Chantal started her career in international trade/finance with the Foreign Credit Insurance Association in 1989 as a Marketing Manager. In 1992, Eximbank merged the Regional Offices of FCIA into the US government. Chantal was a Senior Marketing Manager with Eximbank until 1994. Her responsibilities included underwriting as well as the marketing of all the Eximbank products to exporters, brokers, bankers and government and state organizations. In 1994, Chantal joined LaSalle National Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABN-AMRO Bank, as an AVP and was responsible for marketing and administering all of the banks international finance products. She left in 1997, to start and manage the Chicago Midwest Office of London Forfaiting Plc. At LFC, Chantal marketed and structured forfaiting transactions for exporters and banks within a 20 state area. In Mid-1999, she left London Forfaiting to run the Chicago office for ITFEX, Inc. a medium term trade finance auction web site, based out of NYC. She joined FIRST AMERICAN BANK in July 2001 to assist with the marketing efforts of the bank's international products, specifically the Confirmed Purchase Order product, enabling exporters to obtain financing and mitigate risk.

Chantal is a frequent speaker at various international trade seminars ranging from FCIB, active Midwest NACM groups to state government sponsored trade events.