Paul Lamontagne
Paul Lamontagne is a business builder and global connector who brings tremendous passion to making an impact on the world. He is the former CEO of FinDev Canada, Canada’s Development Finance Institution (DFI), whose mandate is to provide financial services to the private sector in developing countries. His sense of service compelled him back to Canada in 2017to launch FinDev Canada, a start-up Government corporation. Paul Lamontagne disrupted the traditional development banking model by creating a DFI for the future and won acclaim as an innovator for his achievements. He is an ardent feminist and was instrumental in the launch of the 2X Challenge: Financing for Women at the G7 Summit in 2018.
Paul Lamontagne currently serves as Chairperson of the YPO Trans-Canada board of directors, the regional gold chapter in Canada of YPO, a global business network of over 30,000 CEOs. He also serves on the board of On Mobile Global, a listed company on the National Stock Exchange of India, which is a global leader in mobile entertainment with over 100 million active subscribers. Paul Lamontagne is an Advisor to a Fem Tech venture capital firm investing in late-stage health technology companies, and a Leadership Coach to women executives and entrepreneurs.
Previously, Paul Lamontagne was Executive Investment Partner at Capafrica, a Canadian private equity group that invests in renewable energy and telecommunications in Africa. As Head, Middle East& Africa at CIBC, he originated trade, capital markets and correspondent banking flows. As Founder Chairperson & CEO of Enablis Financial Corporation, a licensed Fund Manager in South Africa, he pioneered a new model for investing in startups.
Earlier, Paul Lamontagne’s career spanned executive roles in telecommunications at Look TV, Telesystem, and Teleglobe Canada, as well as in banking at affiliates of Barclays, UBS, and the National Bank of Canada. He has served on the board of directors of numerous companies and not-for-profit entities.
Paul Lamontagne received his BA from McGill University and his MBA from France’s Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris. He is a member of the Institute of Directors of Southern Africa and is a registered independent director with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
Voting member: Paul Lamontagne
Member since 2020