Nina Stimson

Executive VP

Nicolas Hall Group

Dr. Pierre-Luc Pomerleau

Partner

VIDOCQ

Dr. Pierre-Luc Pomerleau is a partner at VIDOCQ. His role is to assist VIDOCQ's clients grow their businesses and innovate, while managing their risks and protecting their assets. To do this, Dr. Pomerleau brings substantial experience and in-depth expertise in cybercrime, investigation, fraud prevention, anti-money laundering and risk management. Prior to joining VIDOCQ, he was Vice President at National Bank of Canada, where he managed the Financial Crime and Corporate Security division. In addition to his role with VIDOCQ, he is currently an Adjunct in Cybersecurity at Polytechnique Montréal. From 2020 to 2021, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate in Cybercrime at Georgia State University (USA). He co-authored the book Countering Cyber Threats to Financial Institutions: A Private and Public Partnership Approach to Critical Infrastructure, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. His latest book Evidence-Based Cybersecurity; Foundations, Research and Practice will be published by Routledge in June 2022. Dr. Pomerleau holds a Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Business Administration, with a specialization in Homeland Security (United States), an MBA from the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) and a Bachelor of Criminology from the Université de Montréal (Canada). He holds numerous professional certifications in security and financial crime, such as CPP, PSP, PCI, CFE, CAMS, CCCI and CFCI. From 2015 to 2018, Dr. Pomerleau was the President of the Montreal Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.