34 Notable alumni of
HEC Montreal
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HEC Montreal is 1656th in the world, 574th in North America, and 34th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 34 notable alumni from HEC Montreal sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Antoine Arnault
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Antoine Arnault is a French businessman who is the vice-chairman and CEO of Christian Dior SE. He is the second child and eldest son of billionaire Bernard Arnault, who controls LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. The Arnault family is one of the wealthiest in the world.
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François Legault
- Occupations
- accountantbusinesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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François Legault is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 32nd premier of Quebec since October 2018. A founding member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he led the party since its inception in 2011 until his resignation. Legault sits as a member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Lanaudière region riding of L'Assomption. Legault's ongoing tenure of 7 years, 124 days, as premier is the seventh-longest in Quebec history. Concurrently, he is also the Dean of the Quebec National Assembly.
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Dominique Anglade
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Dominique Anglade is a Canadian engineer, businesswoman and former politician who served as the leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition of Quebec from May 11, 2020 to December 1, 2022. She has served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2015 to 2022, representing Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne. She is the first woman to lead the Quebec Liberal Party, the first black woman to lead a provincial party in Canada (at the federal level, Vivian Barbot was interim leader of the Bloc Québécois in 2011), and the first person of Haitian descent to be a cabinet minister in Canada. She is the daughter of the academic Georges Anglade. She was also the first woman CEO of Montréal International.
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Pauline Marois
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pauline Marois is a retired Canadian politician, who served as the 30th premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014. Marois had been a member of the National Assembly in various ridings since 1981 as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), serving as party leader from 2007 to 2014. She is the first female premier of Quebec.
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Jacques Parizeau
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Jacques Parizeau GOQ was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
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Martine Ouellet
- Enrolled in HEC Montreal
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Martine Ouellet is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014.
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Pierre Fitzgibbon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pierre Fitzgibbon is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Terrebonne as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. He was Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade from October 18, 2018 until resigning on June 2, 2021 in the wake of a report by the National Assembly ethics commissioner.
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Ruba Ghazal
- Occupations
- chartered accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Ruba Ghazal is a Canadian politician. A member of Québec solidaire, she was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election, representing the district of Mercier. Since 2024, she has served as Québec solidaire's female co-spokesperson.
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Pierre Houde
- Occupations
- television presenter
- Biography
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Pierre Houde is a Canadian play-by-play sports announcer for Réseau des sports (RDS). He has announced broadcasts of Montreal Canadiens games since 1989, and received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2024, in recognition from the Hockey Hall of Fame for his broadcasting career.
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Pierre Arcand
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Pierre Arcand is a Canadian politician, businessman, announcer and journalist in Quebec, Canada. He was the elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the provincial riding of Mont-Royal–Outremont in the Island of Montreal from 2007 to 2022. He represented the Quebec Liberal Party. On October 5, 2018, Arcand was named interim leader, following the resignation of Philippe Couillard after the 2018 Quebec general election.
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Hélène Desmarais
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 71)
- Enrolled in HEC Montreal
- Studied in 1979
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Hélène Desmarais CM OQ is a Canadian businesswoman and is a member of a number of boards and committees in the public and private sectors, including president of the board of directors of HEC Montréal.
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Christine Fréchette
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christine Fréchette MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the Sanguinet electoral district as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
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Bouchra Baibanou
- Enrolled in HEC Montreal
- 2003-2005 graduated with DES in management
- Occupations
- engineermountaineer
- Biography
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Bouchra Baibanou is a Moroccan alpinist and motivational speaker. She is the first Moroccan woman to summit Mount Everest, and in 2017 she became the first Moroccan to complete the Seven Summits.
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Stéphane Bédard
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Stéphane Bédard is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Bédard was interim leader of the Parti Québécois from 2014 to 2015. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the provincial riding of Chicoutimi. He was chosen as interim parliamentary leader by the PQ caucus on April 10, 2014, following the PQ government's defeat in the 2014 general election and the resignation of Pauline Marois and officially became Leader of the Opposition when the legislature resumed on April 23, 2014. He officially became acting leader of the party on June 7, 2014, when Marois' resignation took effect at Parti Québécois Council of Presidents. He held the position until Pierre Karl Péladeau was elected party leader in the Parti Québécois leadership election held on May 15, 2015. He resigned from the legislature and the Parti Québécois on October 22, 2015.
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Daniel Paillé
- Occupations
- management assistanteconomistuniversity teacherdirector generalfinancial analyst
- Biography
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Daniel Paillé is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Prévost in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 1996 as a member of the Parti Québécois, and represented the district of Hochelaga in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected leader of the Bloc Québécois with 62 percent of the vote on December 11, 2011. Paillé stepped down as leader on December 16, 2013 for health reasons.
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Oulimata Sarr
- Born in
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Senegal - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Oulimata Sarr is a Senegalese politician who served as Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal from September 2022 to October 2023, becoming the first woman to be appointed to this ministerial position.
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Abdourahmane Sarr
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- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Abdourahmane Sarr, in Paris, is a Senegalese economist who is the leader of the Movement for Rebirth, Liberty and Development (MRLD) - Moom sa Bopp, Mënël sa Bopp, a Senegalese social movement created in 2011, and the head of the Center for Local Economic Development Financing (CEFDEL), a think tank founded in 2010. He was appointed Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation on April 5, 2024 in the Government of Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko.
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Ousmane Diallo
- Occupations
- politicianamateur wrestler
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Ousmane Diallo is a Guinean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle 52 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has been the Minister of Town Planning and Housing since November 4, 2021 in the Mohamed Béavogui government.
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Jacques Hébert
- Occupations
- essayistpoliticianwriterjournalistpublisher
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Jacques Hébert, OC was a Canadian author, journalist, publisher, Senator and world traveller who visited more than 130 countries.
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Pauline Irène Nguene
- Enrolled in HEC Montreal
- Graduated with Post-Graduate Diploma
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Pauline Irene Nguene is a Cameroonian-born petroleum engineer. She is currently the Cameroon Minister of Social Affairs.
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Sarah Myriam Mazouz
- Occupations
- judoka
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Sarah Myriam Mazouz, also known as Sarah-Myriam Mazouz, is a Gabonese judoka. She competed in Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 78 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the second round by Natalie Powell.
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Saul Polo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Saul Polo is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represented the electoral district of Laval-des-Rapides as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party until his defeat in the 2022 Quebec general election.
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Élaine Zakaïb
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Élaine Zakaïb was a Canadian politician. She was member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Richelieu, first elected in the 2012 election and re-elected in 2014.
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Fred Beauchemin
- Occupations
- financierpolitician
- Biography
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Frédéric Beauchemin is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. He represents the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Adrien Pouliot
- Occupations
- mathematicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Adrien Pouliot, CC was a Canadian mathematician and educator.
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Manuel Mathieu
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Manuel Mathieu is a Haitian contemporary visual artist recognized as a painter of abstract works that suggest figurative forms within ambiguous spaces. Mathieu draws from Haitian visual cultures and from Western art movements such as expressionism and existentialism. His practice weaves together formal techniques, Haitian contemporary art movements to explore phenomenologies of human relations as they relate to power dynamics, loyalty, love, nature, subjective experience, history writing. Mathieu’s work reflects on the intersection of individual and historical identity, examining how personal histories resonate within larger socio-political contexts.
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Anne-Marie Gélinas
- Occupations
- film producertelevision producer
- Biography
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Anne-Marie Gélinas is a Montreal-based film, documentary and television producer. She is the president and CEO of EMAfilms, a production company that she founded in 2008.
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Caroline Codsi
- Occupations
- businesspersonlecturer
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Caroline Codsi is a Canadian businesswoman who is the president and founder of a non-profit organization Women in Governance, created in 2010 to help women access decision-making roles. She is also a board member of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Alexa Translations, and has spoken at TEDxMontrealWomen.
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Alain Dolium
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Alain Dolium is a French businessman, politician and a member of the MoDem.
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Sylvain Pagé
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sylvain Pagé is a Canadian businessman and politician. Pagé is the former Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Labelle in the Laurentians, elected in 2001. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.
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Armando Torres Chibrás
- Occupations
- writerconductor
- Biography
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Armando Torres Chibrás is an orchestra conductor at Pershing Middle School, with extended activities as scholar, lecturer, academic jury, author and arts leader born in Mexico City. He is currently Head of the Orchestral Academy Program of El Sistema-Mexico, an agency of the National Council for Culture and the Arts of Mexico.
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Jean Habel
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jean Habel is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. He represents the electoral district of Sainte-Rose as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
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Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi
- Occupations
- politicianminister
- Biography
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Djibo Salamatou Gourouza Magagi is a government official in Niger.
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Carolle Brabant
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Canada - Occupations
- executive
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Carolle Brabant CM is the former executive director of Telefilm Canada. Brabant was named to the position by Canadian Heritage Minister James Moore in March 2010. She was succeeded by Jean-Claude Mahé in March 2018.
