Photo : François Nadeau

On July 17, 2003, the Cabinet nominated Mr. George R. MacLaren to be Québec's Agent General in London. Mr. MacLaren's mandate covers the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and the Nordic Countries.

Mr. MacLaren is an attorney who has worked extensively in finance and communications. At the time of his nomination, he was Vice-President of LBG Capital-National Bank Financial. He was co-founder of Investissements MacDougall, Gauthier, MacLaren, Cleather Inc., a company listed on the Montréal Stock Exchange and a member firm of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.

The agent general has been CEO of Communications des Cantons Inc., owner of the daily newspaper, The Sherbrooke Record, and founding publisher of the Montreal Daily News. He sat on the board of directors of the Presse canadienne and the Canadian Daily Newspaper Association.

Mr. MacLaren has also been very much involved in cultural and social endeavours. He has been currently chairman of the board of the McCord Museum and he has sat on the board of the Sherbrooke Hospital Centre, the Douglas Hospital Foundation and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.