Valener announced the appointment of Eric Lachance as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer of Energir Inc., general partner of Energir, L.P. Mr. Lachance will act as Chief Financial Officer of Valener under the Administration and Support Agreement initially signed between Valener and Energir, L.P. on September 30, 2010 and subsequently amended and updated on September 30, 2015. Mr. Lachance replaces Pierre Despars, who has retired from the company. Mr. Lachance joined Energir, L.P. in January 2017 as Vice President, Finance.

From February 2000 to December 2016, he held various positions at Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the last three years as Regional Director - Europe within its subsidiary CDPQ Paris where he led the team responsible for ensuring the supervision and valuation of the Caisse's European infrastructure investment portfolio. Mr. Lachance's appointment took effect January 1, 2018.