Elise Bourret

In her role, Elise is accountable for several global investment operations functions, including trade & cash management, asset servicing, investment valuation, reconciliations, fund oversight, as well as functions specifically supporting Wealth and Asset Management Canada and the General Account.  She is a member of Manulife’s Quebec Executive Committee.

Elise joined Manulife through the Standard Life acquisition, where she was VP, Investment Operations.  She originally joined Standard Life in 2001, as Manager, Investment Operations.  Prior to this, Elise was Senior Manager, Trust and Fund accounting at StrategicNova Investment Funds.  She began her career as an auditor at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton and Arthur Andersen.  

Elise has more than 20 years of work experience, the majority of which has been in the financial services industry.   She graduated from the University du Québec à Montréal with a Bachelor of Commerce.   She is a Chartered Professional Accountant and a CFA charterholder.  

She is a member of the Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada Staff Pension Plan Pension Committee as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Finance Montreal.  She is a volunteer for various causes and was recognized as a 2016 Champion of Change by Women in Capital Markets in Canada.