Diamond Estates Board Member Mr. Claude Gilbert
Mr. Claude Gilbert, FCPA, FCA, FCIRP (ret.), ICD.D, is a corporate director and a management consultant. He performs interim management engagements and provides governance, strategy, financial, and M&A advisory services to enterprises facing challenges or sudden change. He currently serves as Chair of General Partner Finalta Capital Fund Inc. and as a director of not-for-profit organizations. He namely provided financial advisory services to the Corporation at the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
He is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he provided, over a period of 17 years, transaction advisory services to enterprises requiring financing, M&A or restructuring assistance, and worked with all types of stakeholders in several high-profile transactions. Prior to joining PwC, Mr. Gilbert was a partner at Ernst & Young where he acquired experience in the fields of insolvency and audit over 15 years. He also occupied, for five years, senior executive and financial positions with Groupe Coopérants and Giasson Real Estate Group.
Mr. Gilbert obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Université Laval in 1975. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1978 (Fellow in 2009), a Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Professional in 1984 (Chair in 2005-2007 and Fellow in 2008), and a Graduate of the Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2011.
