Annick began her career as a business analyst before transitioning to a business architect role. She is currently a Business Architect within Desjardins General Insurance Group, where she is actively engaged in maturing the Business Architecture practice and managing the value stream and capabilities inventory. She has a diverse background, having worked in both group insurance and property & casualty (P&C) sectors. Annick is a certified Business Architect from the Business Architecture Guild and has co-led the Insurance Reference Model Group for two years. She holds a Master's degree in Information Technology Management and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Université Laval. Annick is also a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI), a designation from LOMA, specializing in the insurance and financial services industry.

Maarten is an experienced business architect and has been a member of the insurance reference model working group for 3 years and a co-lead for two years. 

With a background in operating model design and processes, he has a special interest in the interaction between robust abstracted architecture frameworks and the messy reality of the operating model layers.