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Nominee Profiles
1 8th A N N U A L G E N E R A L
MEETING
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The information in the following profiles was provided by the candidates on their nomination forms. It may have been adapted for disclosure purposes.Louis-Régis Tremblay, ing., IAS.A
Lucie Demers, CPA, CGA, CBV Magog
L’Ange-Gardien Corporate Director and
Corporate Director Management Consultant
1,134 shares held 4,369 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
My experience over the past year as a member of CRCD’s Board of Directors, I have been a CRCD shareholder for the past 10 years, and I support the CRCD
as well as my training in corporate governance from the Collège des administrateurs mission and its impact on Québec. I am passionate about business transfers to
de sociétés (CAS) are major sources of inspiration for me to continue my involvement the next generation and to managers, with a view to long-term viability. I sit on
with CRCD. Furthermore, with my professional training and my experience as a a number of boards, including the CRCD board, as well as the CRCD Investment
business valuator and accountant, I am well equipped to continue fulfilling my Committee, for nearly four years now. I am available and motivated to continue
responsibilities on the Board and various committees. I have the availability and my involvement. My experience brings diversity to CRCD’s Board. When it comes
expertise needed to play a full role on the board, as well as a desire to contribute to strategic decision making, my experience and skills enable me to consider global
to CRCD. issues (e.g., social, environmental and financial) and the Québec reality (I have lived
in seven different regions of Québec).
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I have worked as a business valuation expert for the CRA for the past 18 years. Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
In this role, I have determined the value of operating businesses and startups in Over a career spanning more than 30 years, I have worked for a small business
various business segments in Canada and abroad. Previously, I gained experience (IPL, entrepreneurial experience) and for major companies in the recreational
at the CRA as a tax auditor and in the private sector as an accountant. Among product and mining and metallurgy sectors, both in Québec and abroad (Europe,
other things, I was involved in starting up two businesses and in the merger and Africa, United States, Middle East). I have broad-ranging operational and strategic
acquisition of four entities. This experience has given me a keen sense of financial expertise in investment project management and governance, risk management,
analysis, a knowledge of valuation factors and an excellent understanding of sustainable development and corporate governance. I have also played a role in
business issues. two successful mergers/acquisitions, first as the acquired company and later as
the acquiring company. In both cases, communication was the key to success.
Recent key positions
• Corporate director Recent key positions
• Business valuation expert, Canada Revenue Agency • Corporate director and consultant
• Facilitator/organizer, Cercle des Dirigeants manufacturiers de Montréal MME,
Education and training Réseau IDE
• Governance certification, CAS (in progress) • Vice-President, Operations, Alcoa/Ma’aden
• Chartered Business Valuator designation
• CPA, CGA designation Education and training
• Certificates in business administration and accounting, Université Laval • Directors Education Program (ICD.D), Rotman/McGill
• Other training included in the requirements of professional organizations, • Bachelor’s degree in general engineering, UQAC
including corporate income tax legislation • Numerous courses and workshops in Canada and the United States on
corporate leadership, business management, human resources management,
Recent governance experience health and safety management, environmental management and a wide
• Director and current member of the audit and risk management and portfolio variety of training including international trade and corruption prevention
valuation committees, CRCD
Recent governance experience
• Director and current member of the Investment Committee, CRCD
• Chairman of the board, Albecour
• Director, Johnston-Vermette
• Director, Guinea Bauxite Company (Africa)
Nominee supported by the Board of Directors Nominee supported by the Board of DirectorsAntony Bertrand-Grenier, Eng., PhD
Annie Demers, CPA, CMA Nicolet
Lévis Researcher, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie
Executive Advisor, Revenu Québec et du Centre-du-Québec (CIUSSS MCQ)
301 shares held 422 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
In addition to being an accountant, I helped finance my own business, was involved I would like to bring complementary expertise to the Board of Directors. My scientific
in selling a division of Atrium Innovation through a European venture capital company background, particularly in engineering, renewable energy and the environment, will
and was responsible for preparing financial analyses for a company traded on the Nasdaq be of immense benefit to CRCD’s shareholders. My professional ethics knowledge will
for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). I also have experience as a take expression through CRCD’s values. Having studied in Québec City, Varennes and
corporate director after sitting on the CMA Board of Directors for three years. Because Montréal and now living in Nicolet and working in Trois-Rivières, I provide a broader
of my keen interest in entrepreneurship and accounting, I would like to share my vision of Québec’s regions. Desjardins Group gave me considerable support during my
experience and contribute to the development of Québec businesses. studies, and it would be my honour to join the Board and contribute to CRCD’s mission.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I earned my CMA from Université Laval in 1995. As a manager and business owner, I participated in Savoir Affaires Mauricie as a business innovation proponent in energy,
I have specific expertise in strategic and financial management, specializing in the organization bio-economy and tourism, during which a dozen businesses were created as a result
of management information, implementation of action plans and optimization of resources of the ideas generated. I founded my own IT business in 2017, acquiring knowledge
in order to improve overall business performance. With a focus on motivating work teams of planning, finance and business accounting. I have gained expertise in project management
and achieving tangible results, my career choices have enabled me to work with businesses and worked with businesses through my research. I am a member of the research ethics
of all sizes, from my own startup to government enterprises. I now work in strategic committee at CIUSSS MCQ. Through my involvement and my family members (in particular
development and governance related to personal income tax. my mother, who was an advisor at Desjardins), I have gained knowledge of Desjardins
Group and the cooperative movement.
