Stéphane Fournier is a proud graduate of the Faculty of Law (French Common Law Program, Class of 2000). In 1999, while a summer student at Torys LLP in Toronto, he became co-editor of the Consolidated Bank Act and Regulations published by Thomson Reuters. Stéphane remained co-editor until 2004. In 2000, he returned to Torys as an articling student. Following his call to the Ontario Bar, Stéphane joined the firm’s Financial Services Practice, where he remained until 2004.
In 2005, he joined the Legislative Affairs Division of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), the federal government agency responsible for regulating the prudent practices of federal financial institutions and supervising their compliance with their governing statutes. Stéphane worked within this division until 2025, which provided him a close vantage point on the 2008 global financial crisis and riveting related work. He retired from OSFI in 2026.
As part of his responsibilities at OSFI, he interpreted the Insurance Companies Act and the Bank Act, and applied them to complex, novel, and high-stakes fact situations. In addition, Stéphane advised the federal Department of Finance on numerous amendments to these statutes, including related policies. He was also regularly exposed to take-over bids, issuer bids, and commercial contracts such as shareholders’ agreements and reinsurance agreements.
Furthermore, Stéphane was a passionate member of OSFI’s Employment Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advisory Committee, and OSFI’s Inclusion Network. He is a member of the persons with disabilities community.
Stéphane was raised in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.