The cocktail reception at the Centre Sheraton Montreal hotel
Alain Paquet, Quebec’s Minister for Finance, salutes the perseverance and determination of the new graduates.
Daniel McMahon, FCA, President and CEO of the Quebec CA Order, Jean-Paul Dutrisac, President of the Office des professions du Québec, François Renauld, FCMA, President-Executive Director of the Order, Minister Paquet and Nathalie Parent, Mr. Dutrisac's spouse.
The emcee for the evening was radio personality and comedian Christopher Hall.
Charles Auger, FCMA, Chair of the Board of the Order
Lorri Lowe, FCMA, Vice Chair of the CMA Canada Board
The winner of the Mérite of the Quebec Interprofessional Council, Jacques Côté, FCMA, Special Advisor at the Canadian Space Agency, surrounded by Mr. Auger, Brigitte Corbeil, Vice President of Business Development at The Personal, General Insurance, and Daniel McMahon, FCA, member of the Executive Committee of the Quebec Interprofessional Council and President and CEO of the Quebec CA Order.
On behalf of Desjardins Group, Raymond Laurin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was presented the National Recognition Award presented by CMA Canada for Employer of the Year by Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
The recipients of the Fernand-Cloutier Award presented by the CMA Foundation were Mélanie Dubé, CMA, Senior Operations Advisor at Montfort Hospital, Ludovic Noubissi Kamche, CMA, Financial Advisor at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Marcel Poirier, CMA, Director of Accounting Operations at Statistics Canada, Michel Rodrigue, CMA, Chief Information Officer at the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada, and Éric Trottier, CMA, Manager, Cost Accounting and Performance Measurement, at Public Works and Government Services Canada, accompanied by Mr. Auger and Josée De La Durantaye, FCMA, Chair of the Board of the Foundation, who presented their medal to them.
Christian Babbini, Vice-President, Management Accounting Solutions at Decimal, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Gilles Noël, FCMA, Chair of the Fellows’ Council, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Marc Bélanger, President and founder of Qualité Investissements and Treasurer of the Order, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Guy Blanchette, Chief Financial Officer of Industries Lassonde, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Martial Gagné, President of New Look Eyewear, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Luc Godin, Senior Consultant at Optima Management, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Nathalie Houle, Principal Director, Business Performance at the Desjardins Group and Vice Chair of the Board of the Order, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Sylvain Houle, accounting professor at ESG UQAM, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Jean Jobin, Executive Vice President, Away from Home Products – North America, at the Cascades Tissue Group, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Serge Rioux, accounting lecturer at ESG UQAM, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
Robert Verreault, Plant Manager at Bridgestone Canada, recipient of the FCMA title, surrounded by Mr. Noël, Ms. Lowe and Mr. Auger.
The popular tunes of the Three’s Company Orchestra closed the evening.