Board of Directors
SA²GE is managed by a not-for-profit organization: The Coalition for Greener Aircraft. The coalition ensures accountability and monitors to work progress by ensuring compliance with the grant agreement and other legal agreements governing the mobilizing project. Governance is ensured by a board of directors composed of 12 directors and 3 observers as well as an executive committee composed of five board members.
Administrators are committed to upholding the highest standards of governance.
Ghislain Lafrance
President - Chief Executive Officer, TeraXion
Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee
Michel Dion
Senior Director, Innovation, Bell Textron Canada
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and member of the Executive and Audit Committees
Suzanne Benoit
President - Executive Director, Aéro Montréal
Treasurer, member of the Executive Committe and chairwoman of the Audit Committee
Karen Magharian
Director, Legal & Contracts, Thales Canada
Secretary and member of the Executive Committee
Fassi Kafyeke
Fellow, Research, Innovation and Collaborations, Bombardier Aviation
Past Chairman and member of the Executive Committee
Houssam Alaouie
Director, Research and Development and Academic Relations, CAE
Administrator, member of the Audit Committee
Patrick Champagne
Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Government Relations, CMC Electronics
Administrator
Geneviève Laverdure
Head of Service, Customer Satisfaction and Business Development, Airbus Canada
Administrator
Sylvain Larochelle
Director, Technology Collaboration Office, Pratt & Whitney Canada
Administrator
Arnaud Thioulouse
Chief Executive Officer, Les dirigeables Flying Whales Québec inc.
Administrator
Gilles Néron
Managing Director, Strategic Procurement and Real Estate, Air Canada
Administrator
Alain Aubertin
President - Executive Director, Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace (CRIAQ)
Administrator
Mouhad Mesherki
Director R&D, National Research Council Canada (NRC)
Observer
Wendy Bailey
Chief, Environemental Protection and Standards, Civil Aviation, Transport Canada
Observer
Stephan Fogaing
Industrial Development Advisor - Aerospace Sector, Ministry of Economy and Innovation
Observer
Dominique Sauvé
Director of the Coalition for Greener Aircraft