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Equipo de gestión

Equipo de gestión
José Boisjoli, Chair of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Mr. Boisjoli is Chair of the Board of Directors of BRP since 2019 and President and Chief Executive Officer of BRP since December 2003, when BRP became a standalone company. In October 1998, Mr. Boisjoli was named President of the Snowmobile and Watercraft division, the largest division of Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. In April 2001, he was given the added responsibility of managing the ATV division. Mr. Boisjoli joined Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. in 1989, after eight years in the pharmaceutical and road safety equipment industries. Mr. Boisjoli served on the board of directors of McCain Foods Group Inc. from January 2018 to February 2022. In 2005, Mr. Boisjoli received the prestigious title of Executive of the Year by Powersports Magazine, the most important powersports magazine in the United States. He was also named Entrepreneur of the Year, Québec, by EY in 2014, CEO of the year 2017 by the Canadian business newspaper Les Affaires, and Global Visionary of the Year in 2023 by The Globe and Mail. Mr. Boisjoli received a Bachelor of Engineering from the Université de Sherbrooke.

Patrick Dussault, Executive Vice-President, Global Manufacturing Operations, Powersports and Marine

Patrick Dussault

In 2024, Mr. Dussault was named Executive Vice-President, Global Manufacturing Operations. This appointment added Marine manufacturing to his oversight of Powersports manufacturing operations in Canada, Mexico, and Finland, which he had taken on as Vice-President and General Manager, Manufacturing Operations in 2022. Mr. Dussault joined BRP in 1996 as Manager, Industrial Engineering, Internal Fabrication, gaining a wide range of experience in the fields of manufacturing and logistics over the next decade. He first became a director in 2006, responsible for leading the establishment of BRP’s first plant in Mexico, then for global manufacturing strategy and supply chain optimization in 2008. This led him to become a vice-president in 2014. Mr. Dussault obtained a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and an MBA from the Université de Sherbrooke.

Martin Langelier, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Services

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Appointed Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Services in 2024, Mr. Langelier was named Chief Legal Officer in 2022, previously holding the title of Senior Vice-President, General Counsel & Public Affairs from 2014. He joined BRP in 2000 as a legal counsel for commercial transactions, rising to the position of Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary in 2008. Previously, he worked in private practice for a major legal firm in Montreal. He currently serves on the board of directors of Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec, a manufacturing trade association. Mr. Langelier has been recognized with an appointment to the Legal 500's GC Powerlist – Canada (2016), and a Lexpert Zenith award (2018), as a change agent in the field of law. He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Sherbrooke, and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the Birmingham Business School, England.

Denys Lapointe, Chief Design Officer

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Appointed Chief Design Officer in 2022, Mr. Lapointe was previously Senior Vice-President, Design, Innovation and Creative Services, from 2019. He joined the company as a junior product designer for Sea-Doo in 1985, and became Vice-President, Design for Sea-Doo and Ski-Doo in 1995. In 2001, he took on company-wide responsibility as Vice-President, Design and Innovation, then as Executive Vice-President in 2008. He is a board member of the Centre de technologies avancées (CTA) BRP – Université de Sherbrooke, and of La Factry, a school of creativity sciences in Montreal. A recipient of many international design awards, he was inducted into the National Marine Manufacturers Association Canada Hall of Fame for his contributions to the marine industry, in 2017, and named an emeritus member of the Association des designers industriels du Québec (ADIQ) in 2022. He holds a bachelor’s in Environmental Design from the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Anne Le Breton, Executive Vice-President, People and Culture

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Ms. Le Breton was named Executive Vice-President, People and Culture in 2022, after having previously held the position of Senior Vice-President, Human Resources, from 2016. She joined BRP in 2002, from Bombardier Aerospace, to head human resources for BRP’s International division, based in the company’s offices in Lausanne. In 2014, she took on worldwide responsibility for BRP people as Vice-President, Human Resources, for Global Sales and Consumer Experience, Product Engineering and Manufacturing Operations. She currently serves on the board of directors of Savaria Corporation, a global leader in the accessibility industry, and was on the board of Barrette Outdoor Living, North American leader in the outdoor product industry, from 2021 to 2022. Ms. Le Breton obtained a bachelor’s in Industrial Relations from the Université de Montréal.

Sébastien Martel, Chief Financial Officer

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BRP’s Chief Financial Officer, Sébastien Martel has been with the company since 2004.

Chief Financial Officer since 2014, Mr. Martel was previously Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Business Development from 2011. He joined BRP in 2004, as Director, Financial Information, and became Vice-President, Finance and Control, in 2007. In 2013, Mr. Martel piloted the company’s first public offering, on the Toronto Stock Exchange, which earned BRP the title of IPO of the year. In 2018, he successfully introduced BRP to a second stock exchange when the company was listed on NASDAQ in the USA. Prior to joining BRP, Mr. Martel was a senior manager in audit at a major international accounting firm. He sits on the board of directors of TFI International, and is a CPA with a bachelor’s degree and a diploma in Public Accountancy from McGill University.

