Michel Lalande leaving BCE to join CDPQ

MONTREAL — BCE’s chief legal officer Michel Lalande is leaving the company to join institutional investor and fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) as its new executive vice-president of legal affairs and secretariat, effective January 2021, CDPQ announced today. Lalande has 30 years of experience as a lawyer and executive, including 20 years at BCE and Bell Canada where he is currently chief legal officer and corporate secretary. He began his legal career in corporate mergers and acquisitions and securities at Fasken Martineau. After serving for almost four years as legal affairs director at Teleglobe, Lalande...