Mr. Savoie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick in 1968, where he majored in sociology.

He went on to a successful career with the New Brunswick Electric Power Corp., where he worked for 27 years before retiring as a vice president in 1996.

[3] For three years, Mr. Savoie served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Judicial Appointments for New Brunswick.

[6] On August 1, 2014 he was appointed as ambassador[1] and Savoie presented his credentials to Pope Francis on December 15, 2013.

[6] The new ambassador gave the pope a five-volume history of Notre-Dame de Quebec as a gift after a private conversation.