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Marcel Côté
Founding Partner
SECOR Consulting. Montreal, QC

Marcel Côté is a founding partner of SECOR Consulting. Over his 30-year career as a consultant, he has specialized in strategy consulting for senior management both in Canada and in France.

Mr. Côté holds an MSc in Economics from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA) and is a Fellow of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University. He taught at the Université de Sherbrooke and the Université du Québec à Montréal, before co-founding SECOR in 1975. Today Mr. Côté advises top-management teams on strategic issues. He provided support for many change initiatives at a number of large Canadian corporations, and acted as an advisor for business transactions and restructuring.

Mr. Côté is also known for his work on economic growth policies, a subject on which he has written several books. Over the course of his career Mr. Côté has also advised both levels of government. From 1986 to 1988, he was economic advisor to the prime minister of Quebec. In 1989 and 1990, he was Director of Strategic planning and communications in the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa.

He sits on the Board of Directors of ING Canada and Empire Ltd., and is also very active in Montreal community organizations, particularly in the YMCA, the Compagnie de danse Marie Chouinard, the Foundation of Greater Montreal and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.