Board of Directors

• Arthur R.A. Scace

  Director

  Arthur Scace is the former national chairman of McCarthy Tétrault LLP and former managing partner of the Toronto office. He serves on the board of directors of a number of Canadian corporations. Mr. Scace has been a Director on Sceptre’s Board since 1989.

• Christiane Bergevin

  Director

  Christiane joined the Desjardins Group in August 2009. In a newly created position, she spearheads key strategic partnerships, M&A and other development activities in Canada and abroad in support of the growth of the organization’s major business lines. Desjardins is the largest cooperative financial group in Canada. With assets of about $160 B, Desjardins is also the largest and best rated (S&P AA-) financial institution in Québec and the 6th largest financial institution in Canada.

  From 1990 to 2009, Christiane held various senior management positions, notably in international finance, with the SNC-Lavalin Group. She was President of SNC-Lavalin Capital from 2001 to 2008 and was appointed Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Corporate Projects of the SNC-Lavalin Group in 2009. Previously, she also worked in real estate and international financing with Standard Life and Export Development Canada.

  Christiane draws on extensive public policy knowledge in numerous sectors and wide-ranging international execution skills and award-winning Canadian deal making. She led SNC-Lavalin Capital to achieve Top Ten advisory rankings in the industry League Tables between 2005 and 2007, directed activities in over 20 countries and was involved in several acquisitions, including in energy and infrastructure. She notably led the structuring of some of the largest infrastructure debt closings in Canada, including the CDN $3.1 B Highway 407 acquisition and the CDN $1.9 B Canada Line concession in Vancouver.

  Christiane is a director of Talisman Energy, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, and the Montreal Board of Trade. Since July 2010, she is also a director of Fiera Capital. She was previously a member of the Board of Directors of the Business Development Bank of Canada and the Caisse de Dépot and Placement du Québec. She supports numerous philanthropic organizations and sits on the Boards of Directors of the Foundation of the Women’s Centre of Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation.

  She is a graduate of McGill University and of the Advanced Management Program of the Wharton School of Business. She is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

• David R. Shaw

  Director

  David R. Shaw is the founder and CEO of Knightsbridge Human Capital Management Inc., a national human resource firm. Previously, he was President and CEO of Pepsi Cola Canada Beverages, having spent 22 years within the PepsiCo organization in Canada and abroad. Mr. Shaw is the former Chairman of the North York General Hospital Foundation and sits on several boards. Mr. Shaw has been a member of Sceptre’s Board of Directors since 2006.

• Denis Berthiaume

  Director

• Jean C. Monty

  Director

  Jean C. Monty is a Corporate Director. On April 24, 2002, Mr. Monty retired as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE Inc.), following a distinguished 28-year career. Prior to joining BCE Inc., Mr. Monty was Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nortel (Nortel Networks Corporation). He joined Nortel in October, 1992, as President and Chief Operating Officer, becoming President and Chief Executive Officer in March, 1993. Mr. Monty began his career at Bell Canada in 1974 and has held numerous positions in the BCE group.

  Mr. Monty is a member of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc., Alcatel Lucent, and an investor and member of the boards of directors of Centria Inc., Fiera Capital Inc. and DJM Capital Inc. He is also a member of the Conseil consultatif international des Hautes Études Commerciales.

  Mr. Monty has been named a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to business, policy and community affairs. In recognition of his achievements, Mr. Monty has been named Canada’s Outstanding CEO of the Year for 1997. In addition, Mr. Monty has been inducted into the Académie des Grands Montréalais.

  Mr. Monty holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Collège Sainte-Marie and a Master of Arts in economics from the University of Western Ontario, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

• Jean-Guy Desjardins, L.Sc. Comm., CFA

  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

  Jean-Guy Desjardins, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Fiera Sceptre, began his career at Sun Life Insurance Company as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager. In 1972, Mr. Desjardins co-founded TAL Global Asset Management, and was its principal shareholder until its purchase by a financial institution. Mr. Desjardins subsequently acquired a portion of the assets of Elantis Investment Management to create Fiera Capital which became, on September 1st, 2010, Fiera Sceptre.

  Mr. Desjardins is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Société de services financiers Fonds FMOQ Inc., HEC Montréal, DJM Capital Inc., Centria Inc. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc., where he is also a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Desjardins served as a member of the Board of Directors of Bank of Canada for five years and was elected lead director in 2007. Mr. Desjardins also acted as Chairman of the special committee comprised of the Bank of Canada’s independent directors responsible for the recruitment of the current Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mr. Mark Carney.

  Mr. Desjardins is a member of the Council of Governors of Centraide of Greater Montréal, a member of the Investment Committee of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and a member of the Executive Committee and of the Board of Directors of Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

  Mr. Desjardins graduated from Collège Mont-Saint-Louis in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1969, he earned his Master degree in commerce (Finance) from the École des Hautes Études commerciales – Université de Montréal. Mr. Desjardins is also a CFA Charterholder.

• Neil Nisker

  Executive Vice Chairman

  From 1972 to 1996, Neil helped to build Brown Baldwin Nisker (now known as HSBC Securities) into one of the premier institutional brokerages in Canada. In 1990, Neil was selected by Sir John Templeton to be one of three managers of Best Investments International Inc., a global equity mutual fund which was owned by Sir John. Neil continued to serve in this capacity until 1999.

  From 1997 to 1999 Neil was Chairman of Nisker Associates, Inc., Strategic Wealth Management, a registered investment counseling firm which was purchased by YMG and subsequently by Fiera Capital, which is now Fiera Sceptre.

  Neil’s extensive charitable activities include the following duties: Co-Chair of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Annual Campaign; Co-Chair of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Campaign; Vice Chair of the Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation and Chair of its Investment Committee, Chairman of The Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto, and Past Chair of its Investment Committee.

• Sylvain Brosseau

  President and Chief Operating Officer

  Sylvain Brosseau, the current President and Chief Operating Officer of Fiera Sceptre, has over 20 years of experience in the investment management industry.

  Prior to joining Fiera, Mr. Brosseau served as Executive Vice President, Institutional Markets at TAL Global Asset Management Inc. and Executive Vice President at TAL International where he oversaw worldwide distribution and operations. His experience also includes terms as Vice President, Marketing and Vice President, Technology and Operations at Talvest Mutual Funds. Mr. Brosseau is currently a member of the board of directors of Centria Inc., Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc. and Equisoft Inc.

  He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Vermont and a Master of Science from McGill University.

• W. Ross Walker

  Director

  Ross Walker is the former Chairman and Chief Executive of KPMG Canada, a position he held from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Walker served as International Executive Partner of KPMG International. He is a member of the board of directors of three corporations. Mr. Walker was appointed Sceptre’s Chairman in May 2003. He has been a member of Sceptre’s Board since 1997.