Join the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on November 10th, as Hon. François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, addresses the business community, outlining key highlights in Budget 2025. Minister Champagne’s keynote will be followed by a fireside chat with Calgary Chamber President & CEO Deborah Yedlin.
Keynote speaker: Hon. François-Philippe Champagne
Minister of Finance and National Revenue of Canada
About speaker
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Champlain in 2015. He has previously served as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, as Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and as Minister of International Trade.
Minister Champagne is a businessman, lawyer, and international trade specialist with over 20 years’ experience at large international companies in Europe, particularly in the fields of energy, engineering, and innovation.
Before entering politics, Minister Champagne was Vice-President and Senior Counsel of ABB Group, a leader in cutting-edge technology that operates in more than 100 countries. He also served as Strategic Development Director, acting General Counsel, and Chief Ethics Officer and Member of the Group Management Committee of Amec Foster Wheeler, a world leader in the energy sector.
In 2009, Minister Champagne was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has served on several boards over the years and was notably President of the Canadian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and the Banff Forum.
After his election in 2015, Minister Champagne served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance until 2017, when he was appointed Minister of International Trade. During his time in this role, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement entered into force and Canada signed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. In 2018, he was named Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, overseeing the federal government’s ambitious $187 billion infrastructure investment plan. He was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2019 and oversaw the creation of Canada’s Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations, which more than 80 countries have endorsed. As Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry from 2021 to 2025, he helped attract major investments into Canada, advanced the development and adoption of clean technologies, strengthened research and development, and bolstered Canada’s position in environmental sustainability.
Minister Champagne holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Université de Montréal and a Master of Laws in American law from Case Western Reserve University. He also studied public and private international law at The Hague Academy of International Law, in the Netherlands.
