

Mr. Vandal holds an engineering degree from École polytechnique (Université de Montréal, 1982) and an MBA from HEC Montréal (Université de Montréal, 1995).^[2]

Career

Prior to joining Hydro-Quebec in November 1996, Mr. Vandal worked for Shell Canada Limitée from 1982 to 1988 and for Société Pétrochimique Kemtec from 1988 to 1991.^[2]

While at Hydro-Quebec, Mr. Vandal served as Vice President–Strategic Planning and Business Development (1996–2001), President of Hydro-Québec Production (2001–2005) and finally President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec (2005–2015).^[3]

Board membership

He is or was the board member of the following companies:

• Société d’énergie de la Baie James and Hydro-Québec International (Chairman of the Board)
• BioFuelNet Canada (Chairman of the Board)
• HEC Montréal
• McGill University

Social involvement

Thierry Vandal is a membre of the Board of Governors of Centraide.^[4]

Honors

2012 Canadian Energy Person of the Year award by the Canadian Energy Council ^[5]

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