Stéphane Lefebvre

In December 2021, Mr. Lefebvre was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Cirque du Soleil, a global entertainment company, and has held many executive positions with the company since 2016, including Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He oversaw Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group’s finances, information technology, global procurement and risk management, as well as capital deployment in its strategic areas of growth.

Mr. Lefebvre has over 30 years of experience in strategic repositioning and in change management, having led several large-scale initiatives including turnarounds, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings and financings. He also has experience with Canadian and US capital markets and corporate governance.

Mr. Lefebvre was previously Chief Financial Officer at CAE Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of simulation technologies, modelling technologies and training services to airlines, aircraft manufacturers, healthcare specialists, and defence customers, where he worked for 20 years. Mr. Lefebvre began his career as a chartered accountant at Price Waterhouse, first working in auditing, then consulting, specifically on merger/acquisition and insolvency cases.

Since 2017, Mr. Lefebvre has been a director on the Board of C2 Montréal, a non-profit organization. He is also a director on the Board of Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada, Quebec Chapter.

Mr. Lefebvre holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montréal and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.