Louis Jacques Filion
Winner of the Grand Prize for excellence in teaching (2015)
Professor Emeritus (2018)
Biography
An HEC Montréal Professor (1993–2016) and a pioneer in entrepreneurship, he is one of the most prolific authors on the subject in the French-speaking world. He is considered to have created the largest volume of French-language teaching materials in his field. He held the Rogers – J.A. Bombardier Chair of Entrepreneurship for over 20 years, and also played a key role in creating the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, not to mention his remarkable contributions in research and in promoting entrepreneurship on the national and international scenes.