Eric Gerbault

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is a government-owned institutional fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Canada. Founded in 1965, CDPQ manages the funds of several depositor groups primarily for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans which pay out benefits to more than two million Quebecers each year.

Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd. (JFL) is a Canadian investment counsel firm headquartered Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded by Stephen Jarislowsky in 1955 and was acquired in 2018 by The Bank of Nova Scoatia (NYSE, TSX: BNS). JFL manages pension funds, endowment funds, corporate and private portfolios for clients in North America and overseas. They manage investments on behalf of governments, corporations, universities, labor unions, and high net worth individuals.

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. engages in the provision of insurance and investment solutions. It operates through the following segments: Individual Insurance, Individual Wealth Management, Group Insurance, Group Savings and Retirement, US Operations and Other. The Individual Insurance segment refers to life, health, disability, and mortgage insurance products. The Individual Wealth Management segment offers individual products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds, in addition to securities brokerage, trust operations and mutual funds. The Group Insurance segment offers fife, health, accidental death, and dismemberment, dental care and short and long-term disability insurance products for employee plans; creditor insurance, replacement insurance, replacement warranties, extended warranties and other ancillary products for dealer services; and specialized products for special markets solutions. The Group Savings and Retirement segment provides products and services for savings plans, retirement funds, and segregated funds. The US Operations segment provides miscellaneous insurance products sold in the United States such as life insurance products and extended warranties relating to dealer services. The Other segment relates to auto and home insurance products and services such as set management and financing, as well as company capital. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

Medicago, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It develops novel vaccines and therapeutic proteins to address a broad range of infectious diseases worldwide. The firm provides vaccines and therapeutic proteins based on its proprietary Virus-Like Particles and manufacturing technologies. It develops Virus-Like Particles vaccines using a transient expression system which produces recombinant vaccine antigens in plants. The company was founded by Louis-Philippe Vézina on July 17, 1997 and is headquartered in Quebec, Canada.

UBS Asset Management (Canada) Inc. (UBSC) is a Canadian portfolio manager headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of UBS AG, which is owned by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) in Switzerland. UBSC offers investment strategies and services to a broad range of clients and their investment consultants which includes: corporate, public and Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, insurance companies, and, financial institutions. They also provide dedicated advisory, investment and training solutions for sovereign clients such as governments and central banks.

National Bank Financial, Inc. (NBF) is a Canadian mutual fund manager headquartered in Montréal, Quebec. The firm was founded in 1902 and is a direct subsidiary of National Bank Acquisition Holding, Inc., ultimately owned by National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA). NBF is an integrated firm that combines retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance and securities clearing services for third parties.

Genesys Capital Partners Inc (Genesys Capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Damian Lamb, Plumley and Kelly Holman. The firm is headquartered in Toronto.

FokusGroup, Inc. provides internet consulting services. The private company is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The Canadian company was founded by Alain Paquin.

Part of Ambrilia Biopharma, Inc., Bioxalis Medica, Inc. is a Canadian company that researches cancer treatment and drugs. The company is based in Montréal, Canada. Bioxalis Medica was acquired by Procyon Biopharma, Inc. on June 30, 2005 for $2.79 million.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP provides accounting services. The firm provides industry focused assurance, advisory and tax services for public, private and government clients in four areas such as corporate accountability, risk management, structuring and mergers and acquisitions and performance and process improvement. Its services include consulting, deals, risk assurance services and insolvency assignments. The company was founded on July 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

The Québec Bar Association is a professional organization that oversees the practice of over 29,000 lawyers in all areas of law. The organization is based in Montréal, Canada. and has subsidiaries in Canada. The mission of the association is to ensure the protection of the public, contribute to accessible and quality justice, and defend the rule of law.

Presima Securities ULC is a specialist asset manager and holding firm headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The firm was founded in 2004 as Presima, Inc. Presima specializes in public and private real estate markets for Canadian investment advisors and accredited investors.

Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec operates as a self-regulatory body that governs Quebec's professional engineers. The firm specifically admits and supports its members, monitors and improves engineering practice and implements a disciplinary framework. It also conducts specific activities to promote prevention, raise the profile of the profession, improve and maintain competencies and ensure that engineers fulfill their ethical and professional obligations in their professional practice. The company was founded in February 14, 1920 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada.

Inversago Pharma, Inc. develops novel gastrointestinal drugs. The company was founded by Fran?ois Ravenelle in and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

Giiant Pharma, Inc. is a Canadian preclinical-stage biotech company that specializes in designing gut-restricted small molecule drug therapeutics with various biological targets in gastroenterology. The company is based in Montréal, Canada and was founded by Elizabeth Elizabeth Kwong. The company's proprietary precision delivery technology platform allows for the creation of tissue-specific drugs with improved tolerability and enhanced therapeutic effects. Giiant's first lead program, GT-2108, is a microbiota-activated PDE4 inhibitor prodrug. Maxime Ranger has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Galenova, Inc. distributes chemical and pharmaceutical products and equipment. The firm's products include food additives, dyes, perfume bases, electronic scales, weighing paper, and micro-sphere isolators. The company was founded by Denis Giroux in 1995 and is headquartered in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada.

Sander Geophysics Ltd. specializes in airborne geophysical surveys for petroleum and mineral exploration, and geological and environmental mapping. It offers marine AIRGrav, magnetic total field, magnetic gradient, radiometrics, scanning LiDAR, methane sensing, multi-parameter surveys, environmental monitoring, and data interpretation. The company was founded by George Sander in 1956 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

iGan Partners (iGan Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Sam Ifergan. The firm is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.