Anne-Marie Poliquin

About Anne-Marie Poliquin

Anne-Marie Poliquin is a senior legal executive at Pernod Ricard, where she currently serves as Executive Vice President, Legal and Compliance, and is a member of the Group Executive Committee. She joined Pernod Ricard in March 2021 as Group General Counsel, and her remit later expanded to include compliance, reflecting the growing strategic importance of governance, ethics, risk management, and regulatory oversight in a global listed company. In this role, she sits close to the center of decision-making and helps steer the legal and compliance framework that supports Pernod Ricard’s international business. Before joining Pernod Ricard, Anne-Marie Poliquin built more than 30 years of international experience in the legal departments of major multinational groups. Her career has spanned Canada, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, giving her broad exposure to different legal systems, corporate cultures, and cross-border business environments. She holds a law degree from the Université de Montréal and Harvard Law School, and she is a member of the Quebec Bar. She started her career in private practice before moving into corporate roles. At General Electric, she gained early in-house experience before joining Mars in 1998. During nearly two decades at Mars, she worked across the food and petcare businesses and led several major restructuring and acquisition projects. She was later promoted to General Counsel Europe and then appointed General Counsel for the Global Petcare division based in Brussels, where she also served on the Executive Committee. In 2019, she joined JDE Peet’s in Amsterdam as General Counsel, Legal and Corporate Affairs, with responsibility for legal affairs, communications, and corporate social responsibility. This track record highlights strong expertise in M&A, organizational transformation, governance, and enterprise-wide legal leadership. At Pernod Ricard, Poliquin has been associated with the Group’s governance modernization and a more streamlined management model designed to enable faster decision-making and more effective dialogue across headquarters, brands, and market entities. Her responsibilities cover compliance, corporate ethics, and legal oversight in a complex multinational environment. In 2025, she was also named to the board of Corby Spirit and Wine as one of Pernod Ricard’s director nominees, underscoring her broader governance role within the Pernod Ricard ecosystem.