Board Competencies

With an extensive background in telecommunications, Digital Medias and subscription-based models, Ms. Brouillette specializes in strategic transformation oversight & operational excellence in subscription based industries. She has deep experience in customer acquisition, churn mitigation and margin expansion. Her expertise ensures that Lightspeed’s unit economics remain robust as the company shifts toward a higher-value and more sophisticated customer base.

Ms. Brouillette has served as Executive Chair of Lightspeed since April 2025 as well as Chair of the board of directors of Hydro-Québec, one of the largest renewable energy companies in North America, since 2023. She brings a rare combination of active Board Chair governance and proven CEO operating experience — having led organizations from $700 million to $95 billion+ in revenue going through a significant growth phase and important strategic pivot, technology disruption and business model transformation. From 2021 to 2023 she served as CEO of Verizon consumer group and Executive Vice-President of Verizon (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ). Prior to that, she was at Videotron (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) from 2004 to 2019 where she held various positions before acting as President and CEO from 2013 to 2019. Ms. Brouillette has strong experience in B2C and B2B subscription, omnichannel and highly tech enabled business models and technology driven transformation. Under her leadership, Videotron became Canada's fastest growing telecommunications provider. 

Ms. Brouillette has served on the boards of private and public international companies, including Quebecor (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B), the National Bank of Canada (TSX: NA), France-based SFR, U.S.-based Altice USA (NYSE: ATUS) (currently known as Optimum Communications, Inc. (NYSE: OPTU), Sonder Holdings and Beauty For All Industries (BFAI). 

She holds a Bachelor's degree from Université Laval and completed the Western University Ivey Business School's Executive Program. 

As the architect of Lightspeed, Mr. Dasilva provides the essential bridge between the company’s foundational product-led growth and its 2025 expansion into AI-driven commerce. His leadership ensures the preservation of founder-led innovation while overseeing the company’s evolution to sustainable, long-term profitability.

Mr. Dasilva has been a director of Lightspeed since he founded the Company in 2005, and was reappointed as permanent Chief Executive Officer on May 16, 2024, after serving as interim Chief Executive Officer since February 15, 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Dasilva had been serving as Executive Chair of the Board since February 2022. Prior to serving as Executive Chair, Mr. Dasilva served as Lightspeed's Chief Executive Officer until February 2022. 

Under Mr. Dasilva’s leadership, Lightspeed has grown into a global business with offices in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Mr. Dasilva has over 20 years of entrepreneurship experience and has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the 2024 C100 Icon of Canadian Entrepreneurship Award, the 2019 Globe and Mail Innovator of the Year, Startup Canada’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2016 for both Quebec and Canada, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2012. Mr. Dasilva also received a King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025 for his contribution to conservation and the protection of nature, the CGLCC 2023 2SLGBTQI+ Business Leadership Legacy Award, a Start Proud’s Technology Leader Award in 2018 and was named one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs at the 2017 Builders + Innovators Summit. 

In 2021, Mr. Dasilva launched Age of Union, a non-profit environmental alliance that supports and makes visible a global community of change makers working on-the-ground to protect the planet's threatened species and ecosystems. Age of Union seeks to inspire through conservation efforts that solve critical environmental challenges around the world and spark high-impact change by showing the positive impact that every individual can make.

Ms. Murray combines the agility of a successful technology entrepreneur with the rigorous discipline of a global board leader. Having co-founded and scaled a telecommunications software business, she provides the Board with firsthand expertise in hyper-growth execution. Her concurrent roles at global cloud-accounting leader Xero and her appointment as the Lead Independent Director ensure that Lightspeed’s governance is rooted in transparency, risk mitigation, and a relentless focus on shareholder value.

Ms. Murray is a successful technology entrepreneur, former CEO and investor with extensive board experience in technology and finance companies in the UK, US, Australia and New Zealand. Ms. Murray is currently a non-executive director at Xero (ASX: XRO), a global cloud accounting software company, the Cranemere Group, an investment company, and Jupiter Fund Management plc (LSE: JUP), a UK asset manager. Ms. Murray started her career at PwC then Vodafone in New Zealand, followed by Pearson in the UK. Ms. Murray co-founded and led the software business Omega Logic, which launched electronic mobile phone top-ups in Britain alongside the mobile phone networks and other top-up solution providers, and after scaling the business sold it to First Data Corporation. Additionally, Ms. Murray has served on the Business Taskforce for David Cameron, the former British Prime Minister, and was a non-executive director at the UK Government's Department for Business. Debrett's named Ms. Murray one of the "500 Most Influential People in Britain" in 2015. 

Ms. Murray was honoured with a CBE in 2013 by HM Queen Elizabeth II for services to business. Ms. Murray qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds an MBA from London Business School. 

Ms. Gaveau offers deep expertise in the e-commerce lifecycle and AI transformation. As a founder and former BCG partner, she provides the Board with a dual-lens approach: the agility of a tech entrepreneur combined with the strategic rigour required to optimize complex, multi-national operations.

Nathalie Gaveau is a serial tech entrepreneur, operator, board member and investor with expertise in technology, growth, and business performance. She started out in M&A at Lazard before co-founding PriceMinister, one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in Europe, subsequently acquired by Rakuten for $250 million, in 2010, followed by Shopcade, a data-driven social marketplace sold to Lagardère in 2017. Nathalie has extensive international experience, including 6 years in Asia Pacific while working at Club Med and TBWA Tequila group. She has served as Chief Client Officer of Publicis Sapient US, the AI transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, and EVP of Publicis Groupe since August 2025. Ms. Gaveau also sits on the boards of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc (NASDAQ: CCEP) and Sonepar, previously served as a Senior Advisor to BCG Technology group (BCG X). 

Ms. Gaveau has been recognized by Forbes as a "Top 50 Women in Tech in Europe" in 2018, been appointed to the rank of Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 2015 and been recognized as a "Top 100 Women in Tech in Europe" by TechCrunch in 2012. Ms. Gaveau holds a Master of Science in Business & Entrepreneurship (Honors) from HEC Paris.

Mr. LeBlanc provides the Board with elite financial stewardship derived from three decades of leadership at one of Canada’s largest telecommunications enterprises. As the former CFO of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada, he has managed multi-billion dollar capital structures and led large-scale M&A integrations. His expertise in operational efficiency and disciplined capital allocation ensures that Lightspeed maintains a rigorous, bottom-line focus on profitability while navigating the complexities of high-velocity global growth.

Mr. LeBlanc has 30 years of extensive financial and accounting leadership experience in the telecommunications and technology industries. Mr. LeBlanc currently serves as Vice-Chair, Atlantic Canada with BCE Inc. and as Chair of Northwestel. Mr. LeBlanc previously served as a board member and Chair of the Audit Committee for Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Mr. LeBlanc also previously served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of BCE Inc. and Bell Canada from 2015 to 2023, and Chief Financial Officer of Bell Aliant from 2005 until 2014 when the company was acquired by Bell Canada. Mr. LeBlanc began with the Bell Group of Companies in 1993. Under Mr. LeBlanc's leadership, BCE Inc. had a solid financial position, robust balance sheet, and solid cash flow, all of which helped accelerate BCE's capital expenditures including to expand their fibre network leadership and competitiveness.

Mr. LeBlanc qualified as a Chartered Professional Accountant with CPA Canada and was honoured with his Fellowship Chartered Professional Accountant designation and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from St. Mary's University.

Mr. Samat brings world-class experience in managing global ecosystems that scale to billions of users. His oversight of platform dynamics and product strategy at Google serves as a direct asset in Lightspeed’s mission to deliver the most compelling and high-conversion solutions for the retail and hospitality verticals.

Sameer Samat is President of the Android Ecosystem at Google, where he leads global teams responsible for advancing the world’s most widely used mobile platform. Appointed President in 2024, he oversees Android experiences across mobile, automotive, wearables, television, and extended reality (XR), as well as developer tools like Android Studio and the Google Play Store. Under his leadership, Android continues to evolve as an open, innovative ecosystem connecting billions of users and millions of developers in more than 190 countries. Mr. Samat has been instrumental in shaping Android’s growth and strategy, ensuring the platform continues to drive opportunity for developers, device manufacturers, and consumers worldwide. Mr. Samat first joined Google in 2008 as a founding member of the company’s Commerce team, where he launched and scaled several key products including Google Shopping, Google Express, and Trusted Stores. After serving as President of Jawbone, he returned to Google to lead Android and its ecosystem strategy. Earlier in his career, he founded Mohomine, later acquired by Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax), and Sourcebank, one of the earliest search engines for developers. 

Mr. Samat holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, and completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School. He also serves on the board of Open English, a leading online education platform in Latin America.

A veteran of the global payments industry, Mr. Almeida provides critical oversight of Lightspeed’s financial services roadmap and enterprise risk management program. His track record in scaling cross-border transaction platforms ensures that the Board maintains a disciplined and aggressive approach to capture increasing Gross Payment Volume (GPV).

Mr. Almeida is a seasoned global business leader with over 40 years of experience driving growth and transformation across the financial services, fintech, technology, and consumer goods sectors. He has led successful digital transformations and global expansions across the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He currently serves as an Operating Partner at Advent, a leading global private equity firm. Previously, Mr. Almeida was Chief Executive Officer of ACI Worldwide, a global payments software and solutions provider. During his 17-year tenure at Western Union, he held senior leadership roles, including President of Western Union Global Money Transfer, where he led a $5 billion consumer business spanning more than 200 countries and territories.

Mr. Almeida has extensive board experience and currently serves as the Chairman of the Board at Amerant Bancorp and as an Independent Director at NCR Atleos and at MarineMax. He has also served on the board of Millicom International, chairing the Business Conduct and Compliance Committee.