Chancellor of McGill University
PIERRE BOIVIN
Pierre Boivin, O.C., C.Q., is, since January 2024, Vice Chair of the board of directors and Special Advisor of Claridge Inc., a private investment firm that represents the interests of the Stephen Bronfman family.
From 2011 to the end of 2013, he was the President and CEO of Claridge Inc.
From 1999 to 2011, he was President and CEO of the Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club, the Bell Centre and evenko. He was President and CEO of Canstar Sports Inc, and Bauer Nike Hockey, a world leader in the hockey equipment industry, from 1994 to 1999.
He has founded Norvinca Inc. in 1978, and developed the largest sporting goods distributor in Canada, acquired in 1991, by the Benetton Group.
Pierre Boivin is currently Chairman of the board of Metro Inc. and Solotech and member of the boards of the National Bank of Canada, and Groupe CH.
Highly involved in the community, since 2023 he is co-chairman of GALOPH - an acceleration group for the optimization of the Hippodrome de Montréal project through the creation of a new, forward-looking eco-neighborhood offering thousands of community housing units.
Since 2017, Pierre is very involved in the development of the artificial intelligence ecosystem in Quebec and Canada. He is the Chairman of the board of Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute. He was also the chairman of Forum IA Quebec from 2019 to 2023, and member of the Canadian Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence from 2017 to 2019.
In 2000, he founded the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation, of which he is Chairman of the Board.
From 2004 to 2018, he was a board member of the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation and Chairman of the board from 2006 to 2012.
He was co-chairman of the major campaign Plus mieux guérir from 2013 to 2018, which raised $255 million. Pierre and his wife Lucie have been named philanthropists emeritus, as part of the Voir Grand 2023-2028 major campaign, with a target of $500 million.
From 1998 to 2003, he was Chairman of the board of Special Olympics Quebec, and he served as a board member of Special Olympics Canada from 2003 to 2006.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Université de Montréal in 2009 in recognition of his achievements in the sports industry and his community involvement, particularly with children.
He was named “most socially committed top executive” by Les Affaires in 2015.
Pierre was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009 and was appointed a knight of l’Ordre national du Québec in 2017.