Chad Ruel

Chad Ruel has over 15 years of experience in the real estate industry. Chad is currently serving as the Senior Director of Real Estate Investments at Fondaction since February 2021. Prior to that, Chad worked at Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ from 2016 to 2021, where they held the position of Director of Real Estate Investments. Chad also had a role as a Project Manager in Real Estate Investments during their tenure at the same company from 2016 to 2017. Before joining Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ, Chad worked at Ivanhoé Cambridge from 2012 to 2016. During this time, they held the position of Manager of Transactional Analysis and also worked as an Advisor in Valuation. Chad began their career in 2007 as a Real Estate Consultant at Altus Group, where they worked until 2012. Prior to that, they worked as a Real Estate Appraiser at De Rico, Hurtubise et Associés from 2006 to 2007.

Chad Ruel completed their education with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Real Estate & Finance from Université Laval in 2006. Prior to that, they obtained a DEC (Diplôme d'études collégiales) in International Business from François-Xavier Garneau in 2003. Chad further pursued their academic journey by obtaining two Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degrees, one from École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM) and the other from Université Paris Dauphine - PSL, both completed by 2017.