Nancy Déziel

Chair of the Board of Directors

Portrait of Nancy Déziel

Nancy Déziel was appointed as the Chair of Board of Directors of the CFI on October 2,2024.

Nancy Déziel has been working with the Synchronex network of college centres for the transfer of technologies (CCTTs) for 30 years and is the executive director of Cégep de Shawinigan’s own CCTT: the Centre National en Électrochimie et en Technologies Environnementales (CNETE). As a result, she has in-depth knowledge of both the postsecondary education and industrial sectors.

She is committed to economic diversification and believes in the power of partnerships and networking. For those reasons, she is establishing the Centre d’innovation inter-ordre sur les batteries et l’électrification des transports.

Her work focuses on making small- and medium-sized enterprises more competitive and on building a knowledge and innovation economy.

These goals are also reflected in her work with a number of organizations and charities and in public administration, including municipal government. She serves in multiple roles:

  • Chair of the Association pour le développement de la recherche et de l’innovation du Québec
  • Board member of the Synchronex CCTT Network
  • Governance committee member of Médicament Québec
  • Board member of Économie du Savoir Mauricie
  • City councillor for Shawinigan’s Rivière district
  • Deputy mayor of the City of Shawinigan.

In 2018, Nancy Déziel received the Women in Business Award from the Shawinigan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIS). In 2020, the CNETE received a diversity and inclusion award from CCIS.

She earned her college diploma in analytical chemistry with a specialization in electrochemistry from Cégep de Shawinigan in 1993.