Governance

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

René Bégin, FCPA, FCA, ASC
Lévis, Quebec
Tax Consultant, Lemieux Nolet, Chartered Professional Accountants LLP
Director, Caisse Desjardins de Lévis

Vice-Chair

Serge Rousseau, Company Managing Director
Thetford-Mines, Québec
Director, Caisse Desjardins du Carrefour des lacs
Director, Desjardins Trust

Board Members

Doryne Bourque
Montreal, Quebec
Director, Caisse Desjardins des Technologies de l’information
Member of the Board of Directors, Fondation Dr Julien
Member of Anges Québec

Jean-François Blais, FICA, FCAS
Verdun, Quebec
Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Audit, Investment and Risks Committee, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Member of the Board of Directors and President of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Loto-Québec
Member of the Board of Directors and Member of the Audit Committee, Optimum Réassurance

Claudia Champagne, PhD
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Professor of Finance, Business School, Université de Sherbrooke
Director, Caisse Desjardins des Deux-Rivières de Sherbrooke

Èva Maglis, MBA, ASC
Montreal, Quebec
ASC, FXinnovation, Intelcom and Avison Young
Director, Fondation des jeunes de la DPJ

Patrick Ouellet, Lawyer
Quebec, Quebec
Member of the Conseil de discipline du Barreau du Québec
Owner-Pharmacist, Pharmacy Patrick Ouellet
Member of the Conseil de la Faculté de pharmacie de l’Université de Laval
Director, Caisse Desjardins de Beauport

Hélène Pouliot, FICA, FSA, CERA
Brampton, Ontario
Independent Advisor, Life and Health Insurance
President, Canadian Institute of Actuaries

Christine Sayegh Filgiano, CFA, ASC, C.Dir.
Westmount, Quebec
Member of the Board of Directors and Audit and Finance Committee, Avenue 31 Capital Inc.
Member of the Management Committee, Fonds de dotation de l’Université de Montréal
Director, Triovest

Michel Séguin, CHRP, PhD
Outremont, Quebec
Professor, École des sciences de la gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal
Director, Caisse Desjardins du Centre-Est de Montréal
President, Services Praxie inc.

Robert St-Aubin, FCPA
Repentigny, Quebec
Managing Partner, Demers Beaulne LLP

Karine Toupin, MBA, ASC
St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec
Lawyer-Entrepreneur, Delagatus
Director and Member of the Governance Committee, Caisse Desjardins de Cap-Rouge-Saint-Augustin

Main responsibilities

• Oversees governance matters
• Submits human resources policies and broad directions to the Board

Members

• Michel Séguin (Chair)
• René Bégin
• Serge Rousseau
• Karine Toupin

Main responsibilities

• Takes an active role in reviewing and approving the investment strategy
• Examines and makes recommendations on investment policies
• Puts in place monitoring and control mechanisms that ensure investments are handled in a proactive and prospective manner

Members

• Christine Sayegh Filgiano (Chair)
• Hélène Pouliot
• Patrick Ouellet
• Doryne Bourque

Main responsibilities

• Oversees financial reporting
• Ensures that sound and prudent management practices are adhered to and situations contrary to such practices are detected
• Ensures the efficiency and independence of the internal control system and of internal and external auditing processes

Members

• Robert St-Aubin (Chair)
• Jean-François Blais
• Hélène Pouliot
• Karine Toupin

Main responsibilities

• Oversees risk management processes
• Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and sound business practices and that situations contrary to such practices are detected

Members

• Jean-François Blais (Chair)
• Robert St-Aubin
• Claudia Champagne
• Èva Maglis​