Francis holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Strasbourg. A graduate of HEC Montréal in International affairs, he has worked in numerous administrations in Canada, France and the United States, in the areas of culture and economic development.

His doctoral thesis was on bureaucratic creativity in international organizations. In France, he was editor-in-chief and then editorial director of La Gazette Cournot, a monthly economic, political and social news magazine. At the same time, Francis was also the Creative Community Manager of MosaiC HEC Montréal. For 3 years, he was the co-founder of a Montreal-based strategic consulting firm. He also participated in the organization of Creative Mornings Montréal events in 2014. Writer, blogger and speaker, he is an ambassador of the C2-MTL business conference.

Francis is an expert in executive training. He has elaborated and facilitated workshops on innovation, creativity, collaboration, failure in business, teamwork and much more. In October 2015, he created FG8, a management consulting organization.

Daniel specializes in client-experience improvement strategies, and does so by developing the credibility and influence of the national and international executives with whom he works. He is particularly interested in deep cultural transformations that require creating business environments that drive performance and innovation.

Based on a deep understanding of workbased learning, he imagines and puts into motion some audacious pedagogical approaches that take advantage of interactivity and collective intelligence.

Claude is the partner and co-founder of SAGE. For more than 25 years, Claude has worked directly with executive committees and management teams to assist them on the most complex challenges of organizational transformation and leadership development. His passion for organizational dynamics sits at the crossroads between individuals, performance, leadership, culture and strategy.

From 2000 to 2012, Claude was a partner at SECOR, a leading Canadian firm in Strategic consulting. He was named leader of the Strategic Leadership practice with SECOR Europe’s office in Paris. The experience he acquired working with some of the world’s largest multinationals allowed him to deepen his perspective on leadership, especially as it relates to cultural and strategic dimensions. Claude is certified in the « Immunity to Change » Train the trainer program developed by Robert Kegan at Harvard University.

Guylaine has been a director at Groupe SAGE for more than 25 years. She has extensive experience in coaching managers and employees. Developing service cultures, creating memorable experiences and contributing to the success of her partners are targets that drive her. Her presence, her ability to listen and his judicious questions allow the full understanding of the needs and issues, during the mandates that are granted to her. Her interventions range from leading projects, developing strategies, implementing programs, training to providing advice and expertise to guiding the planning and implementation of organizational change, allow her to realize all organization's mission. In this context, convincing management of the merits of a program, encouraging the support of managers and employees, proposing and deploying practices that encourage everyone's commitment are just some of the factors that motivate it.

Yuani Fragata graduated in Communication Studies from Concordia University, proceeded to obtain an MA in Interactive Multimedia from UQAM and an MBA from HEC Montreal. He has held various roles at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Radio-Canada over fifteen years, as a journalist, director, producer and executive producer. He notably headed the latter’s media and technology lab, Bande à part, where the explorative mandate of the project brought him to initiate and lead multiple transmedia projects for the stage, radio, television and interactive digital platforms. As part of these experiments he explored a number of disruptive technologies that enabled him to update key internal processes, as well as develop and implement innovative practices throughout the organisation.

Since 2013 he has held consulting roles focusing on the business and media strategies of many firms including the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Mutek, the National Film Board of Canada, the Business Development Bank of Canada, the Phi Centre, Real Ventures and many others. He sits on the Montreal Symphony Orchestra’s Digital Strategy Committee.

Marie Amélie is a graduate of HEC Montréal, where she completed a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Management. Her experience as a Director of Finances and Controller in several industries such as education, pharmacology, television and event management brought her to become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Groupe SAGE Consulting.

Through major projects, Marie-Amélie has developed an expertise in strategic and financial business recovery. She has been working as a consultant for public and para-governmental organizations for 15 years, thus becoming a specialist in organizational development, economic analysis and new markets expansion strategies.

He is specialized in action learning techniques and possess a vast experience in facilitation, in training program design as well as competence transfer in the work place in the areas of corporate culture and values, leadership, communication and team dynamics, customer relationship, sales, business development and change mechanism.

He regularly works in Canada, and also in France, in the United States and other parts of the world in multicultural environments. He also has a significant experience in management, marketing and sales at key positions in consumer goods companies of international scope.

Training, which was his management style during his years in business, has become his sole activity. At every occasion, He aims at a real and solid development of competence and attitude within specific and strategic business contexts.

Marie is an international consultant and trainer who facilitates, globally, with organizations going through transition. Her specialty area is in culture diagnosis and leadership development. Marie assists in strategic planning and in change process. She supports managers in their new direction through coaching, team-building, continuous improvement, performance management.
Prior to her career in consulting, she held Management positions with organizations in manufacturing (pulp and paper, pharmaceutical) and banking.

She held an Associate Teacher position, at Université du Québec, MBA Programme, for the course « Change Management in Organizations ».

Marie is fluent in English, French and Portuguese; functional in Spanish.
She is a graduate from McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Malte is a management consultant and executive trainer with more than 20 years of international experience. He is specialized in designing and facilitating workshops on international leadership and sales development as well as client engagement.

After completing his Bachelor degree in Communication in Vancouver, Malte worked for the Daimler Corporate University in Stuttgart. His Master degree in International Business took him to Freiburg and Paris, where he gained further experience in Management Development at HSBC. In Paris, Malte launched a career first at BNP Paribas, then at HSBC as Sales and Relationship Manager to large multinationals (CIB). In 2015, he founded kalum consulting, a small network of multilingual, internationally experienced consultants.

Malte was born in Germany and has lived, studied and worked for numerous years in British Columbia (Canada) and France. He is a German-French citizen and his working languages are English, German and French.

Kim hosts a master’s degree in Business Strategy & Management and holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Québec in Montréal. Her experiences brought her to develop expertise in research, press analysis, social networks and strategic communication.

Passionate about strategy and organizational development, she focuses on internal and external business relationships, collaboration and multidisciplinary perspectives in order to bring organizations to understand where they stand and to draw a cohesive future.

Kim joined FG8’s team in 2017 and was involved in projects for customers such as Lune Rouge, City of Montréal, FailCamp Montréal and partners in the United States.

Ismaël is a consultant specializing in real estate. He is also interested in architecture, infrastructures and the impact of new technologies. He studied management at the University Paris-Dauphine and in sociology and international management at the University of Quebec in Montreal where he was also a teaching assistant.

Trinational, he has gained professional experience in Canada, the United States and France, thereby nurturing his understanding of strategy in an international setting. In a previous life, he was artist manager and producer in the music industry.