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Host of the television show "Mêlez-vous de vos affaires"
Vice-President Trust and Consulting Services, Banque Nationale

Biography Appointed vice-president of the Chambre des notaires du Québec in 2008, Sophie Ducharme has been involved with the Chambre since 1996, notably as representative of the district of Montreal on the board of directors, as chairman of the 2006 Triennial Convention and as executive committee member since 2007.

As a graduate of the Université de Montréal in notarial law in 1988, she was awarded the Prix Canada Permanent for excellence in estate law.

Starting in the 1990s, Me Ducharme focused her practice on legal and trust services, and the administration of estates and trusts. She has been recognized in the financial sector for her vision and leadership. She holds strategic positions and manages multidisciplinary teams at Mouvement Desjardins and Banque Nationale.

Me Ducharme hosts and plans programming for Mêlez-vous de vos affaires, an interactive television program dealing with legal issues. She also lectures on estate law at the graduate level at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal and at the Chambre des notaries du Québec.