Anne-Marie Croteau, member Montréal Area

A university administrator for nearly 20 years, Anne-Marie Croteau is the first woman dean of the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal.

She holds the title of Full Professor and has more than 30 years of experience in teaching and research. For seven consecutive years, she was named one of Concordia's most popular professors by Maclean’s magazine. She specializes in strategic management of information technology and her highly-cited work has been published in renowned international scientific journals and earned numerous awards.

A certified corporate director, Dr. Croteau has been a member of several Boards of Directors for nearly two decades. She sits on Hydro-Québec's Board of Directors and is Chair of the Digital Technologies Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee. She is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Collège André-Grasset and Chair of the Governance Committee. In addition, she is a godmother for the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Montreal and a mentor for Women in Governance. 

She is the only Canadian to be a member of the Board of Directors and Innovation Committee of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an international accrediting body for business schools. She is the past president of the Business Schools Association of Canada. She was an independent director on the board of directors of the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec and sat on the boards of directors of Finance Montréal and the Institute on Governance of Private and Public Organizations.

Dr. Croteau is the first woman in the history of Université Laval to obtain a PhD in administration, specialized in organizational information systems. She also holds an MSc and a BBA, both specialized in Information Systems from HEC Montréal, and a BSc in Actuarial Mathematics from Concordia University.