Marie-Pier St-Hilaire has not only embraced change but has turned change and knowledge management into a profitable business. Marie-Pier was just 22 when she opened AFI. She managed the company while completing her MBA and then moved it to the wider marketplace in Quebec. AFI has grown to over 150 employees and exclusive partners and its now rank in the top 300 SMB’s in Quebec. As a creative leader, Marie-Pier also act as a reference to senior executives in the private and public sectors. True to her values, she devotes time to organized fundraisers for various organizations particularly those affecting health and young businesses. 

Honors

• 2012 : Harvard Business School Owner/President Management Program Alumni
• 2011 : Recipient of the Canada’s Top 40 under 40 years^TM Awards
• 2011 : Named one of the 20 young women in power by Canadian Business
• 2009 : Finalist in the Entrepreneurship  category of the Femmes de mérite contest  – Québec YWCA
• 2009 : Recipient of the Tremplin trophy in the Social Involvement category  – Québec MBA Association
• 2007 : Finalist  in the Medium-sized Business category of the Prix femmes d’affaires du Québec contest  – Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec
• 2006 : Finalist in the category  of Young Entrepreneur  in Quebec/Large- or medium-sized Business, awarded by the Arista Provincial Competition – Jeune chambre de commerce de Montréal
• 2005 : Finalist  in the Medium-sized Business category of the Prix femmes d’affaires du Québec contest – Réseau des femmes d’affaires du Québec
• 2002 : Named Young Businessperson of the Year in the Training and Human Resources category – JCI Québec

Social Involvement

• 2012 : Honorary President of the Caisse Desjardins Sillery-Saint-Louis-de-France golf tournament for the benefit of Quebec Golf and Laval’s University Rouge et Or
• 2011 : Honorary President for P3P all-day benefit activity
• 2010 : Honorary President of the Golf Classic FSA-AFI
• 2008-2009 : Honorary President fundraising campaign for the Fondation du Collège Jésus-Marie de Québec
• 2007-2008 : Honorary President of the golf tournament hosted by the Fondation des Pères Maristes de Québec.
• Since 2004 : Active member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada