Mr. Tessier is currently a Corporate Director and Senior Advisor for Greenhill & Co Canada. Previously, Mr. Tessier served as Chief Financial Officer of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. Prior to joining Alimentation Couche-Tard, Mr. Tessier was President of the IGA Operations Business Unit at Sobeys Inc. from 2012 to 2016, and prior to that was Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategic Planning of Sobeys Québec from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Tessier also served on the Executive Committee of Sobeys Inc. Prior to his roles at Sobeys, Mr. Tessier gained more than 15 years of experience in senior financial leadership positions with Provigo Inc., a Loblaw company, and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. Mr. Tessier has also held prior management positions with Mallette International and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mr. Tessier currently serves on the board of the TMX Group Limited, and is a member of the Derivatives Committee, the Self-Regulatory Oversight Committee of the Montreal Exchange, and is Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee. He also serves on the Board of CCL Industries Inc. and is a member of the Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Tessier has previously served on the Boards of Hydro-Québec and CAPL, a USA publicly-traded company. Mr. Tessier holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1986 and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1987.
