{"id":5716,"date":"2025-06-03T08:15:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T06:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilstories.com\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T14:12:53","slug":"collective-success-stories-meet-the-enablers-catherine-bastien-and-nico-vesque-06009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilstories.com\/en\/collective-success-stories-meet-the-enablers-catherine-bastien-and-nico-vesque-06009\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Success Stories\u00a0: Meet the Enablers &#8211; Catherine Bastien and Nico Vesque"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Through trust-based relationships with clients and close collaboration across the Bank\u2019s departments, they make the most daring projects possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What roles do they play within the bank? What kinds of projects do they manage? Meet the experts who guide and advise entrepreneurs, investors and families to help them reach their financial and banking goals, day in and day out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we meet <strong>Catherine Bastien<\/strong>, Head of Business Risk Management, and <strong>Nico Vesque<\/strong>, Team Leader in the CIB Credit Support Unit, who share with us their experiences in credit (introduction, assessment, credit life cycle, improving the client experience, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><strong>The BRM teams mainly consist of credit experts, who act not only on a new loan application but also throughout the life of the loan<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><br><em>(Catherine Bastien)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>The bank is here to advise the client right from the outset. When they come to us with their start-up project, we analyse it, check its financial feasibility, and help them to set up the structure so that it can get off the ground. In the medium term, this approach helps the client to grow.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br><em>(Nico Vesque)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong>Behind the scenes of our series<\/strong> : <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-tertiary-color\"><strong><em>\u00ab&nbsp;Collective Success Stories&nbsp;: Meet the Enablers&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/em><\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:350px\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"270\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OMi7KzwBHis\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the most ambitious projects can come to life when the power of collaboration is harnessed to serve the client. 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