Maxime Gaudreau

Maxime Gaudreau is currently the Director of Underwriting & Portfolio Management at Echo Aviation Leasing Corporation, after having joined the company in 2018 as a Financial Analyst and employee number one. In his current role, he oversees the new originations and client relationships, while sourcing and underwriting new opportunities for credit approval, as well as overseeing the overall performance and monitoring of Echo's portfolio. Prior to Echo, Maxime worked as an Account Executive at TATA Communications, Ltd. in Montreal, Canada, where he played a key role in the origination and growing of the company's top 300 B2B key customer accounts, focusing primarily on the South American region. He also contributed to te launch and implementation of 4G LTE internet services in underserved markets across Latin America. 

Maxime began his career at the National Bank of Canada in Human Resources, assisting in the development of mandatory employee training and certification programs. Maxime holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in International Business from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University. Notably, during his university career, Maxime led the largest undergraduate commerce student association in Canada, managing an annual budget of $2.2 million in student and third-party funding, and overseeing 16 subsidiaries at the John Molson School of Business. 

Outside of the office, Maxime loves to travel and explore new cities, regularly plays Ice Hockey in non-competitive "Beer Leagues", and spends as much time as possible in the outdoors with his family.