MB Mission Statement

For more than a quarter century MaisonBrison has been delivering innovative, results-oriented corporate communications programs to publicly traded and privately held companies. Driven by a passion for excellence, the multi-disciplined MaisonBrison team strives to exceed client expectations with best practise solutions in investor relations, public relations, crisis management, employee communications, and graphic arts. MaisonBrison consistently endeavours to be a performance leader.

Clear and Consistent Communication Improves Share Value

A professional IR communications program builds investor confidence and trust -  and manages expectations. While clearly expressing the investment attributes of your company, such a program creates future value for investors. In many cases, it means going beyond the basics of news releases, quarterly reports and annual meetings to include the creation of various assets such as robust websites, conference calls, media relations and targeted meetings with institutional and retail investors.

Put Our Experience To Work For You

The MaisonBrison Team represents numerous publicly held and privately owned corporations. We provide our clients with a range of corporate communications and public relations services, including the conception, rendering and production of graphics and all printed materials. The MaisonBrison team offers an exceptional depth of experience and specialized creativity.

Rick Leckner, Founder and President

Rick Leckner's four decades in corporate communications, crisis management and investor relations have uniquely equipped him to assist his clients with the development and implementation of corporate strategy. He has advised hundreds of CEOs and orchestrated countless creative campaigns and investor relations programs. His leadership of the team at MaisonBrison consists of relentless attention to detail - and tireless insistence on the highest possible quality. Rick founded Communications Rick Leckner (which later became MaisonBrison) in 1983. Earlier in his career, he was a partner in Polymark Management, a public relations consultancy. He is widely known for his many years of providing helicopter traffic reports for CJAD/Mix 96. He has served as a city councillor (Dollard des Ormeaux: 1978-94), was Vice-President of the Montreal Urban Community Emergency Measures Bureau, and has sat on a number of Quebec Government committees, including the Conseil du Service Essentiel, and Sureté du Québec.

Martin Goulet, CFA, Senior VP, Investor Relations

Martin Goulet is a seasoned practitioner in the fields of investment research and financial analysis. He brings specialized insight and consistent clarity to the financial communications of MaisonBrison's clients. Throughout his career, Martin has studied corporate decision-making and market behaviour. He spent thirteen years in various positions related to research and analysis, including nine as Special Situations Analyst at National Bank Financial in Montreal. As an analyst he identified growth-oriented companies at an early stage of their evolution, enabling numerous investors to generate above-average returns. His excellent work was recognized at the StarMine Analyst Awards in 2006, where he ranked second in the diversified industrial category. Martin graduated from the Université de Sherbrooke with an M.Sc. in Finance in 1993, and earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1996.

Stéphane Vidal, Vice-President

Stéphane has more than twenty years of marketing experience including marketing communications, marketing-sales channel management, corporate marketing along with development and management of products and services. Having worked in the numerous sectors at the international level, he developed a solid expertise in marketing for a wide variety of products and services. He distinguishes himself through his dynamism, professional, ethical, innovative strategies and tactics as well as his methodical and rational approach to problems to ensure a return on investment. Stéphane graduated from the Laval University in Québec with a bachelor in finance in 1988 and later earned a Canadian Securities Course diploma, from Canadian Securities Institute in 1989.

Pierre Boucher, CMA, Vice-President

For the past twenty years, Pierre Boucher has been involved in various aspects of North American financial markets. He worked 12 years as a financial analyst covering special situations and technology companies. The quality of his work and recommendations were recognized by various institutional investor surveys over the years. During his career as an analyst, he worked closely with institutional investors in Canada, the U.S. and Europe. In addition, Pierre was actively involved in several investment banking mandates in Canada, particularly in the technology sector. Pierre graduated from the University of Québec in Montréal with a bachelor in accounting and management in 1989 and later earned a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation. Pierre is an active volunteer with La Fondation du Maire and a board member of Les Pousses urbaines, a non-profit organization.

Nicole Carnevale, Senior Project Coordinator

As a skilled communicator and organizer, Nicole Carnevale serves the clients of MaisonBrison with consummate professionalism. Her two decades in administrative support at both private and public companies has given her an intimate knowledge of the corporate world and highly developed interpersonal abilities. Nicole's range of expertise adds immeasurably to the various services provided by MaisonBrison. With a role in all files at the firm, she ensures that the needs of our clients are met promptly, discreetly, expertly and fully.

Michael Carin, Senior Writer

Michael Carin was Editor-in-Chief of Montreal Business Magazine for twelve years (1994-2005). Previously, he was Director of Research and Communications for a major real estate consulting company. Earlier in his career, he lectured in English composition at McGill University and Concordia University. He is the author of three books. Michael is expert at distilling a company's message into lucid prose, and adept at capturing a voice for speechwriting assignments. As a specialist in corporate communications and investor relations, he writes corporate brochures, video scripts, annual reports, press releases, conference call notes, and AGM presentations for the firm's clients.

Steeve Ha, Graphic Designer

Steeve is an experienced graphic designer, who’s career spans over fourteen years in various areas of design expertise such as branding, direct marketing, multimedia, web and illustration in industries such as retail, pharmaceutical, financial, as well as humanitarian organizations. Steeve is an important addition for MaisonBrison and our clients. With Steeve on board, we further broaden our marketing and communication service offering. His solid expertise, innovative artwork and design ensure that creativity and innovation are present in all of our clients’ projects. Prior to joining MaisonBrison Communications, Steeve managed a creative department including six professionals in one of Canada’s largest direct marketing service companies. Steeve obtained his diploma in fine arts and graphic design from Ahuntsic College in 1996.