Sébastien Vallée - Biography

Executive Vice-President, Wealth Management

Sébastien Vallée has been Executive Vice-President, Wealth Management, and a member of the Desjardins Group Management Committee since 2025. He also chairs the boards for Desjardins Global Asset Management (DGAM) and for Guardian Capital Group, a global investment management firm that is majority owned by Desjardins.

He is also a board member for Aviso, a leading Canadian wealth management provider and strategic partner of Desjardins.

He oversees all of Desjardins’s wealth management operations across Canada. It’s a large business sector that includes wealth management distribution activities, asset management, the development of investment solutions, and trust services.

Sébastien Vallée is responsible for wealth management distribution activities—including Desjardins Signature Service, Desjardins Private Wealth Management, Desjardins Securities Brokerage and Desjardins Online Brokerage—representing $142 billion in assets under administration, along with product manufacturing activities totalling $161.9 billion in assets under management.

He also oversees Desjardins Global Asset Management (DGAM/Guardian), which has $288 billion in assets under management, and trust activities with $467 billion in assets under custody.

Sébastien Vallée has been with Desjardins for over 25 years. He held various strategic positions before being appointed Vice-President, Investment Solutions, in 2023. Over the course of his career, he’s helped Desjardins gain industry recognition for the sale, innovation and performance of its structured products and investment funds.

An authentic, effective and unifying leader, he is recognized for his strategic vision and ability to build lasting trust-based relationships with his business partners.

He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from Université Laval and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Actively involved in his community, Sébastien Vallée is an ambassador for Centraide Québec et Chaudière-Appalaches and supports numerous causes focused on youth, health, and sports.