Luc Sirois

Luc Sirois is Quebec’s Chief Innovation Officer, general director of the Quebec Innovation Council of and founding Chairman of the Board of Axelys, Quebec's society valorizing public research.

Mr. Sirois holds an Electrical Engineering degree from McGill University, an MBA from Harvard University and a PhD in Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Strasbourg (Unistra). He is also a technological and social entrepreneur recognized in Quebec and internationally for his creative approach to innovation and for his involvement in Quebec's digital technology. Involved with numerous startups and non-profit organizations focused on youth, health, science and education, he co-founded the health innovation movement Hacking Health as well as an accelerator and spin-off fund supporting digital health. He is also a co-founder of Resonant Medical, now Elekta Canada, a leading innovator of precision radiation therapy solutions.

He has served as Vice President at TELUS Health, Telesystem and Nightingale in the field of connected health, and as a Manager in Strategic Consulting at McKinsey & Company in their Montreal, Toronto, Zurich and Paris offices. He has more recently served as Executive Director of Prompt, a non-profit organization that facilitates partnerships between companies and the public research sector to improve Quebec's competitiveness in the information and communications technology (ICT) market.

From August to December 2020, he was a strategic advisor to the Quebec Minister of Economy and Innovation to lead the redesign and creation of a new model for the valorization of public research. He was then named Quebec's Chief Innovator, becoming the first to hold this position in Quebec.

As an associate professor at HEC Montréal, Mr. Sirois is an excellent ambassador for science and innovation. Enthusiastically sharing and mobilizing knowledge, he knows how to captivate young talent in a creative and daring way to instill his passion for science.

On a daily basis, he pursues his mission of mobilizing existing ecosystems, while paying special attention to youth, whom he wishes to be dynamic and visionary. His objective is to bring each of the actors of innovation to surpass themselves and to become an agent of change, so that Quebec can innovate more and better.