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Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (MERN) of Quebec

Jonatan Julien was elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Charlesbourg in the provincial election of October 1, 2018.
He is the current Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Quebec, as well as the Minister responsible for the Côte-Nord region and the Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine region.
Qualified accountant, Mr. Julien is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Quebec (CA, CPA).
He has a Bachelor’s degree in business administration at the Laval University and a Master’s degree in public administration at the ENAP. His career path from the last 15 years led him to work in several major institutions in the internal auditor, risk management and governance fields, such as: - SSQ financial group
- Desjardins
- Office of the Auditor General of Quebec
- Ernst and Young
From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Julien was the Secretary general of the Quebec Land Company, in which he was the head of major projects and of corporative businesses. From 2013 to 2018, he sited as a municipal councilor in the Rivières borough in Quebec.
He also worked as an Executive vice-president of finance, human resources, engineering, public works and infrastructure of the city of Quebec. Mr. Julien was also the president of the Centre for Expertise and Research on Infrastructures in Urban Areas (CERIU) from 2016 to 2018.

Senior vice president Carbon Neutrality Businesses at Total and a ComEx member of the GRP (Gas, Renewables & Power) branch.

Gabrielle Gauthey is a seasoned executive in the investment and innovation field in France and abroad, notably in the energy, telecoms, digital and real estate sectors.
In June 2019, she joins the executive committee of the GRP (Gas, Renewables & Power) branch at Total, as a director of carbon neutrality businesses. She is in charge of Total ventures, of Greenflex, of low carbon solutions, of industrials and natural carbon sinks (CCUS) and of hydrogen.
After starting her career with France Télécom, she joined DATAR in 1992 as the head of the department of foreign investment in France, in which she created the “Invest in France” agency, which became Business France.
From 1995 to 1997, she was the technical advisor to the Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Space affairs. She was responsible for information technologies and telecommunications. During this period, she led to the opening of telecom sector to competition and led to the change of status of France Télécom.
In 1998, Gabrielle Gauthey became the Deputy CEO of Sofirad and created “Le SAT”: the first satellite-based operator of French-language digital TV and radio services in Africa. “LE SAT”: later became Canalsatellite.

In 2000, she was the Director of Information and Communication Technologies Department at the Caisses des Depots et Consignations, responsible for investment in the “regional digital development” programme and created the first Public Initiative Networks (PIN).
From 2003 to 2008, she was a member of the French Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Posts (ARCEP) and the Vice President of the ERG, Body of European Regulators in Telecom.
From 2009 to 2015, as a member of the executive committee of the Alcatel-Lucent group, she was responsible for public and defense sectors in the world and set up PPP projects in Europe, Asia, Asia-Pacific, such as Red Abierta in Mexico ($7 b).
As the Vice President of the FIEEC, the President of the MEDEF Innovation Commission of the MEDEF and a member of the national digital council, she is also a member of the Broadband Commission of the ITU and the Unesco, whose mission is the digital coverage for emerging countries.
From February 2015 to April 2018, as the head of investments and of local development and as a member of the executive committee at the Caisse des Depots, she revived the investments in infrastructures, real estate, tourism, energy, digital technologies and the creation of company ($1 b of invested in 7 billion of projects).
From September 2018 to May 2019, she was the Senior advisor at Macquarie Group – global leader in financial advisory and investment (€345 b under management) – within the Infrastructure and Energy Division of Macquarie Capital, notably to develop the activity of digital infrastructures in the EMEA regions and in America.
She studied at the Ecole Polytechnique et got a degree from Télécom ParisTech and from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris. She is a mining engineer and she has a DEA in economic analysis.
In addition, she is a member of the Academy of Technologies and is on the board of Gecina, GFI and Radiall.

PGeo, UQAM Emeritus Professor – Teacher at the UQAC, at the UQAT, at the University of Lorraine and at the University of Guyana

Michel Jébrak is a geologist and a Doctor of Science. He is an Emeritus Professor at the UQAM and teaches at the UQAT, UQAC (in Canada) at the University of Lorraine and the University of Guyana. He is the administrator of the mining investment fund Sidex, and presides over the scientific council of Ouranos about climate changes. He studies the origin, the economy, and the social impacts of mineral deposits.