Isabelle Hudon

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Isabelle Hudon
Hudon in 2013
Ambassador of Canada to France and Monaco
In office September 29, 2017 – July 30, 2021
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Lawrence Cannon

Isabelle Hudon (born 1967) is a Canadian businesswoman and diplomat. She is currently the President and CEO of the Business Development Bank of Canada. From 2017-2021, she served as Canadian Ambassador to France and Monaco. She was the first female Canadian Ambassador to France.^[1] Previously, she served as Executive Chair, Quebec and Senior Vice-President, Client Solutions for Sun Life Financial.^[2]

Career[]

Hudon began her professional career in federal politics in various departments, including in the office of the Minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency. She then held strategic positions in the private sector at Bell Global Solutions, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Bombardier Aerospace and BCE Media.

Hudon was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal from 2004 to 2008. She then served as President of Marketel, a position she held until joining Sun Life Financial in 2010.

On September 29, 2017, she was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.^[3]

In June 2018, Hudon served as co-chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council at the G7 summit meeting in La Malbaie, Quebec.^[4]

On October 29, 2019, following the 2019 Canadian federal election, in which the Liberal Party lost seats in Quebec, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had hired Hudon as an adviser. The Office said McLellan would assist the Prime Minister as he formed a government.^[5][6]

Hudon became the first woman President and CEO of Business Development Bank of Canada on 10 August 2021.^[7]

Board memberships[]

• Hydro-Québec^[8]
• Holt Renfrew Canada
• The Mount Royal Club
• The Canada Council for the Arts^[9]

Honours[]

• Réalisations award from the Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec in 2014^[10]
• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
• Medal of the National Assembly of Québec (2016), for her commitment to the cause of women’s ambition^[11][12]
• Named one of the 40 most successful Canadians under the age of 40 (Canada’s Top 40 under 40) in 2005
• Inducted into the Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame in 2014 (she was named to this list in 2006, 2012 and 2013)^[13]

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