Laurent A. Picard CC (27 October 1927 – 29 August 2012[1]) was a French-Canadian businessman and former president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

[2] He then received a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in physics in 1954, again from Université Laval, and a Doctor of Business Administration from Harvard University in 1964.

From 1960 to 1962, he was a research associate and assistant at the Harvard Business School.

From 1962 to 1968, he was a professor and associate director at HÉC, the École des Hautes Études Commerciales of the Université de Montréal.

From 1968 to 1972, he was an executive vice-president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he also then served as president from 1972 to 1975.