Jean‑Hugues Lafleur

Jean‑Hugues Lafleur was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hydro Québec in 2018. In this capacity, he is in charge of all financial functions within the company, including financing, treasury, accounting, budget planning, taxation, corporate control and financial reporting. He also oversees management of the Hydro Québec Pension Plan and pension fund. He concurrently served as Chief Risk Officer from 2018 to 2020 and was Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of Hydro-Québec from mid‑March to early April 2020.

Mr. Lafleur joined Hydro Québec in the early 1990s. He became Manager – Financial Risk Control in 1996, then went on to serve as Director – Financial Markets and Assistant Treasurer in 1998. He was appointed Corporate Treasurer in 2007 and was promoted Vice President – Financing, Treasury and Pension Fund the following year, a position he held until 2018.

He began his career as a securities broker at Lévesque Beaubien (now Financière Banque Nationale). In the late 1980s, he was also a lecturer in portfolio management at Université du Québec à Hull (UQAH), which later became the Université du Québec en Outaouais.

Jean‑Hugues Lafleur holds a bachelor’s degree in administration from UQAH and a Master’s in finance from Université de Sherbrooke.