Josée Perreault, Chief Marketing Officer

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Appointed Chief Marketing Officer in 2024, Ms. Perreault was named Executive Vice-President, Omnichannel, in 2022, having previously held the position of Senior Vice-President, Omnichannel Experience & Apparel from 2021. Omnichannel remains part of her portfolio. Ms. Perreault joined BRP in 2016 as Senior Vice-President, Can-Am On-Road. Prior to BRP, she worked at Oakley for over 20 years, beginning as a brand manager in 1994, and occupying a number of leadership positions in sales, marketing and general management, culminating in Senior Vice-President, World Business, from 2010. She has been a board member of ESG UQAM, a Montreal public French-language university since 2020. Previously, she served on the boards of Lumenpulse (2015-2017), WSP Global (2015-2018), and BonLook (2015-2022). Ms. Perreault holds a bachelor’s in Urban Planning from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from Concordia University.

Sandy Scullion, President, Powersports

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In 2024, Mr. Scullion was appointed President, Powersports and Marine, adding the Marine Group to the responsibilities he assumed in 2022. Previously, he had held the position of Senior Vice-President, Global Retail and Services for the Powersports Group from 2016. Mr. Scullion joined BRP in 1994 as a District Sales Manager. In the following years, he held various positions of increasing responsibility, becoming Vice-President in 2012, of Parts, Accessories and Clothing (now Apparel) and Global Distribution, followed by Vice-President and Regional Manager of BRP’s Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (WEMEA) region in 2014. He has wide experience in management within the company, both in Europe and North America, including sales and network management, marketing, product development, and distribution and operations. Mr. Scullion obtained a bachelor’s in Finance from Université Laval (Canada).

Minh Thanh Tran, Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy

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In 2022, Mr. Tran was appointed Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy and LVHA Group. With this new position, he added the recently created Low-Voltage & Human-Assisted (LVHA) Group to the global corporate strategy and transformation responsibilities he had undertaken from 2019, first as Vice-President, Corporate Strategy & Development and Global Transformation, then as Senior Vice-President. In the latter role, he successfully accomplished the implementation of the new North American ERP system. Mr. Tran joined BRP in 2017 as Director, Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions, and spearheaded the acquisitions behind the Marine Group and EV Program. He began his career in the world of investment and corporate banking and worked at BMO Capital Markets, where he was involved in BRP’s initial public offering in 2013. Prior to that, he was at Lazard Frères in New York. He holds a bachelor’s in Finance from HEC Montréal.

Thomas Uhr, Chief Technology Officer

Thomas Uhr, Senior Vice-President, Product Engineering and Manufacturing Operations, Powersports

In 2022, Mr. Uhr was appointed to the newly created role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Since 2018, he had been Senior Vice-President, Product Engineering & Manufacturing Operations for the Powersports Group. He joined BRP’s European operations in 2014, as General Manager of BRP-Rotax in Austria, as well as Vice-President, Powertrain, and took on the additional responsibility of Vice-President, R&D/Operations for Lynx snowmobiles in 2017. Mr. Uhr began his career at Mercedes-Benz in Germany in 1992, becoming Director of Manufacturing at Ballard Power Systems, Canada, in 1998 (part-acquired by Daimler-Benz in 1997). He served as founding General Manager of MDC Power GmbH in 2001 – a Mercedes-Mitsubishi joint venture, and served as plant manager of Mercedes’s Berlin operation from 2007. From 2011, he headed R&D prototyping and testing activities for Mercedes Cars. Mr. Uhr holds a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in Production Technology Engineering from the University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany.

Stéphane Bilodeau, Chief Information Officer

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Stéphane Bilodeau joined BRP in October of 2022 as Chief Information Officer (CIO) to head its information technologies and evolve its systems to support the company’s transformation and vision. He is responsible for Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) including cybersecurity, programs and data.

Stéphane came to BRP from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) where he held the role of CIO for 5 years. A seasoned executive with extensive experience in information technology and operations in the financial services industry, Stéphane also led the development of the 2015 and 2016 editions of the FinTech Canada Forum, presented by Finance Montreal.

Prior to that, he managed the overall operations of the National Bank of Canada as Executive Vice-President, Operations and held various senior management positions in major organizations, notably serving as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the Montreal Exchange and Executive Vice-President of DMR Consulting, a subsidiary of Fujitsu.

A born leader and champion of teamwork, Stéphane is known for his business acumen, tact, dedication, and respect for commitments. He holds an Executive Management degree from Harvard Business School, an MBA from HEC Montréal, and a Bachelor’s Degree in IT Management from UQAM.