{"id":14941,"date":"2025-09-02T11:46:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationtrudeau.solutionsnuagiques.com\/?page_id=14941"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:15:06","slug":"peter-sahlas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationtrudeau.solutionsnuagiques.com\/en\/board-of-directors\/peter-sahlas\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Sahlas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14941\" class=\"elementor elementor-14941 elementor-14940\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb0d67 e-flex e-con-boxed parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbb0d67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6afafaf e-con-full e-flex parallax_section_no 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