Mr. Bertrand has served as the Chair of the Board of Directors of TMX Group since May 2023 and as a member of the Board since May 2011. Over the course of his esteemed career, he has held various management positions in the financial services industry. From 2011 to 2023, Mr. Bertrand was the Vice Chairman of the National Bank of Canada. From 2000 to 2009, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Montreal Exchange Inc. and held the position of Vice President and Managing Director of Institutional Equity Sales at National Bank Financial from 1998 to 2000. With his extensive experience in the financial services industry, Mr. Bertrand has served on several boards and industry committees. Previously, he held the positions of Chairman of the Board of the BOX Options Exchange and Chief Executive Officer of Maple Group Acquisition Corporation. He has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Montreal Canadians/CH Group Inc. and of the Montréal Climate Exchange, as well as a director of the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation and of the Natural Gas Exchange. In addition, he served as Governor of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund, the Canadian Securities Institute and Market Regulation Services. He was a member the Board of the Montreal International Financial Center and of the Institut de finance mathématique de Montréal. In 2009, he was a member of the Federal Minister of Finance Advisory Committee on Canada’s economic action plan. Mr. Bertrand is a trustee of the Jean-Louis-Lévesque Foundation.

Independent - Mr. Bourassa is the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of Bourassa Boyer Inc., an accounting firm. He has also served since 2001 on the Board of Directors of Savaria Corporation, which is listed on the TSX, is involved with various private companies as a shareholder and director and he is President of the Palliative Care Residence of Vaudreuil-Soulanges Foundation. Mr. Bourassa has been a chartered accountant since 1976 and attained corporate governance certification at Université Laval in 2009.

Independent - Ms. Le Prohon is a professional board member with over 30 years of extensive experience in management and consulting including 20 years in senior executive positions at IBM in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto and Paris including her current position as a President of IBM Québec Technologies. Ms. Le Prohon was President of Nokia Canada from 2003 and 2004. From 2007 to July 2016, Ms. Le Prohon was a full-time corporate director for various public and private entities and not-for-profit organizations. Ms. Le Prohon was Chair of the Board of Groupe Conseil OSI and of the Québec Breast Cancer Foundation, was a director of Alithya, ACCEO Solutions, Bentall Kennedy LP and Hydro-Québec and was a member of the external audit committee of the Department of National Defence (Canada). She has a BCOM (Major in MIS) from McGill University, an MBA from Concordia University and was named Concordia University ‘Alumna of the Year’ in 2009. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and has attained corporate governance certification at McGill University in 2009.

Ms. Dickerson has held leadership roles in the critical minerals and mining sector at Rio Tinto and Vale in the areas of Sustainability, Indigenous and Community Relations and Corporate Affairs. With expertise in government regulations, regulatory affairs and public policy leadership, Blair has created high value partnerships, combining a deep knowledge of government policymaking and regulatory processes with a passion and respect for community values. Throughout her career, Blair has focused on assignments in highly regulated sectors including the pharmaceutical and alcohol beverage industries as well as in government. At Natural Resources Canada, Ms. Dickerson was Chief of Staff to the Minister, working closely with the forestry, energy and mining sectors. At Rio Tinto, she held the roles of Vice President Canada, Acting Vice President Asia for Corporate Relations, and General Manager for Communities and Communications, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Rio Tinto, she worked at Vale as Head of Sustainability, Communications, Indigenous Relations and Corporate Affairs. Blair has served on the Board of the Canadian American Business Council (CABC), the Mining Association of Canada, and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Dickerson has a degree in political science and economics and a master’s degree in business administration from Queen’s University. 

Mr. Jacques was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of 5N Plus Inc., effective March 18, 2022, and has been Interim President and CEO since December 1, 2021. He is the former Managing Director of Rio Tinto Aluminium, where he led more than 6,000 employees in five countries. Prior to that, he was Chief Commercial Officer for Rio Tinto Aluminium and was responsible for all commercial and marketing activities worldwide. This included developing long-term relationship with key customers in the automotive and consumer goods markets, with targeted R&D efforts in collaboration with customers. Mr. Jacques served as Chairman of the International Aluminium institute, of the Canadian Aluminium Association and of Halco Mining. He was Director of the European Aluminium Association and of the American Aluminum Association, Vice-chairman of Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, Director of the owner committee of Aluminerie de Bécancour and Director of Elysis. He has a degree in chemical engineering from Université Laval and completed a Leadership and Strategy program at the London Business School in England.