Christiane brings an extensive international and Canadian track record in financial advisory, M&A and corporate consulting with over $10B investment achievements and extensive governance, trade and public policy experience. Prior to joining Astris, she successively built an international advisory business in infrastructure and led enterprise-wide M&A and business development for a Canadian financial institution in addition to being a senior member of the corporate strategy, M&A and innovation team of one of the largest Canadian utilities.
Her $10B investment track record extends to infra, transport, energy, telecom, industrial, resources, First Nations and financial services/digital sectors.
As Lead executive and President of SNC-Lavalin Capital, Christiane built a finance advisory powerhouse, spearheading advisory mandates across Europe, Asia, North & South America, Middle East and Africa including Euromoney Deals of the Year for Toronto $3.1 B 407 Highway acquisition and the Vancouver $2 B Canada Line Light Rail Train PPP. In the power sector she advised for the AltaLink acquisition and financing (largest Cdn. regulated transmission company ), the financing of Five Nations Energy, the first and only wholly-owned indigenous regulated transmission line in Canada as well as several green and conventional energy projects totalling in excess of 2000 MW across the world.
Christiane also served as Desjardins Group’s Executive Vice President Strategic Partnerships (M&A) and Business Development, Executive Committee member of its investment subsidiary Desjardins Financial Group, leading over $3B in M&A including the acquisition of the Canadian insurance activities of State Farm. (2009-2015). She was an executive advisor (2016-18) to Hydro One following its IPO, and concurrently is a Sr. advisor Power, Utilities and Sustainable Development for Roland Berger consulting practice.
Christiane started her career with Standard Life Canada and moved on to Export Development Corporation, structuring resources and aircraft sector transactions across Africa and OECD markets.