A CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2003, Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin has been President and Chief Executive Officer of CIRANO since 2016, has been leading the Baromètre CIRANO project on risk perception in Quebec, which annually collects data on Quebecers' concerns on 47 social issues since 2011, is responsible of the CIRANO Pole on the Socio-economic Impacts of Digital Intelligence and Main Researcher of the theme Innovation and Digital Transformation. Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin is Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She is also a Visiting Scientist at Harvard T. Chan School of Public Health and an associate researcher at the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO).

Holding a Ph.D. in Management Science (in risks and insurance management) from École normale supérieure de Cachan, her research interests focus on risk management and decision-making in different risks and uncertainty contexts as well as public policies. Her research combines economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, survey data analysis, and more recently massive unstructured data analysis.

In 2008 she created the RISQH network to raise awareness and share experiences on risks management, and patient safety and quality of care in health care facilities.

She participated in the creation of the Montreal Declaration for a Responsible Development of AI.

She is also co-PI of the "Monitoring and Surveys" function at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology.

She has published numerous scientific articles, several books and more than 30 reports for government and other organizations. She has given more than a hundred conferences and is regularly solicited to speak in the media.

Robert Lacroix holds a bachelor's and master's degree in economics from the University of Montreal and a doctorate from the University of Louvain (Belgium). He was a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Montreal from 1970 to 2006.  He held various positions at the university, including director of the Department of Economics and director of the Centre for Economic Research and Development (CRDE).  From 1987 to 1993, he served as Dean of the University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and from 1994 to 1998, he was President and CEO and co-founder of CIRANO. Robert Lacroix was Rector of the University of Montreal from June 1998 to May 2005. He was appointed Professor Emeritus of the University of Montreal in May 2006 and first Rector Emeritus of that institution in May 2011. 

Robert Lacroix is the author of numerous books, book chapters, scientific articles, and research reports on labor economics and human resources, as well as on the economics of technical progress and innovation. Two of his books were finalists for the Donner Prize, in 2010 (Le CHUM, une tragédie québécoise, Boréal, Louis Maheu, co-author) and in 2015 (Les grandes universités de recherche, Presses de l’Université de Montréal and Leading Research Universities in a Competitive World, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Louis Maheu, co-author). In 2019, he published Grandeurs et misères de l’université québécoise (The Greatness and Misery of Quebec Universities), Presses de l’Université de Montréal, and in 2023, La sous-scolarisation des hommes et le choix de profession des femmes (The Under-Education of Men and Women’s Career Choices), Presses de l’Université de Montréal, C. Haeck, C. Montmarquette, and R. Tremblay, co-authors. 

He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the National Order of Quebec, an Officer of the Ordre des palmes académiques de France, a Member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Member of the Académie des Grands Montréalais (Commander of the Order of Montreal). 

In 2001, he received the Outstanding Career Award from the National Policy Research Initiative (Ottawa) and, in 2002, he received the Armand-Frappier Award from the Government of Quebec in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of research administration and promotion. In 2006, he received the Order of Merit from the Association des diplômés de l'Université de Montréal.

He holds honorary doctorates from the University of Lyon 2, McGill University, the University of Western Ontario, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Ottawa.

Robert Lacroix was a member of the board of directors of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (chair 2001-2003), chair of the Conference of Rectors and Principals of Quebec Universities (2003-2005), member of the boards of directors of Polytechnique-Montréal and HEC-Montréal, founding member of the board of directors of the Trudeau Foundation, and member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.

A recognized specialist in human resources economics and innovation, Robert Lacroix has been called upon to serve on numerous organizations related to his expertise, notably as Vice-President of the Canadian Economics Association (in 1985); President of the Association des économistes québécois (in 1992); member of the National Statistics Council of Canada; member of the Advisory Committee on Economic Growth of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (from 1989 to 1994); member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Research on Public Policy (from 1994 to 1998);  member of the Scientific Committee of the Killam Foundation of the Canada Council for the Arts (from 1984 to 1987); Member of the Comité des hommes d’affaires pour la relance économique de Montréal (Committee of Businessmen for the Economic Recovery of Montreal); member of the steering committee of the Centre d’étude sur l’emploi et la technologie (Center for the Study of Employment and Technology) of Emploi-Québec; member of the Advisory Committee on Academic Affairs of the Canadian Bankers Institute; member and chair of the steering committee of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States (Fulbright Program). In 2005-2006, he was a member of the Expert Panel on the Federal Government's Equalization Program. From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the Public Service Advisory Committee appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada.

His economic expertise and experience in managing a large organization have led him to serve on the boards of directors of major companies, including Industrial Alliance, CAE, Groupe Jean Coutu and Pomerleau Inc.

Executive Director, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal