Alan DeSousa

Mayor
Saint-Laurent

Professional Experience

• Mayor of Saint-Laurent, since 2001
• Vice-chair of the City of Montreal’s finance and administration committee since 2017
• Member of Montreal's General Inspector Commisison since 2018
• Member of the City of Montreal’s verification committee since 2017
• President of the City of Montreal’s finance and administration committee, 2013-2017
• Member of Montreal’s Agglomeration Council, 2013-2017
• Member of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal's executive committee, 2009-2013
• Vice-chair of the City of Montreal’s Executive Committee, 2009-2012
• Member of the City of Montreal’s audit committee, 2009-2010
• Member of City of Montreal’s agglomeration council, 2006-2012
• Member of the Regional Conference of Elected Officers of Montreal, 2006-2010
• Member of the Montreal Metropolitan Community Council, 2002-2013
• Member of the City of Montreal’s Executive Committee, responsible for finance and administration, economic development, strategic planning for long-term municipal projects, sustainable development, environment and parks, 2001-2012
• Vice-president, Corporate Finance, BioChem Pharma Inc., 1998-2001
• Director, International Taxation, BioChem Pharma Inc., 1995-1997
• City Councillor, City of Saint Laurent, 1990-2001
• Senior Tax Manager, corporate and international taxation, Ernst & Young 1988-1994

Education

• Fellow of the Order (FCPA), Certified Professional Accountant of Quebec, 2012
• Fellow of the Order (FCA), Certified Professional Accountant of Quebec, 2005
• Awarded the D. designation by the Institute of Corporate Directors, 2005
• Awarded the Chartered Accountant designation by the Order of Certified Professional Accountant of Quebec, 1984
• Graduate diploma in public accounting, McGill University, 1982
• Bachelor of commerce (accounting and finance), McGill University, 1981

Community Involvement

• Member of the board of directors of Finance Montreal, since 2010
• Member of the board of directors of Economic Development Saint-Laurent, since 2004
• Chairman, CLD Centre-Ouest, since 2004
• Member of the board of directors of Technoparc Montréal, since 2002
• Honorary President, Gala Alpha, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Saint Laurent, 2002-2004
• Chair, Pharmaceutical Sector Committee, SR&ED Program, Government of Canada, 1998-2001
• Vice chair of the unified board of directors, Father-Dowd, St-Margaret and St-Andrew residential centres, 1998-2002
• President, Saint Laurent chapter, Canadian Cancer Society, 1996-2001

Awards and Honours

• Winner of the Excellence Award, Architectural Advocate Awarded by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, 2017
• Union of Quebec Municipalities Tribute Award, 2016
• Winner of the Jean-Paul-L'Allier Prize awarded by the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec, 2015
• Public Sector Leadership Award, Green Building Council of Canada, 2014
• Green Champion Award, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2014
• Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Jubilee Medal for outstanding service to the Canadian Cancer Society, 2002

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