Christiane Brizard

Christiane Brizard is a partner in the Langlois Lawyers office of Montréal. She practises mainly in the area of governance, ethics and professional law.

For several years, she was secretary, vice-president of legal affairs and strategic advisor for the Ordre des comptables agréés and the Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés. In this capacity, she advised senior management on ethical, systemic, legal and governance issues.

She has in-depth knowledge of the professional system and of the framework of financial market players and has participated in several parliamentary committees. She has been a key player in the unification of accounting professions.

She will soon be completing an Applied Ethics Advanced Graduate Diploma from Université de Sherbrooke. She conducts training in ethics and has taken part in the drafting of articles on ethics and governance.