Written by
Marine Log Employees
Grasp mariner Julie Gascon has been tapped to take the helm at Canada’s second largest port. [Photo: Port of Montreal]
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has named Julie Gascon as its subsequent president and CEO. A grasp mariner, she is presently president and CEO of the Vancouver, B.C., based mostly Pacific Pilotage Authority and can take up her new place on February 12, 2024.
Gascon, a graduate of the Canadian Coast Guard School, involves the management function at Canada’s second largest port with a monitor report that features holding quite a lot of strategic positions with Transport Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard.
“On behalf of the board of administrators, I wish to welcome Julie Gascon to the MPA,” mentioned Nathalie Pilon, chair of the MPA board. “Her wealth of expertise and exemplary profession path attest each to her nice thoroughness and her innate management abilities in managing multidisciplinary groups. I’m sure that her qualities will allow us not solely to proceed our present initiatives, however give them recent impetus.”
“I might additionally wish to thank the present administration staff for his or her contribution, beginning with Geneviève Deschamps, who will proceed to behave as interim CEO till Julie Gascon takes over,” Pilon added.
“The Port of Montreal is a good establishment within the marine group, and I look ahead to becoming a member of a robust staff and contributing to the success of a strategic asset for Quebec and the remainder of Canada alike,” mentioned Julie Gascon. “I thank the Board of Administrators for his or her confidence in me and welcome the chance to work intently with each the trade and the numerous communities we serve, to increase the Port of Montreal’s attain even additional.”
Hailing from Better Montreal, Gascon holds a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise administration from the College of Montreal, and a bachelor’s diploma of expertise in nautical sciences from the College School of Cape Breton.
Earlier than her shoreside profession, Gascon spent most of her seafaring profession crusing on Canadian Coast Guard ships. Beginning on the West Coast fleet in 1998, she additionally sailed on very giant crude carriers and enormous passenger vessels to finish her grasp mariner certification. After holding quite a lot of strategic positions inside Transport Canada, together with serving as Director Basic, Marine Security and Safety, and the Canadian Coast Guard, she subsequently served as Pacific Pilotage Authority CEO till her appointment to the Montreal Port Authority.
