Cofounder and Director of Companies
Kingsey Falls (Québec) Canada
Director since 1967
Non-Independent
Committee(s): N.A.
One of the founders of Cascades, Alain Lemaire is a Director of the Corporation. He was Executive Chair of the Board of the Corporation from 2013 to 2024. He held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to May 2013. He was Executive Vice-President of the Corporation from 1992 to 2004 and was President and Chief Executive Officer of Norampac Inc., from 1998 to 2004. Mr. Lemaire studied at the Institut des pâtes et papiers de Trois-Rivières (Québec). He holds an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the Université de Sherbrooke (Québec), an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from Bishop's University in Lennoxville (Québec), and a Doctorat Honoris Causa from Université Laval (Québec). He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec in 2015.