Sarah Larose has worked at the Quebec government’s investment arm since 2020 after ending her tenure as a founding member of Element AI’s government relations and public policy team. She began her new role as director of battery-sector investments last month, according to her LinkedIn. (Journal de Montréal)
Talking point: Quebec is well on its way in establishing a battery-materials hub in Bécancour, and IQ’s battery team has become a springboard for other talent like Karim Zaghib, who left to devote more time to a battery startup he co-founded, and Simon Thibault, who is now the EV Critical Materials Leader at General Motors. Larose will take the reins as the province tries to build a supply chain for “the largest private investment in Quebec’s history”—a factory for Swedish battery startup Northvolt.