Jean-François Sauvé

Chairman of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation
President of the Sauvé Scholars Foundation

Jean-François Sauvé, the Chairman of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and President of the Sauvé Scholars Foundation, is the son of the late Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, former Governor General of Canada, and the late Honourable Maurice Sauvé, former cabinet minister in the federal government. In 1993, Jean-François succeeded his late mother to the presidency of the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation and, in 2003, he spearheaded the creation of the Sauvé Scholars Foundation.

Jean-François completed his degree in Business Administration in 1982 from l'école des Hautes études Commerciales (HEC Montréal) of the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada). Following the completion of his studies at HEC, he began his career at Barclays Bank of Canada in Toronto in the foreign exchange, money market and Corporate Banking department. He later pursued his studies at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, obtaining a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1987.

Upon his return to Canada, he joined ScotiaMcLeod Inc., where as a Director of the Corporate and Government Finances Department, he was responsible for banking relations for several important industrial groups and financial institutions as well as the Government of Québec. In 1997, Mr. Sauvé joined Pictet Canada L.P. As President of Pictet Canada L.P., Mr. Sauvé is responsible for North American operations of Pictet & Cie, Switzerland's foremost private bank and one of Europe's principal investment managers.

Mr. Sauvé is on the board of several charitable and community organizations including: Héritage Montréal, Nature Conservancy of Canada (Québec Region), Montréal Passion Vin (Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Foundation) and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Buildings, Maintenance and Security Advisory Committee).

He is married to Diane de Mailly-Nesle, who is also a Director of the Jeanne Sauvé and Sauvé Scholars Foundations.