Governance Overview
Governance Documents
Committee Charters
Executive Team
Executive Chairman of the Board
Elio Sorella is Executive Chairman of Ecolomondo’s Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder of the Company. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Futurplast Extrusions for the last 24 years and has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Sorella Group of Companies since 1995. Mr. Sorella founded his first company nearly 45 years ago. Since then, he has started, acquired and managed successful companies in many diversified fields such as clothing, cosmetics, transportation and more recently, in plastics, real-estate and private equity.
Interim Chief Executive Officer
& Chief Operations Officer
Jean Francois Labbé joined Ecolomondo in 2014. Mr. Labbé is an experienced executive officer and strategic manager with over 20 years experience in entrepreneurial and international environments. Mr. Labbé is the Founding President of Recycor, a former leading Canadian scrap tire recycler. Mr. Labbé has strategy consulting experience from PriceWaterhouseCoopers, SECOR Group (Acquired by KPMG) and Balanced Scorecard Collaborative (Acquired by Palladium). Mr. Labbé holds a M.B.A. and LL.M.
Chief Financial Officer
Donald Prinsky joined Ecolomondo as Chief Financial Officer in 2010. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Quebec Order of Chartered Professional Accountants since 1971. Mr. Prinsky has over 40 years of experience in the financial consulting, general accounting and finance fields. From 1969 to 2004, he worked as a chartered accountant at RSM Richter where he became a partner in 1979. For over 35 years he provided audit and consulting services to a wide range of industries. Mr. Prinsky serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee at the Douglas Institute, a leading teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at an Eldercare Centre.
Director Automation
Automation engineer for 10 years with G.E. Industrial Systems
Designed control system integration and process automation for several Fortune 500 companies
Over 30 scientific articles in specialized journals
Director Engineering
Industrial engineer for biotech and waste-to-energy companies including PGNature and Biofour
Experienced in design, manufacture, installation, and management of waste processing equipment
Corporate Strategist, Compliance and Marketing Expert
Holds a bachelor’s of law at the Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA at Université du Québec à Montréal. Experienced lawyer and a certified auditor in various sectors. Specialist in the oil and gas industry and has worked for over 10 years in the natural gas sector.
Certifications include: ISO, Project Management Institute and Center of Sustainability and Excellence, risk management for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce for Fuel stations.
Hawkesbury Facility Manager
Over 14 years of experience in the carbon black industry at different domains – Quality Assurance, Technical Services, Business Development, and leading International Sales & Marketing team servicing tire companies.
Senior Chemist
Over 35 years of on-hand experience in the Petrochemical Industry. He is responsable for end product analysis, quality and research.
Board of Directors
Elio Sorella is Executive Chairman of Ecolomondo’s Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and majority shareholder of the Company. He has been the Chief Executive Officer of Futurplast Extrusions for the last 24 years and has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Sorella Group of Companies since 1995. Mr. Sorella founded his first company nearly 45 years ago. Since then, he has started, acquired and managed successful companies in many diversified fields such as clothing, cosmetics, transportation and more recently, in plastics, real-estate and private equity.
Donald Prinsky joined Ecolomondo as Chief Financial Officer in 2008. Mr. Prinsky is primarily responsible for financial planning, consulting, as well as financial reporting to higher management. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Quebec Order of Chartered Professional Accountants since 1971. Prior to joining Ecolomondo, Mr. Prinsky had a consulting company that provided management, financial and other related consulting services to the corporate private sector. From 1969 to 2004, he worked as a chartered accountant at RSM Richter where he became a partner in 1979. For over 35 years he provided audit and consulting services to a wide range of industries. Mr. Prinsky is very involved in his community, serving as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee at the Douglas Institute, a leading teaching hospital affiliated with McGill University. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at an Eldercare Centre.
Ms. Brigitte Gauthier is a partner in the law firm Alepin Gauthier and has practiced there since 1983. She is a member of the Quebec Bar since 1983. She has been a member of numerous Boards and public committees, including the Foundation of Montmorency College, Hospital Cite de la Sante de Laval, Regina Assumpta College, Community Media Center of Laval, and The Montreal Movement for Private Education. Ms. Gauthier also headed pro bono a number of Boards as Chair. She has been the president of the Laval Bar, CAP Vie de Laval (Non-profit organization for social and community development), Laval Women Center (Non-profit organization for women support and social development), a prevention center for sexual-assault victims (CPIVAS), and the Parents Association of Laval College and of Ste-Marcelline College. She also co-founded and chaired the Alzheimer Society of Laval.
Mario Girard is an experienced entrepreneur and manager with nearly 30 years of experience. Mario Girard has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Quebec Port Authority (QPA) since January 2011. He was also member of QPA’s Board of Directors from 2008 to 2010. He was CEO of the Foundation of Entrepreneurship from 2008 to 2011 and founder and Chief Executive Officer of two information technology companies, Nstein Technologies Inc., from 2001 to 2007 and Gespro Technologies Inc., from 1985 to 2001. Mario Girard is a member of the World President’s Organization in addition to sitting on several boards of private, public, and publicly traded organizations for over 20 years.
Michelle Rosa practices notarial law, including real estate transactions, human rights and estates, with the firm Dunton Rainville. She was admitted to the Chambre des Notaires du Québec in 2008. Mrs. Rosa develops planning and implementation strategies for estate transfers, acts as a consultant to estates and gives numerous conferences and training sessions to businesses. Mrs. Rosa received her law degree from Université du Québec à Montréal, her Diploma in Notarial Law from Université de Sherbrooke, and is completing a master’s degree in Taxation at the same University. She is an instructor at the Retirement Planning Institute and at Cégep Marie-Victorin (Continuing Education and Corporate Services). She also brings a wealth of experience in financial planning, in business management and in governance.
Mathieu Couillard is a capital market consultant. He advises management and boards of directors, has participated in over $1B in capital raises for private and public companies and is the architect of numerous mergers and acquisitions. From 2016 to 2022, he was Managing Director of investment banking at Haywood Securities, in Toronto. From 2006 to 2014, he worked at National Bank of Canada, in the Risk Management Solutions group, specializing in the sales and structuring of derivative products, in Toronto, and in the investment banking group, in Montreal. Mr. Couillard is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Michael Frankel is an experienced business advisor and consultant. He was a partner for 35 years with Richter LLP, a large business and family office advisory firm. His experience includes a wide range of companies, both private and public, in multiple industry sectors. His expertise covers strategic planning, acquisitions and divestitures, financing and refinancing, international expansion and succession planning.
Michael has served over the last 40 years on numerous local, national, and international not-for-profit boards, including the Federation CJA, the Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation and the Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal. He has been the Chairman of the Bronfman Jewish Education Council and of the Quebec Israel Committee and Jewish Federations Canada – UIA. He currently serves on the board of Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Agency for Israel, as well as Chairman of the audit committee of Baron de Hirsch Cemetery and the YM-YWHA of Montreal. Michael was also a member of the Audit and Assurance Standards Board (AASB) from 2013 to 2018.
Called to the Quebec Bar in 1997, the Honourable Christian Paradis was elected Member of Parliament from 2006 to 2015. Appointed to cabinet in 2008, he has notably served as Minister of Industry and Natural Resources. He previously practiced law, specializing in corporate law. Following his public involvement, he was Senior Vice President, Strategic Development at multinational security firm GardaWorld. He is currently consultant and president of Paradis Solutions & Associates, a business development firm he founded. A graduate of Université de Sherbrooke in civil law and Université Laval in corporate law, he is a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012).
Lynn Côté had an extensive 30 + career at Export Development Canada (EDC) in various roles including 12 years as part of EDC’s Cleantech Team as the National Lead Cleantech and Market Intelligence. She currently runs Côté Cleantech Consulting, a cleantech consulting company. She has deep knowledge of finance, investments and international trade specializing in the cleantech ecosystems and companies. She has been a member of the board at L’Arche Ottawa and CCC 165. She is a volunteer with Ten Yad Ottawa and participates yearly in The Shoebox Project for Women. She completed her BSc at Concordia University in Montréal and her MBA, Energy & Sustainability at the University of Cumbria in the UK.
Committee Composition
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Mario Girard |
Member |
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Brigitte Gauthier |
Member |
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Michelle Rosa |
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Michael Frankel | Member | |
Mathieu Couillard | Member |
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Christian Paradis | Member |
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