Pierre Lemonde

Pierre Lemonde is the President and CEO of the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (CORIM) Mr. Lemonde is a lawyer who has more than 18 years of experience in the management of entities involved in international matters and in the organization of conferences, workshops and seminars on global topics. He has also been involved for more than ten years in the editing of world economics publications and the counselling of private companies and public/parapublic bodies on management issues, strategic planning and international law. He has most notably been active as International Vice-President of Manufacturers and Exporters of Quebec (MEQ); President and Editor of the international magazine World Economic Affairs; Managing Director of Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche International; and Vice-President of the International Economic Law Society of Canada.

Mr. Lemonde is a graduate in law from the Université de Montréal (LLB); in international administration from the École nationale d’administration publique (Graduate Diploma); in human resources management from McGill University (Certificate); in psychology from the Université de Montréal (B.Sc., M.Ps.); and in psychoanalysis from the Université de Paris (Diploma of Advanced Studies).

Mr. Lemonde is a member of the Barreau du Québec (Bar of the Province of Quebec). He has also served on the Board of Directors of many organizations including the World Trade Centre of Montreal; the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations (MCFR); the Conseil québécois pour l’Amérique Latine (Quebec Council for Latin America); and the International Economic Law Society of Canada. He is a current Board member of the New York-based Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee.