Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Cyr Couturier
Cyr Couturier has been a research professor at Memorial University (Marine Institute) for 30 years. He has worked in the field of rural economic development (fisheries and aquaculture) since 1980 throughout the world, in Africa, South Asia, Europe and America. His career began in New Brunswick in the 1980s, where he worked with Acadian entrepreneurs, especially in shellfish farming. He has worked with Horizon TNL since its incorporation in 2008, as a member of the Board for 13 years, and is now President for a 5th time. He has served on the boards of FFTNL and RDÉE Canada
on several occasions, and continues to serve on the boards of RDÉE Canada and Le Gaboteur
as President, all organizations dedicated to connecting SMEs to the small francophone minority community of NL.
Michael Clair
Michael Clair is a former senior executive with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and Memorial University of Newfoundland, now semi-retired. During his career, he worked in the fields of tourism, culture, immigration, regional development, innovation and public policy. In addition to serving as Treasurer of Horizon TNL, he is currently President of the Conseil scolaire francophone provincial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Chairman of the Board of the Bell Island Support Network (which works in the field of detoxification), facilitator of a group dedicated to reforming the province's correctional system, head teacher of an Aikido dojo, and author of books on regional development.
Nawal Massamiri
Nawal Massamiri, originally from Syria, immigrated to Quebec 30 years ago, where she worked as a pharmacist at the Montreal Hospital for 25 years. She retired to St. John's in 2020. She is a grandmother of 5. She is also an active member of ACFSJ, FFTNL, ConnectAînés
and FrancSavoir.
Dieudonné Keumegne
Dieudonné Keumegne has extensive successful experience in managing large-scale projects, programs and operations across Canada, the Middle East and Africa. In addition to certification as a Professional Technologist by the Association of Professional Technologists and Technicians of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (AETTNL), Dieudonné is certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute in Philadelphia, USA. Dieudonné is currently working for the Government of Canada.
Paul Doucet
Paul Doucet has been working in software engineering for over 15 years. He graduated from Western University with a master's degree in physics. He is motivated by the growth and prosperity of individuals and their communities. He is also interested in technological solutions that focus on an ideal vision of the future.