Françoise Lyon

Over the past 30 years, Françoise has held several senior executive positions within the investment & wealth management industry in Canada, and serves and has served on several Boards as a trustee or non-executive director. With a natural affinity for building long term relationships and facilitating consensus among different stakeholders, Françoise has extensive experience in helping companies, funds, executives & families in business in setting & delivering their strategic initiatives and achieving their goals. 

Françoise is an HEC Montréal and McGill University graduate with degrees in Business & Public Relations Management. She has completed numerous finance industry specialisation courses and regulatory training. Françoise is culturally & linguistically bilingual (English & French) with a working knowledge of Spanish. She holds  dual citizenship with Canada and Great Britain. In 2013, Françoise was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her extensive work with women & wealth over the years. In 2015, she was identified as one of the top 8 women in Finance in Quebec by the Magazine Premières en Affaires and in September 2018 she was identified by the magazine Entreprendre as one of the Top 100 women leaders in Quebec to watch.