Jianping Zhou is currently the Director, Commercial, industrial and Real Estate sector of Asian market of Desjardins Business Centre – Rive-Sud. MBA from Jack Welch Management Institute in the United States. He has studied economic, financial management and financial engineering in universities in China, France and Canada. He also earned a Certificate Diploma in Commercial Real Estate Investment and Analysis from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning. Since 2011, he has worked in Laurentian Bank and CIBC successively, from teller to commercial account manager, to commercial real estate and construction financing analyst. Joined Desjardins Group in 2018 and continued to engage in commercial and commercial real estate financing services. Adhering to the original intention of Desjardins Group and the value of serving the community and giving back to its members (customers) a force, he has been committed to building a professional, exclusive and all-round Asian market business service team, and contributing to the sustainable development of Canadian Chinese business activities.
Desjardins Group is a credit cooperative financial institution with the largest presence in Quebec and a well established in Ontario. The group currently has 7.7 million members (customers), 56,165 employees, 204 caisses, 661 service points, 71 business service centers and 1,559 ATMs. In addition to traditional banking business, the group's service scope also includes more than 20 departments such as insurance, real estate, venture capital, securities, and international transactions. Through its subsidiary Desjardins International Development, its business is also active in more than 30 overseas countries and regions. In recent years, inspired by Desjardins Group's commitment to community service and its adherence to the strategy of innovation and sustainable development, more and more Chinese professional elites have joined different departments of the Group, constantly improving the quality of services provided by the Group to the Chinese community. At the same time, the group also vigorously supports the cultural, commercial and educational activities of the Chinese community in Quebec and Ontario through various means, which has greatly helped the development of the Chinese community.