Recent key positions
• Executive advisor, Revenu Québec Recent key positions
• Team leader, Revenu Québec • Institutional researcher, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux
de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec (CIUSSS MCQ)
Education and training • Associate professor, UQTR
• Bachelor of Business Administration, accounting concentration, Université Laval • Clinical medical physicist, CIUSSS MCQ
• Lean Green Belt Certification (in progress)
Education and training
Recent governance experience • Professional certification in physics, Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP)
• Director, Ordre des comptables en management • Doctorate in medical physics, Université de Montréal
• Director-treasurer, International de sculpture sur neige de Québec • Master’s degree in energy science and two-photon materials, Institut National
de la Recherche Scientifique
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering physics, Université Laval
Recent governance experience
• Scientist member, medical research ethics committee, CIUSSS MCQ
• Judge, Canada-Wide Science Fair (Windsor, Montréal, Ottawa)
• Main conference and convention organizer, Canadian Biomaterials Society
and AQPMC
• Director, INRS’s Commission des études et de la recherche
3Chantale DuBreuil, EMBA, FCIP Charlaine Bouchard, Notary, PhD
Québec City Québec City
Retired Professor, Business Law, Université Laval
2,255 shares held 422 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
I care about Québec’s economic development and helping entrepreneurs create wealth I am specifically interested in governance that focuses on thoroughness and organization,
in their respective regions. My values are aligned with CRCD’s mission, specifically as increases corporate value and ensures the business’s long-term viability. Accordingly,
it relates to growth and business development. With my expertise in governance and I am currently working with Brazilian researchers on adapting the governance lessons
ethics, I can make a positive contribution to CRCD’s image. My goal is to share my learned from Québec’s Charbonneau Commission and Brazil’s Petrobras affair, from a legal
knowledge and work with CRCD’s directors to help ensure continuity for the CRCD and standpoint. As both scandals revealed, company directors failed in their responsibilities.
keep supporting those who are building Québec and who espouse Desjardins’s values. As such, all issues related to an organization’s ethics are very important to me.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I have over 30 years’ senior management experience, including 21 years with Desjardins I was one of the first legal experts in Québec to take an interest in the legal aspects
Group. My experience includes participating in regional, provincial and national development of corporate governance in the early 2000s. Governance at that time meant innovating
via agreements with entrepreneurs and national business acquisitions. I understand and developing the first corporate codes of conduct setting out the roles of various
businesses’ needs and have the corporate reorganization and restructuring skills required bodies and issues of accountability. My practical experience has been shaped by two
to develop products and processes that meet those needs. Finally, I have extensive different worlds: the insurance industry, which is highly rigorous and open to change,
experience as a director; I am thorough and follow good governance practices on various and the world of professional associations, which entail many contradictions and are
boards of directors. extremely resistant to change. This was a very formative experience, and it is that
experience I wish to bring to CRCD.
Recent key positions
• Executive Director, Coopérative funéraire des Deux Rives Recent key positions
• Managing Director, Valcartier Family Centre Foundation • Professor, Business Law, Université Laval
• Regional Vice-President, Underwriting, RSA Insurance
Education and training
Education and training • Postdoctoral fellowship in laws, Université Laval
• Executive MBA, UQAM • Doctorate of Laws, Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
• Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional, UQAR • Master of Laws, Université Laval
• Bachelor of Administration, TÉLUQ • Diploma, Notarial Law, Université Laval
• Various communications and governance training • Bachelor of Laws, Université Laval
Recent governance experience Recent governance experience
• Director, J.A. Lemieux Assurances • Member, Discipline Committee, Chambre des notaires du Québec
• Chair, Board of Directors, Valcartier Family Centre • Member of BoD, Chair of Governance Committee and Chair of Review Committee,
• Director, Québec Groupement des assureurs automobiles Québec Heart and Lung Institute
• Director, National Military Family Council (federal government) • Member of BoD and Executive Committee, Chambre des notaires du Québec
• Vice-Chair, BoD, Chair of Governance and Ethics Committees, Member of Audit
and Investment Committees, Professional Liability Insurance Fund of the Chambre
des notaires du Québec
4Daniel Pelletier, CPA, CGA Eugène Robitaille
Lévis Montréal
Vice-President, Strategic Development and Special Projects, Avantis Coopérative Senior Advisor, Data Scientist, Associés Consultants
2,584 shares held 889 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
As a shareholder, I want to help CRCD continue to invest in businesses and other regional I have been involved in Desjardins Group for 33 years, as a member of the credit
organizations, enhancing returns and boosting regional development. committee and as a director on various caisses’ boards of directors. I have also worked
on various committees and sat on other boards of directors. I believe in the private
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments sector, and, more importantly, in the cooperative movement as a driver of our society.
I have worked in the agricultural cooperative sector for close to 30 years. I have held I have contributed to the movement from an early age, and it is my goal to continue to
financial management positions in agricultural cooperatives for approximately 10 years. do so.
I also served as a management advisor in La Coop fédérée’s advisory division for about
20 years. I was mainly responsible for supporting the development of local cooperatives Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
and helping them create structures by supporting their strategic planning. I was recently Professionally, I have worked as a data scientist in the strategy departments of various
named Vice-President, Strategic Development and Special Projects, for Avantis internet-industry, telecommunications and banking organizations. My main responsibility
Coopérative, which has $550 million in sales. is to develop decision-making and presentation tools to support senior management.
I have also worked for management teams, committees and boards of directors focused
Recent key positions on acquisition, sales and merger strategies and company appraisals. I have also served
• Vice-President, Strategic Development and Special Projects, Avantis Coopérative as a course instructor at the Desjardins Centre for Studies in Management of Financial
• Management Advisor, La Coop fédérée Services Cooperatives.
• Acting General Manager, La Coop Matapédienne
Recent key positions
Education and training • Senior Advisor, Associés Consultants
• Accounting certificate, UQTR • Instructor, HEC Montréal
• Bachelor of Business Administration, management concentration, Université Laval
Education and training
Recent governance experience • Doctoral studies (incomplete), quantitative methods and IT, HEC Montréal
• Secretary of the BoD, Équipements JMAR • Master of Management (Strategy), HEC Montréal
• MBA studies (incomplete), international finance, Copenhagen Business School
• Bachelor of Business Administration (International Finance), HEC Montréal
• Upgrading courses, governance in particular, with the CAS
Recent governance experience
• President, Gestion Immobilière Eco-Domus
• Director, CoopTel
• Director, Caisse Desjardins de Lachine
5Fabienne Mathieu, Urban Planner, MBA, MEnv, BArch François Hénault, MBA
Québec City Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
President and CEO, ÉCOgestion-solutions General Manager, Municipality of Sainte‑Geneviève-de-Batiscan
1,181 shares held 3,313 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
I have an MBA, a bachelor’s degree in architecture and a master’s degree in environmental I have had experience with many entrepreneurs in the forestry industry, personally
science. I manage an urban planning SME and teach sustainable community development and professionally, and have lived in a small community. I know business owners
at the Université de Sherbrooke. Throughout my career, I have focused on advancing who take pride in environmentally-friendly resource development and in ensuring that
the values and principles of sustainable development, within the public sector (28 years) their products are competitive for the benefit of their communities. My goal is to put
and in my own business (five years). I wish to contribute my management expertise and my cooperative roots and financial expertise to work for the economic development
environmental values in achieving CRCD’s mission and goals. I have extensive skills in of businesses in our resource-based regions. I also want to be involved in maintaining
governance, management, finance and accounting. thriving and attractive communities.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I was general manager of a small municipality and understand Québec’s regional development I have worked as a manager for close to 15 years and am currently general manager of the
issues. I have experience working with both public- and private-sector budgets. I have beautiful municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan in Mauricie. My wide range of
consistently applied strategic management principles and have taken a course on responsibilities includes identifying needs, implementing processes, handling financial
results-based management at ÉNAP. I have managed work teams of over 100 individuals. management, planning and managing various projects and setting and managing allocated
I have also served on the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations. budgets in a variety of areas, including communications, human resources and infrastructure
management. I previously worked for 21 years for Desjardins Group, where I gained solid
Recent key positions experience in financial markets, risk management and corporate financing.
