Ms. Martel is an advisor in corporate governance, leadership, business strategy, legal/regulatory affairs and risk management and a corporate director. Ms. Martel has wide-ranging experience as a corporate director and is currently serving on the boards of Laserax Inc. and the Bishop’s University Foundation. She has also served on the boards of other privately held companies, not-for-profit organizations, and public institutions, such as the Quebec Wildlife Foundation and the MiQro Innovation Collaborative Centre (C2MI). During her career, she has held several key senior leadership roles such as Vice-President, Corporate Development, Vice-President and General Counsel, and Vice-President, Strategic Alliances and Business Development in both public and privately held companies. For more than 12 years, Ms. Martel occupied several management positions at Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. (BRP) in legal affairs, global compliance and ethics and risk management. Ms. Martel was named as Advocatus emeritus (Ad.E.) in 2021 by the Québec Bar in recognition for her exceptional contribution to the legal profession. She holds a Bachelor’s degree of Business Administration, Finance and Accounting from Bishop’s University and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law (B.C.L.) from the Université de Sherbrooke. Ms. Martel also holds Masters’ degrees in Taxation, Legal Theory and has obtained the Chartered Director designation (C.Dir.) in corporate governance from the Director’s College.