04:50 PM EDT, 05/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CAE Inc. ( CAE ) on Thursday said Patrick Decostre agreed to serve on its board of directors, replacing the retiring Michael Roach, a director since 2017.

Decostre is chief executive of renewable-power producer Boralex ( BRLXF )

"Prior to his appointment as President and CEO in 2020, he spent 18 years building Boralex's ( BRLXF ) business from the ground up in Europe, where he initiated wind energy initiatives and directed all operations and development activities of Boralex's ( BRLXF ) European subsidiaries. Decostre, an engineering physicist, graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique of Brussels. He is also a graduate of the Solvay Business School in Brussels in business administration," CAE said in a release.