Richard Payette
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr. Richard Payette, FCPA, GCB.D is a business leader with over four decades of experience in management of global companies and accounting and audit matters. His area of expertise includes organisational transformation, international market development, finance, audit, governance, and risk management. He currently serves as a director of Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's export credit agency wholly owned by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB), a regulatory body charged with overseeing audits of Canadian reporting issuers.
Mr. Payette earlier served as Chair of the boards of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and Fédération de chambres de commerce du Québec. From 2016 until 2020, he served as President and CEO Québec of Manulife and was the CEO for the Americas region at BDO International between 2010 and 2015. He worked with Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton since 1982 until 2009, lastly as the President and CEO. Mr. Payette is also a member of the advisory boards of Lemay and LexRockAI.
Mr. Payette is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada and holds an ESG Certification and designation.