Prior to joining Torys, Brigitte was the Deputy Commissioner of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada overseeing the Agency’s Supervision and Enforcement division.

She has also held senior roles in the financial services industry in Canada, including having been General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at TD Meloche Monnex, Vice-President, Pan-Canadian Development at Desjardins Group and Vice-President, Policy at Credit Union Central of Canada.

Brigitte taught financial institutions legislation and securities regulations while a sessional lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Ottawa and lectured on the Canadian banking system at the Law Faculty of Palacky University in the Czech Republic.

Brigitte was a member of the OECD/G20 Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection and in this capacity participated in the implementation of the G20 High level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection.

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