Valerie CHORT

About Valerie CHORT

Valérie Chort is a Canadian corporate director widely recognized for her expertise in sustainability, non-financial risk management, and corporate governance. Since May 2025, she has served on the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas, where she sits on the Financial Statements Committee and the Remuneration Committee. She has also been an independent director of Legrand since 2023, with responsibilities on the Audit Committee, the Commitments and CSR Committee, and the Remuneration Committee. In addition, she serves on the boards of Transat A.T. and North West Rubber Ltd., underscoring a broad, international, and multi-sector governance profile. Her career began in the public sector at Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment, where she worked as an industrial wastewater engineer from 1989 to 1991. She then joined Arthur D. Little, a firm known for environmental, health, and safety advisory work, before moving to Husky Injection Molding Systems in 1994, where she became Vice President of EHS and Product Safety. From 2001 to 2015, she held a leadership role at Deloitte as Americas leader for sustainability and climate change, while also serving as a partner in the firm’s enterprise risk practice in Canada. Between 2015 and 2023, she was Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), and also served as Executive Director of the RBC Foundation. This background gives her a distinctive governance profile at the intersection of strategy, compliance, climate, and stakeholder engagement. At Legrand, she contributes to oversight of audit, remuneration, and CSR matters. At BNP Paribas, she is presented as bringing independence, financial acumen, and strong knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon banking environment. Her career illustrates a progression from technical environmental engineering to senior leadership and board-level oversight in major listed companies, with a consistent focus on sustainable performance and responsible growth.