Stéphanie Émond is VP and Chief Impact Officer at FinDev Canada’s, overseeing the
Impact Enablement team responsible for development impact, technical assistance,
environmental, social and climate risk management and thought leadership. 
Stéphanie is a board member of the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation, and is a
member of the investment committee of the McConnell Foundation.
Prior to joining FinDev Canada, Stéphanie served as the Executive Director of FINCA
Canada, a microfinance organization with the mission to alleviate poverty through lasting
solutions that help people – women in particular – build assets, create jobs, and raise
their standard of living. 

Before FINCA, she worked as a management consultant with Raymond Chabot Grant
Thornton, on business and strategic planning, market analysis and marketing strategies,
and for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA – now Global Affairs
Canada) as an economic advisor focusing on private sector development and financial
inclusion. Prior to that, Stephanie worked with FINCA Peru, a Peruvian microfinance
institution, and for Newad, a Canadian place-based media company, as Director of
Marketing. 

She holds a MBA from HEC Montreal