SAINTE-JULIE, QC, - The Group Export Agri-Food held yesterday the very first Summit on Agri-Food Export in Quebec, presented by FCC. Guests were treated to a packed agenda featuring high-level conferences and a panel of Group Export member exporters.
Mr. Christophe Lafougère, Director of Gira, opened the event with a lecture, presented by the National Bank, on the major issues and global trends in export markets. This was followed by Ms. Véronique Boileau, Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Corporate Responsibility at Sollio Agriculture, on exporting and ESG criteria, presented by Veolia Water Technologies, and Ms. Claire Mullen, Director of the Indo-Pacific Strategy Secretariat at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), on business opportunities for exporters in the Indo-Pacific region.
In addition, a panel of exporters, made up of three Group Export members - Mr. Louis Turenne, Vice President and General Manager of The Maple Treat Corporation, Mr. Dominique Bohec, President of Boulangerie Humanité Inc. and Ms. Chantal Van Winden, President and CEO of Olimega Signé Caméline, discussed export strategies, their experience, their vision and the challenges they foresee for the coming years.
"The Group Export is proud to have orchestrated the first edition of the Summit on Agri-Food Export. The significant growth of agri-food exports in Quebec prompted us to propose such an event, so that everyone could come and draw on relevant information essential to making business decisions focused on developing foreign markets. We were very impressed with the program presented," says Martin Lavoie, President and CEO of Group Export Agri-Food.