The general duties of the Vice-Chairs include:

  • Provide strategic advice and support to the Board Chair on Board or University matters requiring intervention or assistance at the Board leadership level;
  • Work in collaboration with the Board Chair, Chancellor and the Principal in leveraging and broadening relationships as they relate to University priorities and serve, at the request of the Board Chair, as a distinguished representative of the University at public and University events.

Biographies

Maarika Paul

PAUL, Maarika, FCPA, CBV, ICD.D, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors

(Member-at-Large term: July 1, 2018- June 30, 2028)

(Vice-Chair term: July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2028)

Ms. Maarika Paul is a seasoned financial executive with over 40 years of experience in financial management. Until August 2025, Ms. Paul was the Chief Financial and Operations Officer at Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, having joined the organisation in 2011. She was responsible for monitoring financial performance, completing treasury operations, evaluating the investment portfolio, as well as applying best practices in financial governance and internal audit.  She also oversaw HR and talent management, as well as operational activities and technology. She was a member of the Executive Committee.

She initially spent 10 years with KPMG and in 1994 joined BCE where she worked until 2011.  Her responsibilities included performance evaluation of BCE subsidiaries, financial planning, mergers and acquisitions and investor relations. She was Chief of Staff to the CEO before taking on the role of Senior Vice-president Corporate Communications and Senior Vice-president Corporate Services.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from 91ÉçÇø.

Ms Paul’s contributions to the community have been numerous over the years, having served on the Boards of the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  In 2008 and again in 2015, she was named to Canada’s Most powerful Women: Top 100 list by the Women’s Executive Foundation. In 2013, she received the Leadership Award from the Association of Quebec Women in Finance and in 2021, Financial Executives International (Quebec) honored her as CFO of the Year (As de la Finance) in the large enterprise category.

Ms. Paul currently serves as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the 91ÉçÇø Board of Governors.. 

 

Pierre Matuszewski

MATUSZEWSKI, Pierre, Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors

Member-at-large term: July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2027

Vice-Chair term: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2027

Mr. Pierre Matuszewski has a long record of service in professional, industry and community organizations. He is a senior executive with over 40 years’ experience in the Canadian financial services industry. He was CEO of the Canadian operations of Société Générale, a global bank with operations in 76 countries based in Paris, from 2009 to 2018. Prior to that time since 1997, he had major executive responsibilities with the bank. From 1979 to 1997, he held a number of senior management positions, including finance and treasury at other financial groups including National Bank of Canada, Laurentian Group Corporation and Scotia McLeod Inc.

He is currently an executive coach to senior executives and an active member of five boards of directors. He is presently serving on the Board of Directors of the Bluebridge Trust Company, on Tremcar's Advisory Board, the EDC’s Board of Director’s where he chairs its Risk Committee, and the Boards of Directors of FinDev Canada and of Societé Générale (Canada).

Mr. Matuszewski is a graduate of 91ÉçÇø (MBA) and Laval University (BA Economics). From 1973 to 1977, he served as a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces (Reserve). He became a certified executive coach in 2017.

Mr. Matuszewski currently serves as Chair of the Finance and Infrastructure Committee and as vice-chair of the Executive Committee of the 91ÉçÇø Board of Governors.