Alison Chave co-heads JLL Canada’s debt capital markets. Her career spans over 30 years and includes lending, appraisal, risk management and portfolio management. She has worked at several leading financial institutions, including heading real estate private debt placement & public/private debt initiatives at an insurance company, and holding the position of Chief Risk Officer at the debt arm of a Quebec Pension Fund. Alison has brokered, underwritten, and approved over CAD $6 billion in loans during her career. Increasingly focused on providing green and sustainable financing solutions for property owners, Alison holds the Green and Sustainable Financing Professional designation (GSFP CBI) and is active in promoting dialogue between capital markets and sustainability experts, both within JLL and externally, with the goal of accelerating the transition to NZC from a debt perspective and improving returns for her clients through financing solutions.
Alison is a member of the Canadian, European and Global JLL Capital Markets Sustainability Counsels, and this knowledge of the latest developments in sustainable financing globally is used for the benefit of her JLL clients in Canada.
Designations
• Certified member of the Charted Banker Institute (CBI)
• Chartered Appraiser – Québec (OEAQ)
• Commercial Mortgage Broker – Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland
Recent publications and Panels

• 2023 – ULI Spring Meeting Toronto - NZC transition – valuation and debt panel
• 2023 – Real Capital Forum Toronto – Financing Panel
• 2022 – Toronto Canada Green Building Counsel ESG Financing Panel
• 2022 – American College of Mortgage Attorneys – ESG Financing Panel
• 2022 – Montreal Real Estate forum ESG Financing Panel
• 2022 – Article on Green Financing Espace Montreal
• 2022 – Article on Green Financing – Immobilier Commercial
• 2022 – Canadian Debt Outlook JLL (co-authored with JLL Research)
• 2021 – Montreal IDU Financial Panel
• 2021 – Montreal Commercial Financing Panel