Our team
Boulart is a true example of collaboration at work. We don’t believe in star bakers and we like to share ideas right across the business. Ours is a team of different cultures and backgrounds but with one common bread.
Michel Saillant
President
What is your favourite sport? Sailing.
What are you best known for? My ability to reinvent myself.
What is your favourite thing to put on your Boulart bread? Nothing (good bread doesn’t need anything).
Eric Villeneuve
Sales & Marketing VP
If you had a superpower, what would it be? I’d be able to breathe underwater.
What is your favourite sandwich? Chicken salad.
What is your favourite sport? Scuba diving.
Mario Garcia
OPERATIONS VP
What is your favourite Boulart bread? The Focaccia.
What is something you can’t resist? Beautiful clothes.
What is your favourite sport? Cross-country skiing.
Alex Bakakis
Head of sales US
Coffee or tea? Coffee. All day, every day!
Who’s your favorite chef? My grandmother.
Why did you chose to work for Boulart? It was an easy choice. Michel’s passion and drive resonate through everyone who works at Boulart.
Mary Ter-Mesropian
Account Manager
If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life what would it be? Pizza with a side of pizza.
Coffee or tea? COFFEE COFFEE COFFEE.
What kind of music do you like? Metallica rules all.
Benjamin Murray
Key Account Director
What’s your favorite Boulart bread? Small Artisan Hoagie.
What is your favorite thing to put on Boulart bread? Ripe tomatoes with olive oil and sea salt.
Coffee or tea ? Tea.
Sabrina Musselman
Business Development Director East
What’s your guilty pleasure? Chips & Queso.
What’s your favorite weekend activity? It requires a driver, 3 wood, and 9 iron. Also, I love watching football.
What’s your favorite meal to cook? I don’t chase a favorite recipe. I chase that first bite reaction.
Thomas Graber
Business Development Director West
What is your favourite meal to cook? Italian.
Why did you chose to work for Boulart? Amazing culture and delicious and healthy breads.
What’s your favorite sport? Soccer.
Evelyn Valenzuela
U.S. Sales Coordinator
What’s your favorite Boulart bread? Cranberry & Chocolate.
Coffee or tea? Coffee 100%.
What’s on your bucket list? Parachuting.
Isabelle Robert
REGIONAL SALES DIRECTOR – QUEBEC
What is your favorite type of Boulart bread? The ciabatta baguette, the best ever bread!
What is your favorite thing to put on Boulart bread? A good olive oil.
Is there anything you can’t resist? A meal with family.
Ante Pocrnic
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - WESTERN CANADA
What is your favorite Boulart Bread? Everything Bun.
Coffee or Tea? Coffee.
What is your favorite Sport? Soccer.
Paige Arseneau
Key Account Director
If you had to eat one meal every day for the rest of your life, what would it be? Grilled cheese sandwich (on Boulart bread, obviously) and tomato soup! It’s been my favourite go-to since I was a child, and that hasn’t changed.
What’s your favorite Boulart bread? Cranberry & Chocolate, toasted in the oven with a thin layer of butter… delicious!
Coffee or tea? COFFEE! I cannot start my day without it.
Mayra Morales
SALES COORDINATOR - CANADA
What is your favorite Boulart bread? Focaccia and thin sandwich buns are the best!!!
Coffee or Tea? Definitely coffee to start a productive day!
Is there anything you can’t resist? Wine!
Mélanie Leduc
MARKETING DIRECTOR
What is your favorite Boulart bread? Everything bun.
What is your favorite meal to cook? Sugo al Ragu.
Guilty pleasure? Coffee in bed every morning.
Anna Dejewska
ART & MARKETING MANAGER
What is your favorite Boulart bread? Ciabatta Baguette.
Coffee or Tea? Team TEA all the way!
Favorite weekend activity? Hiking with my dogs.
Matt DeMille
CORPORATE CHEF
What is your guilty pleasure? PIZZZZA!
What is your favourite thing to put on your Boulart bread? Simply buttered is heaven.
What is your dream vacation? Somewhere hot and sunny with my family.
William Saillant
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
What is your guilty pleasure? Bread.
What is your favourite sport? Golf.
Who is your favourite chef? My mom.
Mélanie Gallagher
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
What is your favorite Boulart bread? Focaccia.
Coffee or tea? Coffee.
What is your dream vacation? A trip to Ireland.
Brigitte Gariépy
QA DIRECTOR
What are you best known for? Being far too crazy.
Is there anything you can’t resist? Chocolate.
Favorite weekend activity? Preparing pancakes with my daughter.
Pierre-Jean Emsens
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
What is your favorite meal your mom used to make? Gratin Dauphinois.
Guilty pleasure? Chocolate.
Coffee or tea? Coffee!
Jean-Claude Meyer
PROJECTS DIRECTOR
What is your favorite thing to put on Boulart bread? Cheese with a good glass of wine of course.
Coffee or tea? Without a doubt: coffee.
What is your dream vacation? Going back to Seychelles Islands.
Myria Brissette
ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR
What is your favorite Boulart bread? Cranberry & Chocolate Bun, especially on a cold winter morning.
Guilty pleasure? Dipping a ciabatta bread in a roasted chicken sauce.
What are you best known for? My contagious smile.
Sylvie Saillant
CONTROLLER
What is your guilty pleasure? Chips!
What is your favourite thing to put on your Boulart bread? Butter.
What are you best known for? My loyalty.
Caroline Saillant
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR
What is your favourite type of Boulart bread? The Raisin & Walnut Demi-Baguette.
What are you best known for? My organizational skills and dynamism.
What is your guilty pleasure? Wine.
Patrick Pilote
IT DIRECTOR
What is your favorite type of Boulart bread? Definitely the everything bun.
What is your favorite meal to cook? Wild mushroom risotto.
Coffee or tea? Espresso or brewed coffee.
David Savard
LOGISTICS DIRECTOR
What is your favourite type of Boulart bread? The Belgian Loaf.
What is your favourite thing to put on your Boulart bread? Peanut butter.
What is something you can’t resist? Travelling.
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Our employees come from all walks of life and are united thanks to common values of collaboration, innovation and the quest to always deliver a product we are proud of.
