About

Martin Langelier is currently chief legal officer and secretary for Bombardier Recreational Products, holding a diverse mix of responsibilities for the management of the company’s global legal and compliance affairs, the corporate social responsibility program, the internal audit function and public affairs department. During his career at Bombardier Recreational Products, a manufacturer of motorised recreational vehicles that was formerly part of the wider Bombardier group, Langelier has played an important role in the company’s initial public offering which was selected as the most successful IPO of the year in Canada. In addition, he has been praised for his important contribution to the sale of Bombardier’s Recreational Products Division to a group of investors in 2003. Also responsible for the various aspects of the company’s commercial transactions, Langelier has established a reputation for his work on many important international transactions. Langelier has been with Bombardier Recreational Products since 2000, initially employed as a legal counsel but rising quickly through the ranks to become the director of corporate and commercial legal services in 2004, and eventually senior vice president for public affairs and general counsel. His first employment as a lawyer was with law firm DeGranpré-Chait, where he worked for around four years. Langelier holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Sherbrooke University in Canada and an MBA degree from the University of Birmingham, UK.