Joanie Berard

Joanie Bérard is a Director, of Fund Accounting at Sagard and joined the firm in 2019. Joanie is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day fund operations, NAV calculations, and accounting of capital activities for Portage Ventures, Sagard’s venture capital arm. She is a member of the finance team and is based in Montreal, Canada.

Prior to Sagard, Joanie spent 7 years at PSP Investments where she was most recently a Director on the Investment Finance team. Before that, she worked as a Senior Auditor at Deloitte.

Joanie holds a B.B.A. as well as Graduate Diploma in Public Accountancy (DESS en comptabilité professionnelle – CPA) from HEC Montreal, Canada. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA).