Gervais Jacques started his career in 1991 as a chemical engineer with Alcan. He has gone on to hold numerous plants, business leader and functional positions, as well as senior management roles including COO, B&A Atlantic operations. He then became Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) position at Rio Tinto, the global leader in the aluminium industry and he was until January 2020, Managing Director – Atlantic operations, Aluminium. He was managing all product group operations, more than 6000 employees in 6 different countries generating an EBITDA of US$1,9 billion. Gervais was the Chairman of the International Aluminium Institute from 2018 to 2020. He is currently Chairman of Nemaska Lithium, Excecutive Chairman of Airex Energy, NED of 5NPLUS (VNP:TO), NED of Alliance Magnesium and NED of Enerkem ECV. Gervais graduated from Laval University and he completed the Strategic Leadership Program at the London Business School.