Albert Jean de Grandpré CC QC (14 September 1921 – 31 July 2022) was a Canadian lawyer and businessman who served as the president and chief executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.[1] Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf and received a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from McGill University in 1943.
He joined Bell Canada as a general counsel in 1966 and was made president in 1973.
[1] The advantage of this arrangement was that only the telecommunications subsidiary Bell Canada was subject to regulation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), whereas the parent company with its other assets (such as the telecom manufacturer Northern Telecom, later Nortel) was not.
Since 1996, he has been chairman of the board of Theratechnologies, a Canadian biopharmaceutical company.
Grandpré turned 100 in September 2021,[3] and died on 31 July 2022.