Patricia St-Jean

VP, Commercial Lines Insurance, Desjardins General Insurance Group

Patricia has been in the Insurance Industry for over 35 years; half the time as a broker, the other half as an insurer.

Her roles mostly focused on Commercial Lines; all sizes of customers.

Currently, Patricia is Vice-President of Commercial Lines Insurance at DGAG (Desjardins General Insurance Group)

Previous roles include SVP positions at Aviva and Zurich, after 15 years of brokerage (JA Martin, now HUB, Dale-Parizeau, and Tomenson Saunders).

She has also been very involved in the insurance industry with the Insurance Institute (Board of Directors, 2006-2013; President, 2012), the GAA (Board of Directors, 2008-2013; President, 2012-2013) and the IBC Regional Committee (2007-2012).

She has an MBA from the John Molson School of business (Concordia University), an FCIP, a CRM and an FLMI.