Primary Job Title Board of Directors Primary Organization Centria
Current directorships and professional positions
In France: Independent Director, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Audit and Finance
Committee and Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of Alcatel Lucent.
Abroad: Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Chairman of the Human Ressources and
Compensation
Committee of Bombardier*, Director of Centria Inc. and of Fiera Capital Inc.*, Member of the International Advisory
Board of the Ecole des Hautes Études Commerciales.
Career
Jean Monty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Collège Sainte-Marie of Montréal, a Master of Arts in economics
from the University of Western Ontario, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Jean
Monty began his career at Bell Canada in 1974 and held numerous positions in the BCE group.
He joined Nortel
Networks Corporation in October 1992 as President and Chief Operating Officer before being nominated President
and Chief Executive Officer in March 1993. On April 24, 2002, Monty, then Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE Inc.), retired after a 28-year career.
He is a member of the Board
of Directors of Bombardier Inc. since 1998, and a member of the Board of Directors of Centria Inc. and Fiera Capital
Inc.
He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the école des Hautes Études Commerciales. He was
appointed a member of the Order of Canada for his contribution to business, public interests and community affairs.
In recognition of these achievements, he was elected Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year for 1997.
In addition,
he was inducted into the Académie des Grands Montréalais.
Expertise: 34 years in telecommunications and 10 years in finance.