Biography

Luc Tremblay has been Director General of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) since 2014. Employed by the STM for nearly 25 years, Mr. Tremblay previously held various positions with the STM, particularly Treasurer and Director of Finance since 2007. He also chairs the STM’s pension fund committees.

Holder of a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree in Public Accounting from the École des hautes études commerciales (HEC), Luc Tremblay is a member of the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) since 1992. In February 2020, the Quebec CPA Order presented him with the prestigious title of Fellow (FCPA), highlighting his contributions to the profession.

Since his arrival as Director General of the STM, he has rallied the organization’s various sectors around client-related concerns, such as satisfaction and service delivery.

His involvement at the national and international levels includes serving on the Management Committee of the Association des transporteurs urbains du Québec (ATUQ), on Board of Directors of the Canadian Urban Transit Association and on the CUTA’s Audit Committee. He was a member of the Finance Committee of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and served as Permanent Observer on the UITP Executive Board from 2015 to 2017.

With the goal of implementing best practices in finance, Luc Tremblay instigated the implementation at the STM of the GFOA (Government Finance Officers Association) financial reporting standards. He was a finalist in 2011 in “THE ACES OF FINANCE” competition, in the “Public and Government Corporation” category, held by the Québec Chapter of Financial Executives International Canada (FEI Canada).