The Cooperative Model: Supporting Sustainable Change
The cooperative model is known for bringing together strengths and ideas to serve the common good. This model provides practical solutions to the challenges of sustainable development, technology and artificial intelligence, the housing crisis, and diversity and inclusion. As the largest cooperative financial group in Canada and the sixth largest in the world, Desjardins Group has been working to build a more sustainable future for everyone for 124 years.
Speakers
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Guy CormierPresident and CEO, Desjardins GroupGuy Cormier
President and CEO, Desjardins Group
Guy Cormier has been President and CEO of Desjardins Group since 2016. He has worked for the cooperative for 30 years, becoming a caisse general manager in 2002, Vice-President of Finance in 2009, and joining Desjardins Group's senior management team in 2012. Since being elected President, Mr. Cormier has worked hard to instill a strong member-and client-focused culture that resonates with all of Desjardins's employees and directors. On top of creating the $250 million GoodSpark Fund, he's also helped the organization grow and become a household name across the country. As a champion of the cooperative model, shared prosperity, youth and a greener, more inclusive economy, Guy Cormier makes decisions that are based on the common good. Mr. Cormier is a graduate of HEC Montréal, where he earned both an undergraduate degree in business administration and an MBA. He also taught finance there for close to a decade. He currently sits on a number of boards, has been named a Chevalier of France’s Légion d'honneur, and in 2022 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by the John Molson School of Business.