Chair of the Board of Directors
Kingsey Falls (Québec) Canada
Director since November 2016
Non-Independent
Committee(s): N.A.
Patrick Lemaire is Chair of the Board of the Corporation since May 2024. He served as President and CEO of Boralex Inc. from September 2006 until his retirement in December 2020 and continues to serve on its board of directors. In 1988, after obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering from Université Laval (Québec), he began his career at Cascades. He successively held the positions of project manager, maintenance manager and plant manager in France and the United States. His managerial skills and leadership were then put to use as General Manager of five plants and as Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer in the containerboard packaging sector. In 2016, he received the Prix d'excellence from the Cercle des Dirigeants d’Entreprises Franco-Québécois. In 2017, he was a finalist at the Quebec EY Entrepreneur of the year Awards and ranked as the 58th most influential individual in the wind industry by the British magazine A Word about Wind.
