Pierre Rivard

Mr. Rivard serves as executive chairman of TUGLIQ Energy Co., dedicated to energy diversification of Northern mining sites through renewable energy and innovative storage technologies, including hydrogen systems, and small-scale LNG Liquid Natural Gas. Prior to executive chairman, Pierre Rivard served as president and chief executive from 2011 to 2016. Mr. Rivard’s past successes include the launch and IPO of a NASDAQ-listed hydrogen fuel cell company (Hydrogenics NASDAQ : HYGS, TSX : HYG), that he served as founding president and chief executive and later as executive chairman. At Hydrogenics, he built an award winning high performance team that was recognized as Canada’s fastest growing company in 2003 and received numerous awards.

Mr. Rivard now serves as an investor in and director of several Cleantech enterprises, having raised more than $150 M in capital, and having secured strategic alliances with global partners. Doctorate Honoris Causa in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, for life-time achievements in energy technology and entrepreneurship. M. Eng. (Mechanical) from the University of Toronto, MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, B.Eng. (Mechanical) from Royal Military College of Canada. Pierre Rivard is married to Catherine Paquet-Rivard, a Cisco Press author and network architect. They have a daughter, Laurence, and a son, Simon.