Training committee

Member of the Barreau du Québec since 1990, Mr. Bernier is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (CSI). In addition to sitting on the District Council and several Quebec District Committees of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and on the Disciplinary Committee of the Montreal Exchange, he is a lecturer in Business Law and securities at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke since 1993 and in Derivatives Law at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal since 2010.

Mr. Cyr is a trader (own account) and instructor for the Prosperity Club, at which he teaches risk management, trading, and derivatives. He also teaches Futures and Options at the MBA level at the Haskayne School of Business of the University of Calgary. He had previously spent 7 years within the TMX Group as Executive Manager of the NGX, the Canadian energy exchange. He has also been Senior Vice President, Financial Markets at the Montreal Exchange (M-X) and Montreal Climate Exchange (MCEX). He had previously held managing responsibilities at J.P. Morgan and Société Générale. Mr. Cyr started his career as options market maker on the Montreal Exchange trading floor.

Experienced specialist in exchange rate issues; consultant, author, speaker, lecturer, and banker for more than 20 years. Since 2005, President of Optionsdevises. Mr. Faubert will never hesitate in triggering challenges and ideas. As an independent expert, Mr. Faubert’s professional services add value to firms wishing to up their level of expertise and the excellence of their management practices.  These firms are characterized by their drive to leave nothing to chance when comes the time to maximize the benefit of their international presence, in a context of exchange rate variability. Mr. Faubert has written three publications on exchange rate risk management by firms, one of which was produced for the EDC.

Vincent Marquis, CFA, is COO of Structured solutions at National Bank of Canada. The group is active in the management of structured products and their distribution through several networks across Canada. Since joining the Bank in 2003, Mr. Marquis has held various management positions related to the management and development of various credit and investment products for a diversified customer base composed of institutional investors, portfolio managers, and private investors.

Ms. Ouellette has ten years of experience in financial engineering and is a specialist in the valuation of financial instruments and derivatives, complex debt structures, guaranteed financial assets, illiquid investments and quantification of risks. Prior to joining Deloitte, she gained experience in asset and liability management and risk management with Aon Consulting. Her responsibilities also included portfolio optimization, asset allocation and performance attribution.

Mr. Saint-Laurent is Full-Time Lecturer at HEC Montreal. He teaches risk and portfolio management both at the undergraduate and levels. He also teaches CFA examination preparation courses. He is the head of the DESS in Financial Professions, a graduate program. As well, he is a Canadian Derivatives Institute team member. Mr. Saint-Laurent is an executive instructor in risk management in sessions delivered in West Africa. He has also acted as trainer with major brokerage firms in China. Moreover, he has been retained as expert witness in financial services matters. Mr. Saint-Laurent holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. in Economic Sciences from the University of Montreal, the CFA designation since 1995, the CAIA (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst) designation since 2004 and the FRM (Financial Risk Manager) designation since 2008. Mr. Saint-Laurent is a member of the Management Committee of the University of Montreal Endowment Fund.

Ms. Vincent is Senior director with a strong experience in implementing major end-to-end strategic investment systems and TI systems initiatives for major financial institutions, including BCI, PSP Investments, BNP Paribas, CDPQ, Societe Generale and National Bank of Canada. Deep knowledge of business planning / implementation and of the project management lifecycle. Unique blend of IT, financial, staff, project and change management skills. Ability to train, manage and motivate high performance teams that achieve Financial objectives.