Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin joined CIRANO in 2000 as a postdoctoral researcher and was appointed President and CEO in 2016, after serving as Vice-President from 2008 to 2016. Since 2011, she has led the CIRANO Barometer project on risk perception in Quebec, which annually collects data on Quebecers’ concerns regarding 47 major societal issues. She is also Head of the CIRANO Research Pole on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Digital Intelligence and Principal Investigator of the Innovation and Digital Transformation research theme.

She is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where she also serves as Academic Director of PolyFinances. In addition, she is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO).

She holds a PhD in Management Science (specializing in risk management and insurance) from the École normale supérieure de Cachan. Her research focuses on risk management and decision-making in contexts of risk and uncertainty, as well as the design and evaluation of public policies. Her work combines economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, survey data analysis, and more recently, large-scale unstructured data analytics.

In 2008, she founded the RISQH network, a knowledge-sharing and awareness network dedicated to risk management, patient safety, and quality of care in healthcare institutions. She contributed to the development of the Montreal Declaration for a Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence.

She serves as Scientific Director of the Measurement Tools, Monitoring and Surveys Division at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies (OBVIA). She is also co-founder of the International Francophone Network on Scientific Advice (RFICS).

At CIRANO, she leads and contributes to several large-scale research initiatives, notably the creation of an economic digital twin of the St. Lawrence–Great Lakes region (GVCdtLab), developed in collaboration with the federal government.

She has published numerous scientific articles, several books, and more than 40 reports for government and other organizations. She has delivered over one hundred conferences and is regularly invited to speak in the media.

CEO, First Nations Financial Management Board.

Geordie is of British and Gwich’in (Northwest Territories and Yukon modern agreement) ancestry. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB), one of three fiscal institutions created under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act.   

The FMB assists First Nations in developing and by certifying their administrative and financial management capacity, and in developing their financial relationships with business and government to enable their economic and social development. 

Geordie brings deep experience in finance and financial law, with experience as a senior investment products securities lawyer at the British Columbia Securities Commission, financial tribunal Chair and CEO at the Financial Services Tribunal (BC), management consultant at McKinsey & Company and mergers and acquisitions investment banker at Broadview (now Jefferies). 

He has also practised Aboriginal and corporate law at a national law firm, driven economic development initiatives for the Gwich’in Nation, and represented the Gwich’in Nation in international Arctic economic development forums at the Arctic Economic Council and Arctic Council. He has initiated and led Indigenous mentoring, networking, Reconciliation and UNDRIP policy development initiatives at the Canadian Bar Association, BC and National. 

Geordie holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MA (East Asian Studies/Chinese) from Stanford University, a law degree from the University of British Columbia, and an electrical and computer engineering degree from Queen’s University. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, having studied for a year at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Geordie is a CFA Charterholder, CAIA Charterholder and an Action Canada Fellow. 

Deputy CEO, First Nations Financial Management Board.

Scott is Kaska Dena (Yukon Territory).
As Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Financial Management Board, Scott liaises and builds relationships with various stakeholders, partners, and organizations across the country. He is responsible for overseeing the Standards and Certification and Corporate Services business lines.
Since joining the FMB in 2011, Scott has developed strong relationships with First Nations governments, including their elected and hereditary leaders; staff in many federal government departments such as CIRNA, ISC, and Statistics Canada; and Indigenous organizations like AFOA and the AFN.
Scott is currently the Vice Chair of the Canadian Public Sector Accounting Board and is active in building partnerships with professional organizations to promote reconciliation with Indigenous Canadians.
Scott has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen’s University and CPA, CA, and CAFM designations. He brings over 20 years of finance and leadership experience from both the private and public sector.

Chief Scientist of Quebec, Government of Quebec.
President of the 3 Boards of Directors, Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Member of the Board of Directors, Centre Jacques Cartier.

Professor Rémi Quirion is the Chief Scientist of Quebec since July 2011.  Full Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, he was Scientific Director of the Douglas Institute Research Centre (1996-2011).

In April 2009 he accepted the position of Associate Dean (Life Sciences and Strategic Initiatives), Faculty of Medicine, and Senior University Advisor (Health Sciences Research) at McGill University in addition to the position of Executive Director of the CIHR International Collaborative Research Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease, positions from which he resigned upon his appointment as Chief Scientist in 2011.

He is the Chair of the Boards of Directors of the three Quebec Research Funds (Health - Nature and Technology - Society and Culture).

Rémi Quirion has received numerous distinctions including Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

Founding Member and Senior Advisor, National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association

Mark is Haudenosaunee Mohawk and resides in the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Territory in Ontario. Mark is currently leading the Reconciliation and Responsible Investment Initiative in partnership with Share Canada which is linking Indigenous Values to Indigenous Investing as well as helping Non-Indigenous Investors utilize their portfolios to achieve the goals of Reconciliation in Canada.  Mark is an Advisory Board Member of First Peoples Worldwide at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Since 1999, Mark also currently serves as the General Manager of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Community Trust. Mark has previously served as the Branch/Financial Services Manager for the Bank of Montreal and opened a full service bank branch within the Onyota’aka (Oneida) First Nation near London, Ontario in 1995.  Mark holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Mount Allison University, NB (1991) and began his working career within the Federal Government and Coaching Mount Allison Mounties Football team.

In 2006, Mark was one of three founding members of the National Aboriginal Trust Officers Association. Serving in several roles, including Board Member, Committee Chairman and President. NATOA is a Charitable organization, dedicated to providing knowledge and capacity building on trust funds and investment for Indigenous communities. 

A CIRANO Invited Fellow since 2018, Miville Tremblay is also a Senior Fellow of the CD Howe Institute and a regular op-ed contributor for La Presse.

Previously, he was Senior Director and Regional Representative at the Montréal Office (Financial Markets) of the Bank of Canada and has been for 17 years a member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Review Committee and Financial System Review Committee.

Mr. Tremblay joined the Bank from the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, where he was Director of Strategic Intelligence. He also worked for several years as a financial journalist, particularly for the daily newspaper La Presse, reporting on economic policies and financial markets. At the beginning of his career, he taught Canadian politics at the State University of New York.

Mr. Tremblay is the author of two books on finance and business and has received numerous distinctions, including the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy and the Prix du livre d’affaires PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Tremblay has an Executive MBA from the Université du Québec à Montréal, a master’s degree in Public Policy Analysis from the Université Laval, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from McGill University. He holds the designation of chartered financial analyst (CFA), and he is a former president of CFA Montréal. He also holds the ICD.D designation.

Chair of National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Associations (NACCA) and Président of Crédit Commercial Autochtone and Société d’Épargne des Autochtones du Canada.

Jean Vincent, MSC, FCPA, FCA, CAFM , is Chairman of the board of the Native Commercial Credit Corporation (SOCCA). The corporation provides commercial financing to Aboriginal start-up or expanding businesses. Mr. Vincent is also Chairman of the board of the Aboriginal Savings Corporation of Canada (ABSCAN). The corporation provides Aboriginal people with savings products and loans in the real estate, institutional and commercial sectors. Jean Vincent was Vice-Grand Chief of the Huron-wendat Nation from 2008 to 2018. He was involved in the creation of the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) for which he is currently Chairman of the board. He is also a trustee of the First Nations Market Housing Fund. He was also a founding member of the Native Financial Officers Association of Canada and vice-chair of its board of directors. Early in his career, he worked for the National Bank of Canada and the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Mr. Vincent has a pilot's licence and is a member of the Canadian Association of Aircraft Owners and Pilots. He also sits on other boards of directors.