Main responsibilities
- Sets up and evaluates the governance program
- Forms the committees needed to help fulfill its responsibilities
- Ensures that the Company operates in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements
- Verifies the effectiveness of control mechanisms and the reliability of reports and financial results
Members
Chair
Jean-Robert Laporte, BA, LLL
Saint-Charles-Borromée, Quebec
Roy Laporte inc., attorneys
Secretary of the Board of Directors, Fédération des caisses Desjardins du Québec
President of the Lanaudière Regional Council (Desjardins)
Chair of the Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins de Joliette
Vice-Chair
Francine Martel-Vaillancourt, FCPA, FCA, ASC
Saint-Laurent-de-l’Île-d’Orléans, Quebec
Chair of the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee, Shared Services Canada
Member of the Board of Management and Chair of the Audit Committee Canada Revenue Agency
Member of the Audit Committee, Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec
Board Members
René Bégin, FCPA, FCA
Lévis, Quebec
Partner, President and CEO, Lemieux Nolet, Chartered Professional Accountants LLP
Chair of the Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins de Lévis
Vice-President of the Québec-Ouest and Rive-Sud Regional Council (Desjardins)
Kathleen Bilodeau, MSc, FP
Quebec City, Quebec
General Manager, Caisse Desjardins de Sillery—Saint-Louis-de-France
Member of the Québec-Ouest and Rive-Sud Regional Council (Desjardins)
Robert Blais, FSA, FICA
Westmount, Quebec
Member of the Board of Directors and the audit and investment committees,
Teachers Pension Plan Corporation, Newfoundland and Labrador
Claudia Champagne, PhD
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Associate Professor of Finance, Université de Sherbrooke
Member of the Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins des Deux-Rivières de Sherbrooke
Lise Fournel
Beaconsfield, Québec
Chairman of the Risk Committee
Member of the Audit and Actuarial Committee
Member of the Board of Directors
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan
Johanne Girard, CPA, CGA, MBA, CISA, ADM.A.
Laval, Quebec
Internal Auditor, Hydro-Québec
Member of the Board of Supervision, Caisse Desjardins du Nord de Laval
Johanne Marceau
Drummondville, Quebec
Vice-President of the Centre-du-Québec Regional Council (Desjardins)
Chair of the Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins de Drummondville
Member of the Board of Directors:
- Fondation de l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Commerce Drummond
Normand Provost, ASC
Brossard, Quebec
Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Audit Committee, Quebecor Inc.
Member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee, Keolis
Michel Séguin, CHRP
Outremont, Quebec
Professor, École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal
President, advisory commission on governance and cooperative life (Desjardins)
Member of the Board of Directors, Caisse Desjardins de Mercier-Rosemont
President, Services Praxie inc.
Jacques St-Aubin
Hawkesbury, Ontario
Member of the Board of Directors:
- Caisse populaire de Hawkesbury Ltée
- Fédération des caisses populaires de l’Ontario
Member of the Ontario Regional Council
Robert St-Aubin, FCPA, FCA
Repentigny, Quebec
Managing Partner, Demers Beaulne LLP