• President and CEO, ÉCOgestion-solutions
• Instructor, Université de Sherbrooke Recent key positions
• General Manager, Municipality of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan
Education and training • Manager, Market Development, Caisse Desjardins Centre-de-Portneuf
• Results-based management, École nationale d’administration publique
• Master of Business Administration – Université Laval Education and training
• Master of Environmental Sciences – Free University of Brussels • Master of Financial Institution Management, UQAM
• Bachelor of Urban Planning – Institut supérieur d’urbanisme et de rénovation urbaine, • Certificate in Financial Planning, Université Laval
Brussels • Certificate in Commercial Credit, Université de Québec - TÉLUQ
• Bachelor of Architecture – Faculty of Architecture, St-Luc Campus, Brussels • Bachelor of Administration (Finance), UQAM
Recent governance experience Recent governance experience
• Chairman of the Board, Conseil de bassin de la rivière Saint-Charles • Vice-President, Québec tactical mortgage committee, Desjardins Group
• Director (member emeritus), Comité de bassin de la rivière Montmorency
6Frédéric Houle, CPA, CA, MBA Gilles Lafleur
Longueuil Wentworth-Nord
Chief Financial Officer, St. John’s Packaging Corporate Director
481 shares held 436 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
I have the utmost respect and admiration for Québec entrepreneurs and SMEs. I come The call for nominations and the list of skills required inspired me to participate in
from a family of successful entrepreneurs (J. Houle & Fils and Skiroule) and was able the activities of CRCD. Furthermore, as a Desjardins Ambassador Emeritus, I have
to see the reality and challenges facing a business in Québec from a global perspective. a responsibility to promote Desjardins. The time is right and I am up to the task!
I believe that SMEs play an essential role in the economy and that in many cases, I am interested in putting my skills and experience to work for the Board of Directors.
a helping hand can be pivotal in their development and in achieving their full potential.
Given my entrepreneurial profile and experience, I can make a major contribution Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
to CRCD’s objectives and its mission to support Québec SMEs. All of the experience and training I have acquired throughout my career has given
me the knowledge and skills needed to serve on the CRCD Board of Directors. My direct
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments involvement with FONDACTION has given me additional skills that will assist in CRCD’s
I come from a family of entrepreneurs, and from an early age, participated in all aspects support for Québec startups and growing businesses. I was involved in FONDACTION
of an SME. I have completed studies in accounting and administration. I have strong SME from its inception, helped secure its founding legislation, assisted in organizing its
experience, both in Québec and internationally. As Chief Financial Officer of St. John’s operational startup and sat on the BoD to assist with its general administration and
Packaging (sales of $170 million and 650 employees), where I am a minority shareholder, the approval of FONDACTION investments.
I worked with the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and the Fonds de solidarité
des travailleurs du Québec. I participated in the buyback of family and institutional shares Recent key positions
and in growth financing ($50 million over the last three years, in particular with Investissement • Director and Secretary of the BoD, Coopérative Terra-Bois
Québec). I oversee the accounting, finance, legal, procurement, IT and logistics
departments, with over 50 employees. Education and training
• Master of Business Administration, HEC Montréal
Recent key positions • Master of Accounting, HEC Montréal
• Chief Financial Officer (CFO), St. John’s Packaging • Bachelor of Arts, Université de Montréal
Education and training Recent governance experience
• Master of Business Administration, HEC Montréal • Director and Secretary of the BoD, Coopérative Terra-Bois
• Graduate degree in accounting, HEC Montréal
• Bachelor of Business Administration, HEC Montréal
• Six Sigma Black Belt (ACE equivalent)
Recent governance experience
• Director, EDGEGAP
• Director-Secretary, St. John’s Packaging (International - US, China, Vietnam
and Australia)
• Director-Secretary, St. John’s Packaging
7Gilles Roy Guy Rondeau, Eng., MBA, MGP
Mont-Saint-Hilaire Boucherville
Retired General Manager, Cominar Construction
903 shares held 422 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
Given the Board’s key role, my experience with Intact will be a valuable asset: it includes First of all, I am very familiar with Desjardins and its involvement in Québec’s regions,
financial analysis of businesses of all types, risk management for the largest P&C as I have been a member since early childhood (through the School Caisse program).
