Marcel Latouche, consultant, author and trainer is the President and CEO of MLG Associates, Management Consultants & Trainers, who specialize in harnessing the power of change through Leadership, Economic and Marketing strategies. Commonly known as ‘The Master Change Agent’, he is a Fellow of the Associaton of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and holds an MBA in International Business from Manchester Business School. He draws from his experience of over 40 years as a financial manager in both the public and private sectors. His experience spans the Banking, Publishing, Local Government and consulting industries. Until his recent retirement, he was a lecturer of Economics and Public Sector Finance at SAIT Polytechnic and has lectured at Mount Royal University and Columbia College in Calgary.
Marcel has written opinion columns on political matters for the Calgary Sun, The Calgary Herald and the Financial Post. He is a frequent contributor on Radio Canada and local TV channels. He has previously published two books, namely Take Back City Hall, and Leadershift: Collaboration in the 21st century.
A strong believer in volunteerism, Marcel has served on the boards and committees of many organizations including Tennis Alberta, Tennis Canada, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers,The Institute for Public Sector Accountability. the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (International), Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s BA Management Advisory Committee, and as a member of the Challenge Panel for the Government of Alberta’s Results based Budgeting. He received the Alberta Achievement Award in 1990.He is an inductee in the Alberta Tennis Hall of Fame.