Didier Leconte
Vice-President, Investments - Life Sciences
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
Didier Leconte joined the Fonds de solidarité FTQ in December 2012 as Senior Director, Investments for the Life Sciences sector. During his career he has held various managing positions, all related to innovation. Didier Leconte started his career in 1990 in France in the energy sector at the GDF Suez Research Division as project manager. In 1996, he joined the Canadian subsidiary of GDF Suez and provided his expertise to Gaz Métro. In 1999, he joined the Natural Gas Technologies Centre as Commercial Director and afterwards, R&D Director. He negotiated development contracts with many gas manufacturing companies. From 2004 to 2012, he was a major player in the commercialization of university research in Québec. In 2004, he joined Gestion Univalor, where he was responsible for the innovations portfolio of engineering and sciences, and some medical devices. In 2009, Didier Leconte became the CEO of MSBi Valorisation and in 2012, he arranged the merger with Valeo Management (now Aligo Innovation), of which he was the interim president.
Mr. Leconte holds a degree in materials engineering from Paris XIII University as well as a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) specialized in technology management from UQAM-ESG. He also holds a university certification in Corporate Governance from Université Laval's Collège des administrateurs de sociétés.