Marie-Josée Lamothe

Ms. Lamothe is the President of Tandem International and a corporate director. She currently sits as a director on the boards of Alimentation Couche-Tard and Federation des Caisses Desjardins du Québec. She has over 25 years of experience in the competitive digital and consumer products world (Google, L’Oréal, Procter & Gamble). Ms. Lamothe is best noted for her expertise in Global Branding and Digital Transformation. From 2014 to 2018, she acted as Managing Director at Google Canada where she helped brands and retailers harness the best of technology to grow their business in Canada and internationally. Ms. Lamothe also held several executive positions at L’Oréal between 2002 and 2014, from International Marketing Director in France to Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Corporate Communications Officer in Canada. She was also appointed to the 2017 Advisory Council on Economy and Innovation for the Government of Quebec and was a Member of Canada 150 Research Chairs Multidisciplinary Review Panel which aims to award research chair positions to Canadian universities and enhance Canada’s reputation as a global center for science, research and innovation excellence. Ms. Lamothe is a Professor of Practice at McGill University’s Bensadoun Retail School of Management and is an active member with various associations in the field. She is a graduate of Mathematics & Economics with honors from the University of Montreal and from INSEAD's L'Oreal's Executive Management program, with program certifications from MIT Sloan & MIT CSAIL Artificial Intelligence: AI Implications for Business Strategy (2020), from Said Business School Oxford University in Cybersecurity for Business Leaders (2021), and from NASBA (National Association of State Boards of Accountancy) in Assessing Cybersecurity Risks (2021).