Richard Drouin - Chairman

Mr. Drouin is the current Chairman of the NERC Board of Trustees and was first elected to the NERC board in 1999. Richard Drouin is a Counsel in the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault in Canada. Earlier, he was the Chairman and CEO of Hydro-Québec and until recently Chairman of Abitibi-Consolidated. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Montreal and his law degree from l'Université Laval in Québec City.

Mr. Drouin sits on the boards of Addenda Capital, American Superconductor Corporation, Gesca (French daily newspapers), nStein Technologies and President's Choice Financial. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, a member of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and a Governor of the Council of Canadian Academies.

He is a Chairman of the Board of Trustees of l'Université Laval. Mr. Drouin is a Companion of the Order of Canada and an Officer of l’Ordre national de Quebec. In 2001, he was nominated the Energy Person of the year by the Energy Council of Canada. He is an Honorary Consul for Great Britain in Québec.