Forged by tradition, driven by innovation

A member of the fourth generation of a family that has helped shape Quebec finance since 1928, Philippe Tardif serves as Vice-President of Eterna Financial Group and Executive Vice-President of Eterna Trust, combining training in corporate law with an investment banking career at some of the country's largest financial institutions. Within the Group, he oversees business development and new projects, serves as lead manager of the alternative funds, which have more than $125 million in assets under management, and sits on the asset allocation committee.

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Before joining Eterna, he practised corporate law and mergers and acquisitions for two years at a Québec City law firm. He then moved to Scotiabank in Toronto, where he spent four years as an investment banker in the financial institutions sector, working notably on the merger of SSQ and La Capitale, now Beneva, and on Definity Financial's $2.3 billion initial public offering, the second largest in Canada.

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Active in Quebec's business community, he sits on the board of directors of the Cercle de la Finance du Québec, a conference platform that draws nearly 20,000 participants a year. He also serves as a governor of the Bal du Maire de Québec, the leading philanthropic event of the capital's business community. His mergers and acquisitions expertise is regularly sought by the media, including La Presse.

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A member of the Barreau du Québec, he holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Université Laval and an MBA from London Business School. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, completing an academic profile as rare as it is distinctive.

Jean Duguay is Senior Vice-President and Co-Chief Investment Officer of Eterna Financial Group, where he has been the lead equity manager since the firm was founded in 1998. With a hybrid approach that is rare in the market, he combines institutional mandates and private management, grounded in relationships of trust built over several decades with the families he serves.

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A financial analyst at Trust Général du Canada from 1983, he rose through the ranks to head investments for the English-speaking region, before joining Trust Prêt et Revenu as Vice-President, Fixed Income Investments. Alongside Paul Tardif, during the 1998 buyback of the private wealth management business, he co-founded what would become Eterna Financial Group.

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Community involvement runs through his career. At the Cercle finance et placement du Québec, where he has been active since 1984, he rose to chair of the board, helping raise the profile of the regional financial community. At the Fondation de l’Académie Saint-Louis, he served as president for about ten years, supporting the educational mission of that Québec City institution. As a figure associated with the Golf Québec introductory circuit in Beauceville, he also supports access to sport for young people. That same sense of service shows in his practice, where some client relationships span more than 20 years, supporting families well beyond investment alone.

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His training was built in the field, complemented by an ongoing commitment to professional development through his membership in the Association des analystes financiers.

André-J. Barette is Vice-President, Legal Affairs of Eterna Financial Group and Vice-President, Fiduciary Services of Eterna Trust. He brings together the Group’s legal governance and the development of Eterna Trust’s fiduciary services.

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He has practised law for more than 40 years, including 16 years at BLG, one of the largest law firms in Canada. There he built a reputation as a leading authority in estates and trusts, protective supervision regimes, private client planning, and estate and trust litigation, guiding businesses, individuals, advisors and wealth managers through their most complex files.

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An author, speaker and recognized trainer, he has contributed to the field for more than 20 years: as head of continuing education in estates and trusts for the Barreau du Québec, as a lecturer at the faculties of law of McGill University and the Université de Montréal, as an instructor at the École du Barreau du Québec, and as a co-presenter at the STEP Canada national conference. He also writes the updates to the treatise Droit des fiducies published by Éditions Wilson & Lafleur, and is past chair of the National Wills, Estates and Trusts Section of the Canadian Bar Association. His expertise is recognized by Best Lawyers in Canada and the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory.

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He has been a member of the Barreau du Québec since 1983, after earning a Bachelor of Civil Law (LL.L.) from the University of Ottawa. He also holds the Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation. Since his call to the bar, he has been cited in a large number of reported decisions, a mark of a sustained presence at the highest levels of legal practice.

A member of the fourth generation of the Tardif family, Charles Tardif leads business development at Eterna Financial Group, a mandate that covers asset growth across all of the Group's divisions, building and leading the network of partners and advisors, and directing the Fondation Frontenac, Eterna's affiliated foundation dedicated to planned giving.

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Ten years as an entrepreneur preceded his arrival at Eterna in 2021, first internationally in real estate and tourism, then in the private health sector in Quebec. That path now shapes an approach to business development grounded in relationships, which he cultivates with families, financial intermediaries and the Group's subsidiaries.

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His philanthropic commitment is reflected in his active involvement with several organizations in the Québec City region, including the Fondation Michel-Sarrazin, where he serves as a director and member of the finance and investment committee, the Jeunes philanthropes du Québec, the Fondation Signe d'espoir and the Les Charitables movement.

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His Bachelor of Business Administration from Université Laval is complemented by hands-on international business experience gained over ten years as an entrepreneur. He moves easily between French and English, and speaks conversational Spanish.

Managing Partner at Keira Capital, Jacques L. Drouin advises companies pursuing mergers and acquisitions or financing projects. He brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance and has held several senior executive positions over the course of his career.

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Fifteen of those years were spent at BMO Nesbitt Burns, KPMG Corporate Finance and Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he worked as an expert in private and public financings and in M&A transactions. He then became Chief Financial Officer and eventually Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest upstream oil and gas process equipment providers, a TSX-listed company with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

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His career has earned him notable recognition. Oilweek Magazine named him a Rising Star of the oil and gas industry in 2008, and he is a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award.

Associate and Chief Operating Officer at Keira Capital, Olivier Boulva also serves as the firm’s Chief Privacy Officer. He brings over ten years of experience in corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions, financing, strategy and real estate projects.

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He began his career in private practice in business law at Stikeman Elliott, then gained experience in strategy and corporate development working with a national real estate developer.

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He holds combined BCL and LLB degrees from McGill University’s Faculty of Law and an MBA from INSEAD.

Pierre-Marc Lecompte leads Eterna International, the Group’s investment immigration practice, which designs its own funds, curates the projects it offers to clients and runs each file from eight offices across three continents.

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He is among the most experienced immigration lawyers in the wealth migration industry, having helped hundreds of people immigrate to Canada and Europe. He is also at the forefront of the development of specialised wealth migration methodologies and products.

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A member of the Quebec Bar Association since 2004, he holds a bachelor of law from Université Laval.

Nicolas Laurin leads Eterna International’s Asian operations, where the Group maintains offices in Hangzhou, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City.

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His experience spans thousands of investment immigration cases. Recognized as an industry leader, he has developed strategies that led to the evolution of world-class immigration products.

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A member of the Quebec Bar Association since 2005, he holds an LL.B. from Université de Montréal, earned in 2003.