Christin Fraser

Experience

BDC

Director, Learning Jun 2019 – Present 2 yrs Responsible for learning strategies at BDC, including leadership, corporate and line of business needs. Lead a team of professionals who design, develop, deploy and optimize learning strategies and programs that build and help sustain BDC employees skillsets. Collaborate within the talent and employee experience function to ensure alignment of learning programs within the talent portfolio.

Learning and Development Manager Sep 2017 – Jun 2019 1 yr 10 mos Toronto, Canada Area Responsible for the Bank's learning strategy for all lines of business, including Financing, Advisory and Growth and Transition Capital. The strategy is supported by a team of learning specialists who design and facilitate the learning solutions.

Learning Specialist Mar 2014 – Aug 2017 3 yrs 6 mos Toronto, Canada Area Responsible for developing effective learning solutions, for financial services, consulting, and all knowledge areas required to support the professional performance of Bank employees. Reporting to BDC's head office in Montreal, I am able to form strong partnerships with Project Leaders and other business partners to assess the needs and skill gaps of business units and recommend and implement learning solutions in line with the Bank's strategic operational objectives.

Specifically, I work to determine the objectives for the learning solution, design the solution, prepare the required materials, conduct quality control checks, plan the rollout of the initiative, in collaboration with other members of the Change Management and Learning Team, and measure the results. My role also includes facilitation both in classroom and in a virtual classroom.

Senior Advisor, Strategy Implementation dDec 2011 – Mar 2014 2 yrs 4 mos Toronto, Canada Area Working with the Ontario operations team to provide leadership and act as an expert related to the Area and Ontario Business Centre Business & Marketing Plan and their implementation and management in order to translate the plan into results. Share best practices with business centre network. Identify regional training and coaching needs. Coordinate local training by designing activites in alignment with national learning strategy, and by arranging and delivery quality training activities and initiatives.

Senior Account Manager Mar 2009 – Dec 2011 2 yrs 10 mos BDC is a crown corporation. Our goal is to work with small and medium sized business to help provide loans to grow the Canadian Economy and increase employment. We are able to assist often in places which are outside of the chartered banks limitations.

My role is as a business development commercial account manager.

Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) Faculty - Masters Certificate in Training and Development Aug 2020 – Present Toronto Masters Certificate in Adult Training and Development

HSBC Bank Canada Commercial Account Manager Jul 2004 – Mar 2009 4 yrs 9 mos - developed new business and identified opportunities for cross-sell of other products and services; - provided daily management and underwriting of credit applications of a diverse Commercial Financial Services portfolio; - completed thorough and in-depth evaluations and reviews to determine financial and operating risk for all credits; - monitored activity on facilities to ensure usage in accordance with approved terms and conditions; - conducted interviews with existing clients and new loan applicants; - trained junior account managers and conducted performance reviews;

GE Process Engineer GE Full-time 2003 – 2004 Oakville, Ontario

Education

The University of Western Ontario Bachelor of Engineering Science Mechanical Engineering 1998 – 2004

The University of Western Ontario Bachelor of Science Computer Science 1998 – 2004