Marc Rombouts
CEO
Business and Management
Bio Soja Group
Belgium
Biography
Born on 3 July 1954 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Canadian nationality. Paul Desmarais, Jr. obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Business from McGill University in Montreal and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau. He joined Power Corporation of Canada in 1981 and assumed the position of Vice-President the following year. In 1984, he held the creation of Power Financial Corporation to consolidate Power’s major ï¬nancial holdings, as well as Pargesa Holding S.A., under a single corporate entity. Paul Desmarais, Jr. served as Vice-President of Power Financial Corporation from 1984 to 1986, as President and Chief Operating Ofï¬ cer from 1986 to 1989, as Executive Vice-Chairman from 1989 to 1990, as Executive Chairman of the Board from 1990 to 2005, as Chairman of the Executive Committee from 2006 to 2008 and as Executive Co-Chairman from 2008 until today. He also served as Vice-Chairman of Power Corporation from 1991 to 1996. He has been a Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert since 1990.
Research Interest
Business and Management
