Claude Francoeur holds the Stephen A. Jarislowsky chair in governance at HEC Montréal. His research focuses on the determinants and consequences of having more female directors and executives in public firms. His work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Strategic Management Journal, British Journal of Management and Gender Work and Organization. In 2008, he received the Emerald Citation of Excellence Award, for a paper entitled "Gender Diversity in Corporate Governance and Top Management", published in the Journal of Business Ethics.