Speaker

Bertrand Millot, head, sustainability, La Caisse

Bertrand Millot leads the CDPQ’s sustainability team, which is responsible for defining and implementing its strategic directions, including integrating sustainability factors into all activities and deploying the climate strategy. His responsibilities have three aspects: helping investment teams analyze and structure sustainability themed investment opportunities (particularly regarding social, climate and energy transition investments); managing risks related to sustainability, climate change and reputation; and contributing to the organization’s outreach in collaboration with the CDPQ global team.

Millot is one of the architects of CDPQ’s climate change strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate debt in emerging markets, fields where sustainability considerations have historically been at the forefront. Since joining the CDPQ in 2015, he has held various positions in risk management and stewardship investing, including as a business unit risk manager for the fixed income, capital solutions and cross functional risk portfolios.

Before joining CDPQ, Millot was chief executive officer and chief investment officer at Cordiant Capital, an emerging market corporate debt fund manager. Earlier in his career, he was active in infrastructure project finance with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and with BNP Paribas in Paris.

Millot holds a master of business administration from McGill University, a master’s in engineering from École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in Paris and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Since 2022, Millot has been a faculty member at Competent Boards training corporate board directors and senior executives. He’s a member of the boards of Ceres, a leading American non-governmental organization in the field of sustainability, the Datamars Sustainability Foundation and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation.