Joanie Bérard is an Assistant Vice President Finance, Business Integration and Strategic Initiatives at Sagard and joined the firm in 2019. Joanie is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day fund operations, NAV calculations, and accounting of capital activities for Portage. She is a member of the finance team and is based in Montreal, Canada.
Prior to Sagard, Joanie spent 7 years at PSP Investments where she was most recently a Director on the Investment Finance team. Before that, she worked as a Senior Auditor at Deloitte.
Joanie holds a B.B.A. as well as Graduate Diploma in Public Accountancy (DESS en comptabilité professionnelle – CPA) from HEC Montreal, Canada. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).