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Born in Saguenay Quebec André Imbeau at the age of 26 co-founded CGI in 1976 with Serge Godin Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board. Under Mr. Imbeau’s rigorous financial controls and tremendous teamwork CGI has grown to maintain 30 years of consecutive revenue growth.
As Founder Vice-Chairman of the Board and Corporate Secretary his role is to focus on strategic initiatives leading to value creation including major transactions and financing as well as key client relationships. He also supervises all legal aspects related to CGI's affiliated companies.
During the company’s early years Mr. Imbeau acted as consultant to many CGI clients in addition to fulfilling his administrative and financial responsibilities. From 1983 until July 2006 he was dedicated to CGI’s growth while holding the title of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.
In 1994 he became a member of the Financial Executives Institute (FEI Canada) an association representing North America's senior financial executives.
In 2001 Mr. Imbeau was nominated CFO of the year by the Canadian Business. In 2004 he was awarded an honoris causa from L’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. He sits on the board of directors of CGI and CIA conseillers en informatique d’affaires. Mr. Imbeau is also involved with many not-for-profit organizations particularly in the health and arts sectors.
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