Our team

Simon Desbiens has 15 years of experience in project management where he participated in the implementation of prevention plans, health and safety and hazardous materials audits, construction site management and also implemented several management systems. He has led and participated in nearly two hundred management system audits and legal compliance audits in various business sectors.

He also supports our clients in the implementation and maintenance of environmental management system (ISO 14001), quality (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, ISO 17025), health and safety (ISO 45001), food safety (HACCP) and Responsible Aluminum Sourcing (ASI). He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a certificate in environmental auditing and principles of environmental law. He is a qualified auditor for the Bureau de Normalization du Québec (BNQ) and DNV registrars. He is also Certified Environmental Auditor (CEA™) of the Association Québécoise de Verification Environnementale, Certified Health & Safety Management Safety Auditor (CHSMSA) of the AAC and is registered with the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec.

Charles Desbiens has 13 years of experience in environmental, health and safety, and quality management. He also has extensive experience in process design and development, operational safety, and process simulation. Over the last 8 years, he has been involved in numerous health and safety and environmental compliance audits, management system audits, and the preparation of legal registers in various Canadian provinces and industries.

He assists our clients with the implementation and maintenance of their environmental (ISO 14001), quality (ISO 9001 & IATF 16949), health and safety (ISO 45001), and process safety management systems (CSA Z767-17). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and has completed a short graduate studies program in environmental studies from the Université de Sherbrooke. He is a qualified auditor for the Bureau de Normalisation du Québec (BNQ) registrar and is also a Certified Environmental Auditor (CEA™) with the Quebec Association of Environmental Auditing. He is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).

Steve Drolet has over 28 years of experience as an engineer specializing in the development and maintenance of environmental, quality and occupational health and safety management systems, forest management, wood chain of custody and environment, social and governance criteria in the aluminum industry. With training and qualification as an external auditor, he has over ten thousand hours of internal and external auditing to his credit in environment (ISO 14001), quality (ISO 9001), health and safety (ISO 45001), food safety (HACCP), responsible aluminum sourcing (ASI) and wood chain of custody (FSC, SFI, PEFC).

Steve also supports direct clients in implementing and maintaining various management systems. He holds a bachelor’s degree in forest management and environment, a master’s degree in project management, a graduate certificate in environmental auditing, and has pursued doctoral studies related to entrepreneurial performance. Steve is a qualified auditor by the Bureau de Normalisation du Québec (BNQ), DNV, and Bureau Veritas Certification Bodies. Since 1997, he has been a registered member of the Ordre des Ingenieurs Forestiers du Québec.

Veronique helps maintain and improve health and safety management systems and prevention programs for our clients and provides them with technical support when needed. She implements and develops various tools (procedures and processes). In these roles, she has coordinated various prevention and training activities. Véronique also participates in audits of environmental management systems (ISO 14001) and occupational health and safety systems (ISO 45001) in several sectors, including energy, aluminum, education and manufacturing.

She has expertise in ergonomics and psychosocial risks. She holds a bachelor’s degree in counseling and a master’s degree in industrial relations, with a focus on health, safety, and ergonomics. She is also a member of the Certified Human Resources Advisors Association (CHRA).

Myriam has nearly 14 years of experience in the fields of environment and occupational health and safety (ESS), during which she was able to contribute to different ESS management systems and carry out audits in the field. She implemented prevention programs and put in place several emergency measures plans and respiratory protection programs. In addition, she carried out several atmospheric emissions campaign monitoring and ensured their compliance with the MDDELCC. In addition, over the years, she has developed expertise in industrial hygiene and measuring equipment. She participates in audits of environmental management systems (ISO 14001), occupational health and safety (ISO 45001) and forestry chain of custody (FSC/SFI).

She is accredited in the BCIT Health and Safety Workplaces program and has a Site Safety Officer certification from the British Columbia Safety Council. She also holds a Level 2 Mine Health and Safety Act Supervisor certificate in Nunavu

Camille participates in the consolidation of management systems for our clients as well as in carrying out compliance audits for the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 systems. He accompanies our clients and offers them technical support when required. He implements various tools (procedures and processes), deploys management systems and conducts training sessions on auditing standards and techniques. He previously worked on the coordination of various prevention and training activities. He was at the heart of starting a business in consulting, industrial hygiene and management of air contaminants. His experience has enabled him to acquire solid knowledge of chemical risk management, air contaminants and construction sites. He has an engineering degree in chemistry in France, with a specialization in management of QSE management systems.

Franck Parrot has over 35 years of experience in environmental, quality, health and safety management. He has implemented a number of environmental, health and safety (EHS) management systems and programs, resulting in strong EHS performance.

He has carried out over 150 EHS audits and verifications for major corporations. He is a Certified Health and Safety Management Systems Auditor (CHSMSA) recognized by the Canadian Auditing Association, and a Certified Environmental Auditor (CEA) of the Association québécoise de vérification environnementale. He is lead auditor for the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and DNV-GL registries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, a master’s degree in environmental engineering and a master’s degree in project management.

Franck Parrot is now retired from the day-to-day running of the company, but remains a mentor to the current associates.

Yves Desbiens has over 40 years’ experience in quality management (ISO 9001), environment (ISO 14001), health and safety (CSA-Z1000, OHSAS 18001, ISO 45001), sustainable development (ISO 21000; ISO 26000), sustainable forest management (FSC, CSA, SFI, PEFC), food safety (ISO 22001, HACCP, SQF 2000), testing laboratories (ISO17025), information technology security (ISO 27001, ISO 17099), anti-terrorist security (CT-PAT), Ecologo certification, chain of custody and other technical certifications such as product certification within various companies. He has successfully assisted many different companies and organizations in achieving their certification objectives, most of which are large-scale. He is a Certified Environmental Auditor (CEA) and a Certified Environmental Assessor (CEA) recognized by the Canadian Environmental Auditing Association. He is also a Certified Quality Auditor (CQA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and certificates in biochemistry and law. He was the 4th environmental auditor in Canada in 1997 (CAEV), and has conducted and /supervised numerous audits.

He was responsible for the following achievements:

• First ISO 14001 certification in Quebec (Stablex Canada – 1996)
• First multi-site certification in Quebec (Hydro-Québec – 2000)
• First CSA-Z809 certification in Quebec (Abitibi-Bowater – 2003)
• Specialist and expert in the implementation of management systems leading to forest certification for 8,019,670 hectares in Quebec.

Yves Desbiens is now retired from the company’s day-to-day activities, but remains a mentor to the current associates.