Eric Péloquin is a Civil engineer graduated (1990) from Polytechnique de Montréal with a master's degree in soil mechanics (1993). He has more than 30 years of experience in the field of dam safety, including 18 years in consulting engineering for geotechnical investigation campaigns, for design, construction and surveillance of dams (water and tailings) including many Dams in Québec, in Canada and in Senegal, and for safety assessments for several existing dams. He joined Hydro-Québec dam design expertise department in 2007 to meet a need for expertise in cutoffs for dams. He was responsible for the geotechnical supervision of the impoundment of 2 large reservoirs of new projects in James Bay territory. He was also responsible for the dam owner validation of the design and construction of Romaine Complex (-1, -2 and -3) embankment dams. He was Chief of the Dam Safety Studies teams from 2017 to 2025 conducting Dam Safety Reviews, reviewing Impounded Water Management Plans and reviewing Emergency Action Plans. Under his supervision, DSR for more than 300 dams from HQ portfolio has been submitted to the regulator. He is currently Chief of Dam Safety leading a team of more than 40 engineers and technicians responsible for the surveillance and diagnosis of the 700 dams and 140 spillways portfolio of Hydro-Québec. He is a past president of the Canadian Dam Association (2023-2024), now president of its Dam Safety Committee, instructor at CDA for Dam Safety Review Workshops and Canadian Representative Member on Technical Committee E on Embankment Dams of the International Commission on Large Dams.