Isabelle Hudon


Isabelle Hudon is a Canadian businesswoman and diplomat. She served as Executive Chair, Quebec and Senior Vice-President, Client Solutions for Sun Life Financial. Since September 2017, she has served as Canadian Ambassador to France. She is the first female Canadian Ambassador to France.

Career

Hudon began her professional career in federal politics in various departments, including in the office of the Minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency. She then held strategic positions in the private sector at Bell Global Solutions, the Canadian Space Agency, Bombardier Aerospace and BCE Media.
Hudon was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal from 2004 to 2008. She then served as President of Marketel, a position she held until joining Sun Life Financial in 2010.
On September 29, 2017, she was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
In June 2018, Hudon served as co-chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council at the G7 summit meeting in La Malbaie, Quebec.
On October 29, 2019, following the 2019 Canadian federal election, in which the Liberal Party lost seats in Quebec, the Prime Minister's Office announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had hired Hudon as an adviser. The Office said McLellan would assist the Prime Minister as he formed a government.

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