insurance company in the country, and other senior executive positions. I am also known I have solid knowledge of business development capital and business financing. In
for my ability to work well under pressure in a team. I have a keen interest in the financial addition, I have private-sector experience that includes strategic planning, project
sector generally and the development of Québec businesses in particular, and I keep management, risk management and HR management.
abreast of the latest business development trends. I consider the CRCD’s mission more
vital today than ever before, and governance is a critical part of this mission. Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I am a building systems and electrical engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments commercial and industrial construction industry. As a project manager, I have worked
I began my career as a financial analyst, then led the “endorsement” division, one of on the design, coordination and management of major projects in Canada and
the most efficient and profitable departments in North America. I was responsible for internationally. I am recognized as a leader in my field and known for my strong
evaluating and monitoring the performance of bonded firms. As a Senior Vice-President organizational skills and ability to solve complex problems. Over my career I have
at ING Canada (later Intact), I oversaw risk management for our national operations, worked as an engineer, project manager, division manager, corporate officer and, finally,
which included a key role on the governance committee. I helped perform due diligence general manager. I also hold an MBA and a master’s degree in project management.
for multiple acquisitions and assessed some of ING Group’s operations internationally.
As a senior manager, I played key roles in various areas, including budgeting and HR. Recent key positions
• General Manager, Cominar Construction
Recent key positions • Director of Business Development, Plan Group/Gastier
• Senior Vice President, Risk Management and Reinsurance, • Project Manager, Construction Santé Montréal
Intact Financial Corporation
• Chief Operating Officer, Intact Insurance (Québec) Education and training
• Master’s degree in project management, UQAM
Education and training • Master of Business Administration (MBA), UQAM
• INSEAD/ING (Amsterdam), risk management • Certificate in building electrical engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
• ING Business School (operated in The Hague by INSEAD) • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, École de technologie supérieure
• Bachelor of Business Administration
Recent governance experience
• President/Vice President, Strata Council, Jardins de Champagne condominiums
• Director, FÉRIQUE Fund Management
• Director, Strata Council, Cercle des Cantons condominiums
8Jacques Laferrière, Notary Jérôme Isac
Ivry-sur-le-Lac Montréal
General Manager, Coopérative de notaires du Québec Student, Polytechnique Montréal
250 shares held 102 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
I have been a notary for over 38 years, and have solid experience in legal affairs. As a board I have been involved in the cooperative world for nine years. My work with cooperative
member, I can help the CRCD with its legal and regulatory analyses. I have been in the bookstores in the education sector is coming to an end, as I was recently elected for
business world since 1979. I have owned various firms, and am very familiar with the a final two-year term. This experience in a wide range of executive positions would be
challenges facing small and medium businesses. I have a strong knowledge of finance, an asset to CRCD. I would also like to take advantage of this opportunity to continue
business valuation and governance standards for people in authority (ethics and professional working in a business model that I really believe in, since my academic career will
ethics). As General Manager of Coopérative de notaires du Québec, I worked actively soon be ending. My experience as an entrepreneur has instilled in me a desire to help
with Desjardins Group, and I understand the cooperative sector. My experience and skills emerging Québec businesses access the tools they need to become a leader.
would serve me well on the CRCD board.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments I co-founded a small business that specializes in concert sound, lighting and recording
In my professional practice, I have dealt primarily with business and corporate clients and gained a lot of experience in those three years. I was mainly responsible for
and have worked with large financial institutions and insurance companies. I have served administrative and financial management. I used Desjardins products to finance and
as private counsel to large clients in the manufacturing sector (raw materials and finished develop my business and to set up an HR and payroll management system. As part
products, highly computerized heavy equipment purchases, operations, distribution of my bachelor’s in engineering, I was trained in ethics and professional conduct.
networks in Asia and America, plant and warehouse construction, industrial and My master’s research project is focused on project management. Finally, I have sat on
commercial leases). I am very familiar with business financing, accounting analysis, the boards of multiple cooperatives over the past nine years.
cash flow and property appraisals.
