Paul Lohnes is a senior financial executive with over 40 years of domestic and international experience in professional services organizations. Currently, he is Director of Finance and Administration with CATALIS Quebec, a not for profit organization (NPO) whose mission is to optimize the clinical research environment in Quebec, maximize private investment, and accelerate the development of innovative patient care. Previously he was the chief executive of a public sector NPO, held senior roles in audit regulation, quality control and standard setting, and was an audit partner with KPMG in Montreal and The Netherlands.

In addition to financial and audit acumen, Paul brings expertise in governance and human resources management. Paul’s wife is a long-term sufferer of M.E. He is thus an advocate for the recognition and treatment of M.E. and has a keen interest in contributing to ICanCME’s achievement of its mission and making a difference for M.E. patients in Canada.

Paul is currently a member of the volunteer board and the audit committee of the Montréal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre.