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Catherine Desgagnés-Belzil

Executive Vice-President and Leader, Business Performance and Information Technology

Catherine Desgagnés-Belzil joined Beneva in 2020. Over the course of 10 years, she held a number of strategic IT positions in Quebec’s public service sector, namely as a senior information manager, assistant digital transformation secretary and head of the Centre québécois d’excellence numérique and vice-president of business solutions at the Centre de services partagés du Québec. She has spent her career involved in IT governance and organizational transformation.

Catherine earned a bachelor’s in business computing at Université Laval. She is also a certified corporate director as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Fondation Tel-jeunes.

"Beneva puts people at the heart of insurance – it’s all about accessibility, empathy and caring!"

Catherine Desgagnés-Belzil, Executive Vice-President and Leader, Business Performance and Information Technology

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