Biography of CEO

Jacques Lamarre is President and Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. He also sits on SNC-Lavalin's Board of Directors.

SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) is one of the leading groups of engineering and construction companies in the world, a major player in the ownership of infrastructure, and in the provision of operations and maintenance services. The SNC-Lavalin companies have offices across Canada and in 34 other countries around the world and are currently working in some 100 countries.

Jacques Lamarre, O.C., Eng. President and Chief Executive Officer SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

Jacques Lamarre has 40 years of experience as an engineer and senior executive responsible for engineering management implementation of large industrial, infrastructure and power projects in Canada and worldwide.

Jacques Lamarre was born in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada in 1943. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Civil Engineering from Laval University in Quebec City. He also completed Harvard University’s Executive Development Program.

He began his engineering career in 1967 with Lavalin, a Montreal-based global engineering and construction company. Until the mid-nineties, he held a series of senior executive positions, overseeing and project managing some of the Company’s most highly visible and prestigious projects in Canada and around the world.

In November 1994, he was appointed Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (TSX: SNC), a Canadian-based global engineering and construction company. In May 1996, Jacques Lamarre was named President and Chief Executive Officer of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

Under his leadership, SNC-Lavalin continues to maintain its position as a world leader in niche sectors of the global market – in the areas of oil and gas, power, infrastructure, mining and metallurgy, environment and water, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, industrial, agriculture and operations and maintenance.

Mr. Lamarre is an Officer of the Order of Canada. In October 2007, he was named a Great Montrealer by the Academy of Great Montrealers of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal. In November 2006, he received the Conference Board of Canada’s Honorary Associate Award. In November 2004, he was named Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year by the Caldwell Partners International, and in 2003, CEO of the Year by Canadian Business Magazine.

Mr. Lamarre is a founding member of the Commonwealth Business Council, and was appointed Chair of the Council for 2006-2007. He is past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Conference Board of Canada, a Director of The Royal Bank of Canada, a member of the World Economic Forum and a founding member of the Forum’s Governors for Engineering & Construction (E & C).

He is a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada and the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.

Mr. Lamarre has received honorary doctorates in Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, and the University of New Brunswick.