SYL Spotlight – Keenan Davreux – The Saskatchewan Young Leaders

It’s time to introduce our Secretary, Keenan Davreux, Senior Financial Performance Analyst with Conexus Credit Union. This is Keenan’s second year with SYL.

Read on to learn more about Keenan with me 🙂

Tell us about you and your Credit Union journey. How did you get to where you are now?

I was a very lucky individual to get a start in the Credit Union system coming out of University, as I didn’t have much work experience compared to some of my peers. Through a stroke of luck, I came across a job listing at 11:00pm at night for a Financial Analyst job at Innovation Credit Union. The deadline to apply was at midnight that night, so in a stress induced coma, I churned out a cover letter + resume in 45min, applied, and prepared like crazy for the job interview. In June 2018, I started in their Corporate Finance department and remained there for 3.5 years. Now I work for Conexus Credit Union as a Senior Financial Performance Analyst, doing the things that I love most about finance. What I believe has set me apart over the years is my intense curiosity to learn things, my natural people skills in communicating and developing relationships, and my clear passion for finance.

Why did you join SYL?

As a young individual starting his career in the Credit Union system, I found the SYL to be an amazing group of like-minded individuals who I could learn from, network with outside of the Credit Union I work for, and to provide me the opportunity to develop my leadership skills. The SYL is also doing great work providing opportunities to learn and develop our young leaders within the Saskatchewan Credit Union system – I wanted to have a hand in providing those opportunities to my peers. With 1 year under my belt I can, with 100% confidence, tell anyone that joining the SYL was the right choice.

What are you most excited about this year for SYL?

By far, it’s organizing and hosting the Paula Stone panel interview for Development Days alongside the SYL dream team – SYL alum Alex Roettger and current member Julie Beleshinski. Paula was a fantastic speaker and I had so many takeaways after the discussion I had with her.

Now… for some fun!

If money, time and other people’s opinions didn’t matter, what would you be doing?

Reading books – books offer a deep insight into other people’s thinking and how that thinking has developed over the course of human history. It would be a shame to not learn as much as we possibly can, from those who came before us
Learning and mastering the piano – I find this to be the most soothing, peaceful, and beautiful instrument. I would love to learn and play this someday
Settling down in a small, remote town/village, surrounded by forest and mountains

What is the best piece of advice you ever received?

“Don’t try and be like anyone else. Instead, be your most authentic self because at the end of the day, there is only one you.”

Favorite book you ever read?

A life changing book that I read was Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. A Roman emperors journal on self-discipline, Stoicism, and faith.

Best work of non-fiction is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

If Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would play you and why?

A Hollywood look-alike of mine, who I often get compared to is Richard Madden. Especially as his portrayal of Robb Stark in Game of Thrones.

If you were a Star Wars character, which one would you be and why?

As someone who loves the expanded universe, only a handful of people will know this character, but I would have to go with Revan.

What is the worst decision you’ve ever made?

Driving in heavy fog from Saskatoon to Moose Jaw. The unfortunate part is that I hit some ice and ended up stuck slightly in a ditch. Waited 3 hours for CAA to come get me……

What does the word Leadership mean to you?

There is an old saying – “Leaders eat last”. This saying sticks with me quite a bit because it ultimately means taking accountability and responsibility for your team and your organization. When the going gets tough, it is your job as the leader to step up to the plate and look out for those who look up to you and report into you first.

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