MONTREAL, March 16 (UPI) -- Montreal Canadiens Vice President Ray Lalonde was named president and chief executive officer of the Montreal Alouettes Wednesday.
"We are very proud to make the announcement today that we have secured a sports business executive who is a passionate leader and visionary with a proven record of success and who has extensive management experience in both professional and college sports," Alouettes owner Bob Wetenhall said.
"The Alouettes will first and foremost always belong to the fans, and the addition of Ray will help us reinforce the connection we have with them. As always, our most important objective is to win the Grey Cup as the best team in the CFL every year."
The Alouettes have won back-to-back Grey Cup titles.
Lalonde had been with the Canadiens since 2001 as vice president and chief marketing and sales officer. He also has experience in the NBA and the defunct World League of American Football.
