Alban D'Amours

ALBAN D’AMOURS is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins
Group. Previously, he was Senior Vice President, Planning,
Communication, Marketing; Senior Vice President and Chief of Development
and Audit; Inspector and Auditor General of the Group; member of the
Board of Directors of the Fonds de scurit (Security Fund). He has been
a member of senior management for the past 12 years, President of the
Group since March 2000 and President and Chief Executive Officer of
Desjardins Group since the creation of the Fdration des caisses
Desjardins du Quebec, on July 1, 2001. Previously, Mr. D’Amours was
Deputy Minister of Revenue (at Revenu Quebec) from 1981-1987 and
Associate Deputy Minister of Energy. Mr. D’Amours was a Professor at the
University of Minnesota and Professor at Universit de Sherbrooke where
he was Director of the Department of Economics for six years; Director
of the Institut d’amnagement regional management institute, Director of
L’Actualit conomique scientific research journal, and President of the
Faculty Union at Universit de Sherbrooke. Mr. D’Amours has a Classical
Studies diploma and a BA in Social Sciences from Universit Laval, an MA
in Economics from Universit Laval (1965) and Doctoral Studies (PhC) in
Monetary Theory, Econometrics and Public Finances at the University of
Minnesota.