October 2017

New CIB President

In September the CIB Board appointed Richard
Tremblay the new President of CIB for the remainderof the 2016 – 2019 term.

Before he was appointed President, Richard iscurrently a member of the Board of the CIB.
Contact details

He was elected after the sudden retirement of theformer President, Helena Soimakallio, who moved toanother organisation.
Short CV
Richard Tremblay is the General Manager of theConstruction portfolio at the National Research Council(NRC) in Canada.
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is theGovernment of Canada's premier research andtechnology organization (RTO).

Richard Tremblay
General Manager of the Construction
portfolio at the National ResearchCouncil (NRC), Canada
Richard.tremblay@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
www.nrc-nrc.gc.ca/eng/rd/construction

Working with clients and partners, NRC provide
innovation support, strategic research, scientificand technical services.

Personal Statement

Prior to working at the National Research Council(NRC), Richard worked at the Industrial ResearchCentre of Quebec (CRIQ), where he was Vice-Presidentof Operations, and in previous positions at CRIQ as
Director of Testing and Export Conformity Services,
Director of Industrial Automation, and Vice-Presidentof Strategic Information and Product Conformity.

It is with great pleasure and a strong sense ofcommitment that I accept the nomination as CIBPresident. I would like to thank the members of theBoard for their trust and wish to assure them, and CIB
members, of my commitment to support CIB and its
mission going forward.

Richard was also Chief of Customer Service at Nortel
Networks, and project engineer at Hydro-Québec's
research institute, IREQ. He began his career as aquality and production support engineer at
Canadian Marconi Company. Richard holds anEngineering degree in mechanical engineering from theUniversity of Sherbrooke, and conducted
research internships at Pratt & Whitney Canada.
He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors at theCenter for Innovation in Microelectronics of Quebec(CIMEQ), a college technology transfer center. He is afounding member of the Industrial Automation
Association of Quebec (Regroupement deséquipementiers en automatisation industrielle - REAI),
and was a member of the Board of Directors ofManufacturers and Exporters of Quebec (MEQ).

Dear colleagues and members,

Since 1953, CIB has fostered international cooperationand developed into a worldwide network of thousandsof experts from hundreds of organizations.
Today, I believe more than ever, the World needs CIB.
As Climate Change affects the lives of every human on
the planet, as the World population grows while
resources diminish, the challenges the World faces
with regards to the Built environment, the need forbetter, safer and greener cities, infrastructure andbuildings has never been more essential.
With the CIB Board, members and organizations, I
think we can significantly increase our contribution to
the World and bring together even more experts andorganizations, working together to make a difference.

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This is, in essence, the reason why I have accepted
the Presidency of CIB: to humbly but strongly support
you in making, one action at a time, the World a better
place to live.
Finally, I would like to thank the previous President,
Helena Soimakallio, for her work at CIB and wish herevery success in her future assignment.
Working together to build for a better future,
Richard Tremblay

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From the Management
02-10-2017