Benoit Desforges is Vice-President of the Energy Directorate at Measurement Canada. With more than 30 years of experience in federal public service, Benoit has held various management positions in different departments including in the environmental field. At Environment and Climate Change Canada, his work spanned the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG), the use of environmental technologies and clean fuels. Benoit’s involvement in standardization started with the ISO technical committee on Environmental management (ISO/TC 207), where he advanced the development of Environmental Technology Verification standard ISO 14034. Benoit took on other leadership roles including convening working groups, representing Canada on ISO/TC 207 and chairing the Canadian mirror committee for ISO’s subcommittee on Environmental performance evaluation (ISO/TC 207/SC 4). 

Christine Geraghty is Project Manager.

International Technical Committee Manager, Standards & International Relations, at the Standards Council of Canada, Ottawa.