An internal manager will manage the Olympic Park during the mega-project to replace the roof of the stadium.

Joëlle Brodeur, a training project manager, was appointed on Wednesday to take over from Michel Lebrecque, in office since 2014.

“At the end of a rigorous process of analyzing internal and external applications, we are very pleased to welcome Ms. Joëlle Brodeur at the head of the Olympic Park,” declared the chairman of the board of directors of the Olympic Park, in a press release. . “We are confident that she will successfully lead the development of the Park for the coming years. »

Joëlle Brodeur was until today vice-president responsible for Infrastructure and project management at the Olympic Park. She has worked there since 2017.

“My years within the organization have allowed me to know it fully, to love it sincerely and I am proud to put myself at the service of the ambitions that we have for it,” declared Ms. Brodeur, again in a press release. “Great challenges and real opportunities await us in the coming years. »

More than $1 billion in construction is underway at the Olympic Stadium, including tens of millions of dollars in rehabilitation work after a fire near a ventilation system intake spread soot across several floors of the stadium’s mast.