Jean-Marie Toulouse
Director (1995-2006)
Professor Emeritus (2010)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1997)
Officier of the Ordre national du Québec (2004)
Honorary PhD from Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 (2005)
Biography
As Director (1995–2006), he positioned HEC Montréal as a leading world-class business school, one that earned three international accreditations. An early proponent of teaching entrepreneurship in Quebec, he also distinguished himself as a researcher and teacher. He was the first holder of the Maclean Hunter Chair of Entrepreneurship (1988–1994), the first Director of the joint PhD program (1977–1979) and the first Director of Research (1975–1979).