Carole Chevalier - Biography

Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Director since 2011
Expert in the fields of cooperative management and community involvement

Other key areas of expertise

  • Socio-economic development
  • General management
  • Human resources

Professional experience

Carole has decades of experience in the non-profit, business and municipal sectors. She served as managing director of the Centre d'action bénévole du Rivage from 2005 to 2017 and was a member of the Trois-Rivières chamber of commerce for 13 years, including 4 as its president. On the municipal side, she worked as a political attaché and director of communications and recreation for a town in Mauricie for 16 years, where she learned the inner workings of local politics. Carole has served as a Desjardins caisse director for over 20 years.

Other roles at Desjardins

  • Chair, Caisse Desjardins de l'Est de Trois-Rivières
  • Director, Desjardins Technology Group, Desjardins Trust and Desjardins Capital Inc.
  • Director, Desjardins Financial Corporation Inc. (DFC) and chair, DFC Board of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Director, Desjardins FSB Holdings, Inc.
  • Desjardins Group board committees and commissions:
    • Member, Executive Committee
    • Member, Human Resources Commission
    • Member, Committee on the Aggregate Remuneration of the President and CEO of Desjardins Group