about helios \ board of directors
The Helios Centre is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of:
Tim Niedermann (Chairman par Interim and Treasurer). Trained as a lawyer in the US, Mr Niedermann practiced business law in the state of Connecticut and was involved for 10 years in entrepreneurial projects in the area of sustainable development, both in the US and Canada. He was recently a consultant for the Québec Labrador Foundation on the development of a Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Heritage Corridor for the promotion of cross-border tourism, and now works as a management consultant for small enterprises as well as writing on a variety of public policy issues.
Philip Raphals (Vice Chairman). Mr. Raphals is Executive Director of the Helios Centre. For a brief biography, please go to the Team section of this site.
Michel A. Bouchard (Director). Mr. Bouchard is the former Director of the Francophone Secretariat of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). He is Full Professor at Université de Montréal and École Polytechnique, Senior Research Associate with the
Stéphanie Lussier (Director). After studying civil and common law at McGill University, Ms. Lussier became a member of the Quebec Bar in 2000. She began her career as a litigator in a large Montreal law firm. In 2004, she joined Option Consommateurs as energy coordinator. As such, she has represented the organization and served as its counsel before the Quebec Energy Board. From 2004 to 2006, she also sat on several committees, including the executive committee of Gaz Métropolitain's Energy Efficiency Fund and the Roundtable on Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector set up by the government of Canada. Since 2006, she continues to practice law and to represent the ACEF-Outaouais before the Quebec Energy Board in many files, including rate cases for Quebec's electric and gas distributors.
Peter A. Jaimes (Director). Mr. Jaimes is a management consultant; president of Inprofina S.A. (project development, economic, technological and commercial exchanges between Canada and Latin America). In the past, he was president of Gavilan Aircraft Corporation of Canada (2003–06), vice-president of Agra-Monenco and AGRA International (energy and systems marketing, Latin America and Asia) (1995–99), and a principal of, Jaimes Cohen and Assoc. (IT consulting) (1980–95).
The board members of the Helios Centre serve without remuneration.