Boralex Inc. announced that Patrick Decostre has been appointed Chief Executive Officer. Patrick Decostre started out as the company's first employee in Europe where he spent 18 years building Boralex's footprint and making it France's first independent onshore wind power producer. He will be the successor of Patrick Lemaire, retiring on December 31, 2020, after 14 years spent growing a young. A physicist engineer with a background in strategic management and leadership, Patrick Decostre has worked as Boralex's Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer since March 2019 and is based in Montreal since July 2019. Patrick Decostre will assume his new role on December 1, while Patrick Lemaire will then serve as an advisor to the management team for a smooth transition period until the end of the year.