Michel Kelly-Gagnon

He graduated in law from the Université de Montréal and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1994.

To achieve this growth, he explained that he raised funds from corporations and wealthy individuals in Canada and the US by offering to represent their interests.

In 2009, he returned to the MEI as president and moved the organisation from a $269,342[4] deficit for financial year ending December 31, 2008 to a $153,188[5] surplus (as of December 31, 2009) in the context of a severe recession.

He is also member of the Mont Pelerin Society, president of the advisory committee of Global Ressources Humaines, and he is in the board of directors of the Fondation universitaire Pierre Arbour, the John W. Dobson Foundation, and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF).

Kelly-Gagnon was one of six individuals from the province of Quebec honoured in Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 2008 awards.