André Nadeau
Corporate Vice President, Canada Operating Unit
As the Avanade lead for the Canadian business, André is responsible for guiding the sales, delivery and operations of all Avanade’s work in Canada. André works closely with his regional leadership teams to ensure high quality customer service to an expanding customer base.
André joined Avanade in 2017 as the Eastern Canada Territory lead and doubled Sales and Revenue for the territory under his leadership. Before joining Avanade, André was Chief Operating Officer for AIA, a technology company headquartered in Munich, servicing more than 150 airlines around the world. Over a period of four years, he transformed a traditional content business into a digital company, making three strategic acquisitions in Hong Kong, Los Angeles and India.
With over 25 years of management experience for companies in North America and Europe, André has helped transform traditional companies in world-class organizations and advised CEOs and executives for several major corporations.
Past board member of: Advanced In Flight Alliance (Munich), Netgame Mobile Factory, (Stockholm Sweden), Oberthur (Paris, France) and COGNICASE (Montreal, Canada).
André Nadeau began his career in 1987 with CGI and then joined Andersen Consulting leading the Software Division for East of Canada.
He then joined COGNICASE, a young technology and consulting start-up founded by a colleague from university. COGNICASE became the fifth largest Canadian consulting company in less than 10 years.
Later, he served as Executive Vice President Strategy and Marketing for Oberthur Technology, headquartered in Paris, leader in security software embedded in Payment, Telecommunications, Identity markets and regulated gaming.
André holds a Bachelor of Sciences in computer sciences and management from the University of Québec in Montréal.
