Réal Bellemare is the Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Desjardins Group. In this role, he's responsible for overseeing operations, managing performance and implementing key strategic directions set out by the President and CEO and the Board of Directors. Réal oversees the organization's 10 executive divisions, in addition to the Desjardins Group Security Office, the Office of the Secretary General, the Institutional and Government Relations Division, the Legal Affairs Department and Développement international Desjardins. Réal joined Desjardins Group in 2009 as Vice-President, Corporate Banking and Capital Market Risk and Special Assignments and was appointed