
Roger T.
Duguay
Odgers Berndtson
Montréal office
Roger T. Duguay is a Partner in the Montréal office of Odgers Berndtson, Canada’s largest executive search firm. With twenty years of experience as an executive in management, human resources, business development, marketing, and human capital, he assists senior executives of companies in both the private and public sectors. He has consulting expertise in various fields, including restructuring, business process re-engineering, functional outsourcing, compensation, change management, recruitment, and organizational efficiency.
Before joining the Odgers Berndtson team, Roger worked for ten years in a large US-based management consulting firm. He later held the position of Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Human Capital at an international test engineering company in the telecommunications and electronics, aerospace and defence, and automotive industries.
Roger has an outstanding academic profile, not to mention relevant experience in the business world. During his Ph.D. studies in organizational behaviour at HEC Montréal, he did research work on the motivation, mobilization, and leadership of senior executives. He also obtained his MBA from HEC Montréal, as well as a bachelor’s degree in actuarial sciences, and a certificate in Statistical Economics from Université Laval.
Finally, driven by an interest for art in all its forms, Roger sits on several boards, including those of the Jeunesses Musicales of Canada Foundation, the Montréal International Musical Competition, and the avant-garde artistic company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art.
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