Recent key positions
Recent key positions • Student, Polytechnique Montréal
• General Manager, Coopérative de notaires du Québec • Secretary/Treasurer, RobinSon Productions
• Senior Director, Québec, FCT Insurance
Education and training
Education and training • Master’s degree in industrial engineering, Polytechnique Montréal (in progress)
• LLB • Member (junior engineer), Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
• Degree in notarial law • Bachelor of engineering, industrial engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
• Certificates in family mediation, partial taxation and business management
Recent governance experience
Recent governance experience • Treasurer, then president, Coopoly
• Member, Advisory Committee, FCT Insurance Company • Secretary/treasurer, then President, Coop Brébeuf
9Julien Hivon
Montréal Louis Lemire, CPA, CA
Senior IT Security Advisor Montréal
Desjardins Group Vice-President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, Dura Group
136 shares held 250 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
As a new CRCD shareholder, I would like to put my professional skills and experience For many reasons, I am confident that I would make an important contribution to
to work as a CRCD board member. As a millennial, I am interested in socially responsible the CRCD board and help CRCD continue to be a driving force in Québec’s economy.
investments, and wish to bring a fresh perspective on CRCD’s investment and business My qualifications include an understanding of the markets and the needs of small and
financing activities, in line with the organization’s strategic priorities. With my risk large businesses, knowledge of multiple industries (service, R&D, manufacturing) and
management expertise, availability and experience on multiple investment committees, CPA and CA training, combined with 30 years’ professional experience. I would like
I have what it takes to make a substantial contribution to the board. to be more involved in building economic growth in Québec and its regions, and am
available to sit on one or more committees
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
As a business school graduate, my coursework gave me an in-depth knowledge of finance, Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
accounting and business valuation. I have also had the opportunity to put my skills into I have worked in finance and accounting in businesses of various sizes (public and
practice through two investment committees: ACEM Microcrédit Montréal and Ethical private), in varied industries including real estate, biotech and telecommunications.
Investment Group, as well as the startup Vegan Capital. As an active investor I have I have done business with institutional and venture capital investors, as well as individual
a good understanding of the financial markets and shareholder engagement. Finally, investors. Through my real estate experience, I have also developed expertise in business
as a Desjardins employee, I have first-hand knowledge of the organization’s investment valuation. Working with public-sector organizations, I have been closely involved in
activities and its contribution to the cooperative world. governance and regulatory matters. I have also gained entrepreneurial and strategic
planning experience by working with startups.
Recent key positions
• Senior IT security advisor, Desjardins Group Recent key positions
• Co-founder, Vegan Capital • Vice-President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Dura Group
• Interim CFO, Excelsoins
Education and training • CFO, Nobel Real Estate Investment Trust
• Master of science in management, IT concentration, HEC Montréal • Vice-President, Finance, Maestri Terra Real Estate
• Professional information security certification
Education and training
Recent governance experience • Professional development courses, Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés
• Member, loan committee, ACEM Microcrédit Montréal du Québec
• Member, community investment committee, Ethical Investment Group • Certificate program in governance, leading to a Chartered Administrator designation
(in progress)
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, UQAM
Recent governance experience
• Observer (senior executive responsible for governance), Dura Group
• Observer (senior executive responsible for governance), Nobel REIT
• Observer, BioSyntech
10Louis Paulin Louise Maher, MBA, CPA, CMA
Sainte-Flavie Brossard
Retired Accountant, Éditions Michel Lafon Canada
248 shares held 204 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
My extensive experience in business, finance and teaching, combined with my community I have the education and experience to evaluate the issues businesses face and
engagement, all mean that at this moment in my life I am ready to make a contribution to provide solutions. I currently sit on another board (Fédération des kinésiologues),
and put my knowledge and skills to work to promote regional development. I believe that and want to diversify my corporate governance experience.
sitting on the CRCD board will empower me to achieve this objective and play an active
role in fulfilling the CRCD’s vital mission for Québec’s regions. I am confident that my Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
availability and desire to work with members will be of great value to CRCD. I have extensive experience in accounting for businesses, particularly SMEs and NPOs,
in a wide range of industries. Clients call on my services in times of crisis to correct
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments bookkeeping problems and present financial statements. The strategic vision I bring
I served as president of Sogeski, a stock market investment firm with 21 shareholders to boards of directors supports long-term objectives. I can also perform business diagnostics.
