Pierre Fitzgibbon

Minister of Economy and Innovation
Minister Responsible for the Lanaudière Region

Pierre Fitzgibbon was born in Montréal.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal (HEC) and is a Quebec Chartered Professional Accountant.

Before becoming involved in politics, Mr. Fitzgibbon served  as managing partner at Walter Capital Partners, a private Equity Firm, between 2015 and 2018.

From 2007 to 2014, Mr. Fitzgibbon assumed the role of president and chief executive o‰cer at Atrium Innovations, a company that develops, manufactures and markets value- added products for the health and nutrition industry.

From 2002 to 2007, he put his skills to work at National Bank Group, where he  occupied  the  position  of  vice-chairman of National Bank Financial, where he mainly acted as head of investment banking and corporate finance services. He was also senior vice president of finance, technology and corporate a”airs at National Bank of Canada.

Previously, Mr. Fitzgibbon also held executive positions in finance, as well as in company and business development at Télésystème Mobiles International, Chase Capital Partners Hong  Kong,  Domtar  and  Peerless  Carpet  Corporation.  He began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in auditing and consulting services.

Over the last few years, Mr. Fitzgibbon has served on several boards  of  directors,  including  that  of  Caisse  de  dépôt  et placement du Québec, WSP, Héroux-Devtek, TC Transconti- nental, Cycle Capital Management, Neptune Technologies, Lumenpulse and Arianne Phosphate.

This committed businessman is involved in his community and in several organizations, including until recently, the Fondation du Dr Julien.