Board of Directors

President / CLAGA
Director / Japan Film Festival

23 years in Japan and 1 year in South Korea, Christine has been Director of Communications for large companies, such as Renault Asia-Pacific and Takefuji. Head of CLAGA since 2007, she supports companies in their business development in Japan and vice versa. She has coordinated many film productions and large-scale events, including the Japan Film Festival, which she founded.

Christine also founded NADIA NPO, an organization helping disaster victims for post-Tsunami reconstruction in Tohoku.

Specialist Advisor for Aerospace, Defense and Security Exports
Investissement Québec International

Actively involved in Quebec’s economic development, Anaïs Nguyen benefits from solid experience in international trade, particularly in export support and foreign investment prospecting, acquired within organizations such as Montréal International, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, PME MTL and Invest in Canada.
Over the past few years, Anaïs has specialized in assisting companies in concluding strategic partnerships.

Partner
Dentons Canada

Ali is a corporate lawyer licensed in Quebec and New York and a partner at Dentons, where he acts as the national head of the Battery & Energy Storage Group. Ali’s practice focuses on corporate law, M&A, industrial project development and infrastructure. Ali acts as a legal, business, and strategic advisor to his Canadian and international clients and regularly advises them in their international expansion projects around the globe. With a passion for international relations and business as well as geopolitics, Ali has delivered various conferences on Canada-Asia-Pacific business relations and legal matters and currently chairs Dentons’ Canada-Asia Speaker Series.

Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

Ponora Ang is a lawyer and the National Co-Leader of the Asia-Pacific Group of Fasken. Ponora is well known to companies in the Asia-Pacific region for his legal and strategic advice regarding implementation of projects in Canada. He is regularly asked to represent the interests of manufacturers and sellers in various industries.

Ponora has also taught business law at the faculty of law of the Université de Montréal. Ponora was also recognized in the prestigious repertoy Lexpert Rising Star 2021 / Top 40 Under 40 in Canada for his legal expertise. He was notably awarded with the Medal of the National Assembly of Quebec. Ponora sits on numerous boards of directors relating to Asia.

President
Gamanergie Consulting

Fabrice Consalvo has more than 30 years of experience in the energy sector and has developed extensive expertise in the areas of investment and corporate finance as well as in terms of business development and in strategy and operational performance consulting.

In October 2024, he created Gamanergie Consulting to offer companies in the energy sector his services as an independent consultant.

He is recognized for various achievements during his career: equity investments and financing with key companies in the field of energy transition, negotiation of multiple strategic partnerships internationally (Japan, North America, Europe)… His passion is now to support international companies in the energy sector to create efficient and profitable energy ecosystems.

President & CEO
AGY-ENDO Corporation

CEO of AGY-Endo Corporation and EAM Advanced Materials. He has been working for more than 10 years in the fields of animal feed chemicals and advanced materials. Dr. Endo is best known for his background in nanotechnology. He has been a member of Prima Québec’s Board of Directors for Advanced Materials.

In his career, Dr. Endo has held various scientific and management positions, including with the Government of Quebec. At the university and graduate level, he has been involved in research and teaching. He has more than 40 publications and scientific conferences to his credit. He also led the Quebec initiative on the impacts of nanotechnologies (Ne3LS Network) for 5 years.

Dr. Endo has been involved in international trade and business development for over 10 years where he distributes the products of major corporations including Sumitomo Chemicals, Itochu Corporation, GSI Creos Corporation and Mitsui chemicals. He has also organized more than 18 economic missions to Asia (Japan, South Korea) in nanotechnology and environment. He has also organized more than 10 international conferences and is the initiator of 6 collaborative agreements between Canada and Japan. Dr. Endo was also awarded the 2009 International Collaboration Award by the Association for Nanotechnology Research (NTRA), the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), South Korea.

Partner, Tax
BDO Canada

Julien helps companies obtain government incentives, including tax credits and grants, to grow their businesses and fund their investment initiatives in innovation, ESG and manufacturing capacity.

His background as a systems engineer gives him a unique perspective on how local and global incentives can be better applied to companies, allowing him to guide them through the entire application process. With his strong government relationships, Julien plays a role as a facilitator between government agencies and companies to simplify and expedite the application process.

Executive Vice-President, Global Sales
VELAN

Laurent has been working in the Energy sector for over 20 years, specialising in Export and International Trade. He occupied various management positions in large industrial groups, mainly manufacturing companies. In his roles, he has been posted in France, Scotland, Brazil, United Arab Emirates and Canada. That was frequently combined with active participation into professional associations, with a strong Asian focus.

Since October 2020, Laurent joined Velan Inc. Headquarters in Montreal, QC, as a General Manager for the Projects Business Unit and Worldwide Sales. In addition to graduating from the Institute of Political Studies, Laurent holds an MBA