CGI at 50 years: Perspectives from CGI’s Board of Directors

The following CGI Board members discuss how CGI is innovating what’s next in technology and AI:

Michael B. Pedersen, Former Executive Roles at TD Bank Group
There's never been a time where that was more important with what's happening now around digitization, AI and banks needing to transform legacy systems. They've never needed what we can provide more than they do today.

Mary Powell, Chief Executive Officer, Sunrun Inc.
I've just been so excited by the transformation that I've seen CGI drive in their client work and helping advance all of the technological innovation that we need in energy to deliver the right experience for customers in the future.

George A. Cope, Former President and CEO, BCE Inc. and Bell Canada
CGI is perfect to be the advisor for those companies as they go through what looks like the biggest evolution we've had in the IT space, certainly in all of our lifetime.

Kathy N. Waller, Former Executive Roles at The Coca-Cola Company
Technology continues to come at us at a very, very fast pace and they are the trusted company to bring to help people understand that technology and transform their businesses so they can take advantage of that technology.

Jacynthe Côté, Former President and CEO, Rio Tinto Alcan
With everything that’s coming, and all the changes AI will bring – good and bad – I think CGI will be a model for how we can be better humans with these tools.

Stephen S. Poloz, Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
So, there are very magnifying effects involved in CGI, deploying its tools, its expertise, especially embedding AI into the public sector so that we can all have a better life.

Sophie Brochu, Former President and CEO, Hydro-Québec
But you know, it’s not so much the weight you carry that makes it difficult, it’s how you carry it. CGI has the ability to help our clients get through the times where they need to take on a greater load to serve their own clients.

Alison C. Reed, Former CFO, Marks & Spencer and Standard Life
The other thing I think our clients love is our deep technical expertise. So CGI works doing some of the most complicated tech in the world, and is absolutely valued by the clients who choose us for that specialist work and recognizing the deep skills of our employees.

George D. Schindler, Former President and CEO, CGI (2016-2024)
If you think about it, the scope of what we do and number of organizations that we serve spanning across a number of industries within some of the largest economies and geographies in the world… We are positioned using all the changes and evolutions of technology to bring the best to our clients and have a positive impact.