Mr Guy Cormier, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group, shared his experience during a networking reception gathering researchers and business people.
Mr Guy Cormier, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group, shared his experience during a networking reception gathering researchers and business people.
Guy Cormier has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group since April 2016. He is a graduate of École des Hautes Études commerciales (HEC), where he earned both a Bachelor of Business Administration and an MBA, as well as teaching finance for eight years. Mr. Cormier has been with Desjardins since 1992, and was General Manager of several caisses in the network. He was Vice-President of Cooperative Network Finance from 2009 to 2012, before being appointed Vice-President of Cooperative Network, in 2012, and then Senior Vice-President of Cooperative Network and Personal Services in 2013.
Mr. Cormier has always encouraged audacity, agility and innovation to improve the experience of members and clients. Under his leadership, new innovative technology-focused service centres were launched, earning several awards internationally.
He is actively involved in a number of community organizations.
A corporate director and international consultant, Louise Roy is currently Chair of the Board and a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO.
Louise Roy has held́ senior management positions in the urban transportation, air transportation and communications industries. She waś CEO of the Société de transport de Montréal (1985-1992), Executive Vice President for the Americas of Air France at its Paris headquarters (1994-1997), CEO of Telemedia Communications Inc. (1997-2000) and Executive Vice President of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) (2000-2003).
Since September 2003, Ms. Roy has been a Visiting Fellow at CIRANO and, since 2012, she has chaired the Board of Directors of this Center for Applied Research in Public Policy. She was Chancellor and Chair of the Board of the University of Montreal from 2008 to 2018 and was named Chancellor Emeritus.
During her career, she has also served as a director of Power Financial Corporation and Intact Financial Corporation, the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD), Montreal International, Provigo Inc, Laurentian Bank of Canada, Videotron Ltd. and Domtar Corporation. She has chaired the Board of the Conseil des arts de Montréal, a cultural granting organization. Ms. Roy is currently a director of the Opéra de Montréal, the Montreal International Music Competition Foundation (MIMC) and the Montreal Airport.
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