Yves Ouellet has been President and CEO of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) since August 21, 2023, a position to which he was appointed by the Government of Québec for a five-year term. He also sits as a non-independent member of the organization’s board of directors.

As President and CEO, Mr. Ouellet is responsible for direction and management of the AMF and performs the functions and exercises the powers relating to the administration of all laws governing participants in Québec’s financial sector.

In its role as regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers acts to maintain a financial sector that is dynamic, operates with integrity and warrants public confidence. It regulates, in whole or in part, activities in the following sectors: insurance, deposit institutions, securities and derivatives, distribution of financial products and services, mortgage brokerage and credit assessment.

Mr. Ouellet has spent his entire career with the Government of Québec. He was the highest-ranking public servant in the government for five years, serving as Secretary General and Clerk of the Conseil exécutif. He has also held a number of highly strategic positions related to economic development, including President and CEO of the Société québécoise des infrastructures, Secretary of the Conseil du Trésor, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, Associate Secretary General at the Ministère du Conseil exécutif and Executive Director at the Ministère des Finances.

Mr. Ouellet holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in economics from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He also sits on the board of the Collège des administrateurs des sociétés.