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Michel Kelly-Gagnon
President & CEO
Montreal Economic Institute
After having been head of the Montreal Economic Institute from 1999 to 2006, Michel Kelly-Gagnon was president of the Conseil du patronat du Québec until January 2009. He graduated in law from the University of Montreal and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in December 1994. Early in his career he practised as a legal consultant for the Consulate General of France in Montreal, and then went into business as a shareholder and an associate of Formatrad, a company specializing in employee training. Mr. Kelly-Gagnon is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is president of the advisory committee of Global Ressources Humaines, a consulting firm specializing in human resources management and job placement. From 2006 to 2009, he served on the board of directors of the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST), a paragovernmental organization with an annual budget of over two billion dollars. He was one of six people from Quebec honoured in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ 2008 awards. The winners were chosen from among 1,100 nominees by an independent selection committee. He is also actively involved in the board of directors of the Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour, the John W. Dobson Foundation and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF).
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