François Melançon holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certifications from the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP), Certificate in Derivatives Market Strategies (CDMS), and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). He has a master’s degree in Economics from the Université de Montréal and is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute (FCSI).
For the past thirty-five years, François has had the opportunity to work at various levels in the field of fixed-income securities, derivatives and asset management. He began his career as an analyst at Deragon Langlois in 1986 and then in 1990 at Levesque Beaubien, where he held several positions in equity, fixed income and derivatives management. In 1998, he became a partner/manager at Scheer Rowlett & Associates, a young investment management firm. In 2001, with the collaboration of the financial group Connor, Clark & Lunn, he took charge of bond management at Baker Gilmore, once again as a partner/manager.
Passionate about his work, François Melançon sought to expose himself to all facets of the company’s responsibilities during his 20 years of collaboration. In 2019-2020, he participated in the reorganization of the investment sector at the Fonds de solidarité FTQ as interim investment manager, and then became part of the team that overhauled the investment policy and investment management.
Today, François is also an external member of the investment committee of the Industrial Alliance Pension Plan, a member of the risk committee at McGill St-Laurent and CWP Énergie, a commodities logistics firm, and an advisor/partner at ByDealers, an art auctioneer.
