We continue our series of team member profiles at Finance Montréal with a pillar colleague from our Talent team: Camille Muller, our Senior Advisor, Talent.

What do you like the most about Finance Montréal?

What I like most about Finance Montréal is the freedom to act and innovate for the financial sector. Here, we can imagine and carry out projects to give life to ideas. We can undertake collectively and build our future. This freedom is rare and precious in the professional world. It’s what makes our work environment stimulating and exciting.

Tell us about an initiative you enjoyed working on and are proud of.

The Comité Jeune is undoubtedly my greatest pride at Finance Montréal. Having the opportunity to work alongside young professionals and evolve with them is a real chance for me. Our common goal to support the young people who will shape the finance of tomorrow is the engine that drives me daily. I am very proud of what the Comité Jeune has become, of its impact, of all the activities we have carried out and that we continue to develop together.

Learn more about the Comité Jeune here.

What would you say to the youth so that they become interested in the financial world?

Be curious. Explore, test, discover; different roles, different teams and organizations, whether large or small.  It is by touching several universes that you can understand what really fufills you and what corresponds to what you wish for in your life.

Don’t be afraid to make choices; nothing is final. You will have to do it during your whole life and that’s what makes you master of your future. There are no bad experiences, only learnings.

Don’t underestimate anyone and surround yourself with people who really support you.

What do you do when you encounter a challenge in your work?

I have learned one thing in recent years: taking the time.

With a decisive nature, I have long had the reflex to want to resolve issues quickly. With experience, I understood the importance of taking a break, analyzing the situation from different angles and asking myself: "Is now the right time to act?" This reflex has become a real asset in the way I approach challenges.

I also learned the value of vulnerability. Sharing a difficulty, not to obtain an immediate solution, but to benefit from other perspectives. Identifying my blind spots to enrich my understanding of the problem in order to respond more fairly and globally.

Tell us about one of your passions.

I love cooking! It’s both a way to relax and refocus. Cooking mobilizes my creativity as much as my organization skills: knowing how to deal with what one has on hand, transform little into much or making a dish in a record time. It is also for me a way to share that meets my irrepressible desire to please others, but also (and especially) to please myself!