Bertrand Millot

Bertrand Millot leads the Sustainability team, which is responsible for defining and implementing La Caisse strategic directions, including integrating sustainability factors into all activities and deploying the climate strategy. His responsibilities have three aspects: helping investment teams analyse and structure sustainable investment opportunities (particularly with regard to social, climate and energy transition investments); managing risks related to sustainability, climate change and reputation and contributing to the organization’s outreach in collaboration with La Caisse Global team.

Mr. Millot is one of the architects of La Caisse climate change strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate debt in emerging markets, fields where ESG considerations have historically been at the forefront. At La Caisse since 2015, he previously held various positions in risk management and stewardship investing, including Business Unit Risk Manager for the Fixed Income, Capital Solutions and Cross-functional Risk portfolios.

Before joining La Caisse, Mr. Millot was CEO and CIO at Cordiant Capital, an emerging market corporate debt fund manager. Earlier in his career, he was active in infrastructure project finance with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, U.K. and with BNP Paribas in Paris, France.

Mr. Millot holds an MBA from McGill University, a Master’s in Engineering from École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in Paris and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D designation). Since 2022, Mr. Millot is a faculty member at Competent Boards training corporate board directors and senior executives. He is a member of the boards of Ceres (www.ceres.org), a leading American NGO in the field of sustainability, the Datamars Sustainability Foundation (sustainable agriculture) (www.datamars.foundation) and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (www.sif-source.org).