Paul Desmarais
Board Member
Business & Management
SGS Group
United Kingdom
Biography
Paul Desmarais, Jr. has been a member of the SGS Board of Directors since 2013. He has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from McGill University, Montréal and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He has received honorary doctorates from various Canadian universities. He joined Power Corporation of Canada in 1981 and assumed the position of Vice-President the following year. In 1984, he led the creation of Power Financial Corporation to consolidate Power’s major financial holdings, as well as Pargesa Holding SA, under a single corporate entity.
Research Interest
Finance, Management
