Ms. Bernier is a board member with strong strategic capabilities, recognized for developing a clear vision and understanding how to deliver its execution. She has held senior roles in global organizations such as Senior Vice-President Strategy and Business Planning, and Managing Partner in large multi-services professional firm. Ms. Bernier understands and has experience with transformations and innovation in period of upheaval, and with the implementation of innovative strategies. Ms. Bernier is recognized as a trusted partner for developing long and lasting mutually beneficial relationships with all key stakeholders.
From August 2015 to September 2019, she served as CFO and Senior Vice President, Strategic and Business Planning of Public Sector Pension Investment Board, a large Canadian pension investment manager. Prior to this role, Ms. Bernier spent nearly 30 years as an Audit and Advisory Partner at Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG from 1986 to 2015, including serving as Regional Managing Partner (Quebec) and as a member of KPMG’s Canadian Leadership team.
Ms. Bernier is currently a director of Bausch & Lomb Corporation, a U.S. and Canadian public traded company, where she serves as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Science and Technology Committee. Ms. Bernier also currently serves as Chairperson of the Risk Committee and member of the Audit Committee of RF Capital Group Inc., a publicly traded company. Ms. Bernier is also Chairperson of the board of United Way of Greater Montreal Foundation, a charitable organization, and served on other not-for-profit boards including the Montréal Board of Trade, United Way of Greater Montréal and on the advisory board of the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.
Ms. Bernier has received several awards including Canada’s CFO of the Year and Québec’s CFO of the Year from the Financial Executives International Canada and Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100. Ranked Number 1 of the Top 10 Women in Business in Canada according to Business Review Canada.