Economic development commissioners are available to guide you through the business start-up process: 

• Find a property or a commercial space
• Learn about government financial assistance programs
• Get permits to expand or renovate your establishment.

In addition, commissioners facilitate the formation of business groups and merchant associations, and they help promote the development of commercial streets in the boroughs

Ahuntsic-Cartierville 

Jean-François Soulières (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-575-1837
jeanfrancois.soulieres@montreal.ca

Carlos Costa (Economic development assistant commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-546-1150
carlos.costa@montreal.ca

Anjou

Sylvie Boutin (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-493-8088
sylvie.boutin@montreal.ca

Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Pierre Boudreault (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-240-0636
pierre.boudreault@montreal.ca

Thierno Souleymane Diallo (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 438-867-4510
thierno.diallo@montreal.ca

Lachine 

Ghislain Dufour (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-898-7748
ghislain.dufour@montreal.ca

LaSalle

Pawel Swinarski (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-883-0038
pawel.swinarski@montreal.ca

Le Plateau-Mont-Royal

Cecile Vergier (Economic development commissioner)
263 362-9092
cecile.vergier@montreal.ca

Le Sud-Ouest

Rachad Lawani (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 438-225-2440
rachad.lawani@montreal.ca

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Salem Zarifa (Planning & Economic Development Consultant)
Telephone no.: 514-473-2962
salem.zarifa@montreal.ca

Camille Crepeau (Planning & Economic Development Consultant)
Telephone no.: 438 951-6136
camille.crepeau@montreal.ca

Montréal-Nord

Ludovic Ngaroussabaye (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-243-5895
ludovic.ngaroussabaye@montreal.ca

Outremont

Gabriel Van Beverhoudt, (Planning & Economic Development Consultant)
Telephone no.: 438-826-2178
gabriel.vanbeverhoudt@montreal.ca 

Pierrefonds-Roxboro

Ghislain Dufour (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 514-898-7748
ghislain.dufour@montreal.ca

Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles

Karim Elfilali (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 438-221-6706
karim.elfilali@montreal.ca

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Catherine Collerette (Economic development commissioner)
Équipe Affaires Rosemont
affairesrpp@montreal.ca

Saint-Laurent

Isabelle Marazzani (Commissioner for Industrial Development)
Excellence industrielle Saint-Laurent
Telephone no.: 438-806-5850
isabelle.marazzani@excellence-industrielle.ca

Saint-Léonard

François Morin (Planning & Economic Development Consultant)
Telephone no.: 263 362-4866
francois.morin@montreal.ca

Ville-Marie

Karina Serei (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 438-864-6223
karina.serei@montreal.ca

Cristina D’Arienzo (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: (438) 831-0259
cristina.darienzo@montreal.ca

Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension

Christiane Richard (Economic development commissioner)
Telephone no.: 438-994-9018
vsp.affaires@montreal.ca

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