Francis holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Strasbourg. A graduate of HEC Montréal in International affairs, he has worked in numerous administrations in Canada, France and the United States, in the areas of culture and economic development.

His doctoral thesis was on bureaucratic creativity in international organizations. In France, he was editor-in-chief and then editorial director of La Gazette Cournot, a monthly economic, political and social news magazine. At the same time, Francis was also the Creative Community Manager of MosaiC HEC Montréal. For 3 years, he was the co-founder of a Montreal-based strategic consulting firm. He also participated in the organization of Creative Mornings Montréal events in 2014. Writer, blogger and speaker, he is an ambassador of the C2-MTL business conference.

Francis is an expert in executive training. He has elaborated and facilitated workshops on innovation, creativity, collaboration, failure in business, teamwork and much more. In October 2015, he created FG8, a management consulting organization.

Marie Amélie is a graduate of HEC Montréal, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Management. Her experience as a Director of Finances and Controller in several industries such as education, pharmacology, television and event management brought her to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FG8.

Through major projects, Marie-Amélie has developed an expertise in strategic and financial business recovery. She has been working as a consultant for public and para-governmental organizations for 15 years, thus becoming a specialist in organizational development, economic analysis and new markets expansion strategies.

Yuani Fragata graduated in Communication Studies from Concordia University, proceeded to obtain an MA in Interactive Multimedia from UQAM and an MBA from HEC Montreal. He has held various roles at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada over fifteen years, as a journalist, director, producer and executive producer. He notably headed the latter’s media and technology lab, Bande à part, where the explorative mandate of the project brought him to initiate and lead multiple transmedia projects for the stage, radio, television and interactive digital platforms. As part of these experiments he explored a number of disruptive technologies that enabled him to update key internal processes, as well as develop and implement innovative practices throughout the organisation.

Since 2013 he has held consulting roles focusing on the business and media strategies of many firms including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mutek, the National Film Board of Canada, the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Phi Centre, Real Ventures and many others. He sits on the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s Digital Strategy Committee.

He is specialized in action learning techniques and possess a vast experience in facilitation, in training program design as well as competence transfer in the work place in the areas of corporate culture and values, leadership, communication and team dynamics, customer relationship, sales, business development and change mechanism.

He regularly works in Canada, and also in France, in the United States and other parts of the world in multicultural environments. He also has a significant experience in management, marketing and sales at key positions in consumer goods companies of international scope.

Training, which was his management style during his years in business, has become his sole activity. At every occasion, He aims at a real and solid development of competence and attitude within specific and strategic business contexts.

Kim is completing a master’s degree in Business Strategy & Management and holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Québec in Montréal. Her experiences brought her to develop expertise in research, press analysis, social networks and strategic communication.

Passionate about strategy and organizational development, she focuses on internal and external business relationships, collaboration and multidisciplinary perspectives in order to bring organizations to understand where they stand and to draw a cohesive future.

Kim joined FG8’s team in 2017 and was involved in projects for customers such as Lune Rouge, City of Montréal, FailCamp Montréal and partners in the United States.

Sara holds a bachelor degree in Public Relations from the Université du Québec à Montréal and she distinguishes herself by her ability to increase the online presence of a company through effective communication strategies. Although she acquired her communication skills through her professional training, it is thanks to her curiosity and her interest in web strategy that she now has this skill.

An internship with Concept B, a company in events organization, allowed Sara to participate in the development and establishing of a communication plan for a major event. Then she was granted the position of Director of communications and marketing for the Ôplant Urban Farms, a start-up in technological agriculture. Thanks to this multidisciplinary experience, Sara now has several complementary skills in communications, marketing and business development.

Maude recently graduated in public relations at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She distinguishes herself by her great initiative and sense of organization. Passionate for communication, entrepreneuship and innovation, Maude is also a candidate for a master’s degree in Business Strategy & Management at HEC Montréal.

It is important for Maude to implicate herself in projets she believes in : she has been Student Representative of the Association étudiante en communication publique, she has participated in the realization of the events Brave and has been volunteering for several years for the Fondation ressources pour les enfants diabétiques. She is also the coordinator for FailCamp, an initiative co-founded by Francis Gosselin to legitimize failure in all spheres of society.

Globetrotter at heart, she participated in several student exchange programs that led her to study in Spain, Argentina and Colombia.

Ismaël studied management at Paris-Dauphine University as well as sociology and international management at the University of Quebec in Montreal where he was also a teaching assistant. Trinational, he has acquired professional experiences in Canada, the United States and France and is therefore highly captivated by international business.

Ismaël has worked as an artist manager and producer in the music industry and because of his interest in communications and corporate branding, he has also worked as a community manager and content creator.

He is particularly interested in real estate, architecture and new technologies.