Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:45 am

FPInnovations has appointed Stéphane Renou as President and CEO. Mr. Renou will officially assume his new role on December 14 as successor to Pierre Lapointe, who has held this position since December 2008.

A native of Montréal, Stéphane Renou has a number of degrees from Université de Sherbrooke as well as Polytechnique Montréal where he went on to complete a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.

FPInnovations is a no-for-profit, world-leading R&D organization that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector's global competitiveness and responds to the priority needs of its industry members and government partners.

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