(1977–2001). I also chaired the boards of representatives of agents for Desjardins Life
Insurance and Laurentian Financial Services. I was appointed commissioner for oaths by Recent key positions
Québec’s justice ministry in 1978. I founded and served as president of Estuaires Conseils, • Accountant, Éditions Michel Lafon Canada
a financial services and consulting firm for individuals (1987–2003). In 2011, as a board • Controller, Conseil du Patronat du Québec
member, I helped relaunch Alimentation COOP Rimouski (a 270-employee cooperative), • Consultant
while still serving as vice-chair of the Board. I helped recruit members and secure financing
for the cooperative and was involved in negotiating the collective agreement (2012). Education and training
• Executive MBA, accounting specialization, UQAM
Recent key positions • Graduate degree in management accounting, UQAM
• Vice-Chair of the Board, Alimentation COOP Rimouski • Undergraduate certificate, information technology, UQTR
• Owner, rental properties • Bachelor of business administration, UQTR
Education and training Recent governance experience
• Diploma, Canadian Securities Institute • Director, chair of audit committee, Fédération des kinésiologues du Québec
• Certificate, computerized management, UQAR
• Certificate, educational and professional information, Université de Montréal
• Bachelor of Education, Université de Montréal
Recent governance experience
• Vice-Chair of the Board, Alimentation COOP Rimouski
11Marc Gagnon, Lawyer Mario Ianniciello, Pro.Dir.
Sainte-Pétronille Blainville
Lawyer Corporate Director
654 shares held 683 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
As a long-time caisse member, I share Desjardins Group’s vision and values. I am a CRCD Over the course of my 30-year career, I have developed a unique skill set as an
shareholder, and wish to make a professional contribution as a board member. In this executive with a number of private and public Fortune 500 companies. My experience
capacity, I want to help drive the economic development of Québec’s resource regions while as an executive for large tech companies affords a unique perspective on how to help
supporting the cooperative movement throughout Québec. I would like to contribute to the the CRCD board by leveraging my management knowledge, extensive IT experience
CRCD board’s decisions, to stimulate Québec’s economy through investments throughout and strong knowledge base in many industries. My recent experience as an angel investor
the province, and help eligible organizations with their start-up and growth process. with Anges Québec and Brightspark Ventures gives me a distinct perspective on how
to help CRCD and its partners achieve their objectives in Québec’s SME market.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
For almost 20 years, I worked as a VP of legal affairs for a financial institution. During that Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
time I handled many business acquisitions and sales, as well as secured funding. I created Over the past three years I have made many investments as an angel investor and been part
segregated funds and negotiated and drafted complex commercial agreements, including of due diligence teams; this experience will be an asset for the CRCD board. Given my
for the distribution of financial products and services. I served as a compliance and current involvement with several small- and medium-sized tech companies as an investor,
governance resource person handling regulatory matters for every province and territory executive advisor and board member, CRCD would benefit from my governance experience
in Canada. From 2010 to 2014, I chaired the legal committee for the Canadian Life and with the Québec and Canadian SME market. As a long-standing member of Desjardins
Health Insurance Association (Québec Section). For five years I have been providing legal Private Wealth Management, I have a good perspective on the investment practices of
counsel for financial services firms. Desjardins Group and its affiliates.
