The financial director of the historic village of Val-Jalbert goes up in grade and becomes the new director general of the tourist site.
The appointment of François Lavoie was formalized by the board of directors. He undertakes his new functions now. The position was previously occupied by Patrick Savard, who became managing director of the Saguenay city center organization in January.
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Tourists can visit the remains of the old village buildings on the historic site.
Photo: radio-canada / mireille chayer
In an interview on the show It’s never the sameMr. Lavoie said he was approached by the Board of Directors for this new job.
I think I have a good capacity to bring people together and I think that is a bit of what attracted the board of directors, my leadership qualities in terms of setting up projects
he explains.
There is a beautiful built heritage of 42 buildings, there is a new mission also to set up.
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Previously, François Lavoie held the position of Managing Director at the Hermitage Saint-Antoine de Lac-Bouchette.
His fine knowledge of our realities twinned with his passion for regional development make Mr. Lavoie the person designated to propel our organization and attract even more visitors to Val-Jalbert
indicates the president of the CA, Yan Lapierre, by press release.
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There are around forty buildings on the 80 that had the village when it was inhabited.
Photo: radio-canada / mireille chayer
The new CEO anticipates an increased summer for the historic site since he believes that Quebec tourists will prefer to stay in the province this summer instead of going to the United States due to the tariff war. We are ready, we prepared all winter, even if there was no managing director
specifies Mr. Lavoie.
In addition, the position of managing director of the Saint-Félicien wild zoo remains always vacant. The process to find the candidate is still underway.
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