Recent key positions Recent key positions
• Lawyer and legal counsel • General manager, Informatica LLC
• Vice-President, SSQ Financial Group • Vice-president, sales, SAS Institute (Canada)
Education and training Education and training
• Called to the bar, École du barreau du Québec • Professional Director Certification Program (governance training certificate)
• Bachelor of Laws, Université Laval • “Governance for SMEs” certificate, CAS
• Bachelor of Philosophy, Université de Sherbrooke • Online training, Harvard Business Management Program
• Diploma of College Studies in computer programming and analysis, Herzing College
Recent governance experience • Coursework in mathematics, statistics and accounting, Dawson College
• Chair, legal committee, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
(Québec Section) Recent governance experience
• Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, Jobillico
• Investor and Director, Gorendez-vous
• Board Chair and Executive Advisor, Groupe Enterface
• Board Chair and Executive Advisor, Mango Software
12Patrick Vallerand Pierre Gaussiran, CPA, CA
Québec City Montréal
Analyst, Administrative Procedures, Revenu Québec Entrepreneur and manager
5,135 shares held 1,560 shares held
Reasons for application Reasons for application
I have been a CRCD shareholder since its inception, and have seen the growth of our As a manager with extensive financial and business management experience, I rounded
fund and its contribution to the Québec economy. I am proud of CRCD’s development, out my entrepreneurial career when I took over a luxury B&B. During that time, I couldn’t
and would like to play a greater role in its growth. There are certain values that are help but notice Desjardins’s strong presence in the region. I became interested in their
important to me and, if selected, I will work hard to see that those values are upheld. line of products, and was impressed by CRCD—fund performance, tax impact and
In any case, these values describe me very well: integrity, honesty, efficiency and respect. involvement with local small businesses. My recent experience operating a regional
I would be honoured to represent shareholders, and promise to rigorously uphold CRCD’s business, combined with all of my expertise in auditing, finance, acquisitions and more,
high standards. would be put to good use on the CRCD board.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
I am an independent investor and a business analyst. I constantly analyze the financial As head of financial operations, I was involved in various stages of business acquisition
markets and am particularly interested in regional and global economies. I have a degree and integration and had to regularly make presentations to boards of directors. Also,
in business administration and regularly evaluate large- and small-cap businesses. I have in my roles as director of internal auditing, I often attended audit committee meetings.
experience with microbusinesses, and I have also dealt with legal and regulatory interpretation. On multiple occasions I drafted policies and procedures as well as a code of ethics,
I adhere to a code of professional conduct and also have a personal interest in ethics. which has helped me appreciate the importance of good governance at both the company
I have been a member of several cooperatives for many years, including Desjardins Group. and board levels. Finally, I periodically advise the Association touristique de Charlevoix
I have visited many of Québec’s regions, which has enabled me to see first-hand the on grant applications for local tourism projects.
wealth of resources we have in this province.
Recent key positions
Recent key positions • Owner/operator, Manoir Hortensia
• Analyst, administrative procedures, Revenu Québec • Town councillor, Saint-Irénée
• Business advisor
Education and training
Education and training • CPA, CA designation
• Workshops and conferences on project management and agile and Lean methods • Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting concentration, HEC Montréal
• College diploma, insurance concentration, Cégep de Sainte-Foy
13Sylvie Jacques, CPA, CGA, BBA
Montréal
Corporate Director
2,092 shares held
Reasons for application
I have worked with SME leaders in many regions of Québec, and have had the privilege
of contributing to their growth and success. I have also sat on more than 15 boards
of directors for public organizations and private companies, including a caisse in the
Laval region. Through these experiences, I developed the expertise needed to evaluate
business projects and plans, as well as a good understanding of CRCD’s environment,
mission and issues. Now that I am retired, I would like to put my experience to work
for CRCD and continue my commitment to the economic development of Québec.
Professional experience related to CRCD business segments
My 30+ years as an investor in the development capital and corporate finance sector
is directly tied to CRCD’s operations. I have worked for a number of large Québec
financial institutions serving the SME market, including management positions with the
Fonds de solidarité FTQ and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and I was a
manager with BDC and the Fonds d’investissement de la culture et des communications.
I have also sat on the boards of more than 15 companies, including Transat AT, Manoir
Richelieu and Télé-Québec, as well as many small- and medium-sized businesses. I have
also been a member of various audit, governance and human resources committees.
Recent key positions
• Corporate director
• Head of investments, Fonds d’investissement de la culture et des communications
Education and training
• Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators, University of Toronto
(4 of 6 courses completed)
• Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance concentration, Université Laval
• Professional development in governance, business valuation, management, taxation,
advanced accounting, IFRS standards, etc.
Recent governance experience
• Director, audit committee member, Technopole de Montréal
• Director, member of audit and governance committees, Télé-Québec
• Director and member of the audit committee, Zoo de Granby
• Director, Global Video Games Services/Enzyme Testing
Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins
2 Complexe Desjardins
PO Box 760, Desjardins Station
Montréal, Québec
H5B 1B8
03AGA19E (2019-02)
Phone: 1-888-522-3222
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