Fintech Forum 2023 - Canada | Finance Montreal | 25 September 2023 | Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W, Montreal, Quebec H3B 4A5, Canada

This forum is a landmark international gathering that aims to showcase emerging global trends in FinTech, new technology solutions for the financial industry and emerging FinTech start-ups. The forum also aims to facilitate networking and collaboration between financial institutions, technology providers, start-ups and other key players in the financial services sector, as well as contribute to the visibility of Canada's FinTech talent.

2023 Speakers

CHAIR:

Paul Desmarais III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sagard

SPEAKERS:

Jacques Deforges
Chief Executive Officer, Finance Montréal

Anthony G. Ostler
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Bankers Association

Alexander Mohelsky
Tech Strategy Leader and Chief Innovation Officer, EY Canada

Deborah Orida
President and Chief Executive Officer, PSP Investments

Frank Bisignano
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv

Sebastian Boisjoly
Vice-President, Fintech and Technological Innovation, Finance Montréal

Éric Caire
Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology, Government of Quebec

Dominique Samson
Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Flinks

JD St-Martin
President, Lightspeed Commerce

Jordan Huck
Chief Executive Officer, Notch

Kathryn Petralia
Co-Founder and Chief Keeper, Keep Financial

Steph Choo
Partner, Portage

Krista Broughton
Open Banking Lead, Mastercard Canada

Peter Hazlehurst
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synctera

Yves-Gabriel Leboeuf
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flinks

Patrick Raimondi
Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting and Banking Lead, Canada, Accenture

Hélène Falchier
Partner, Portage

Mélisa Muraca
Vice-President, Technology Product, SunLife USA

David Nault
Co-Founder and General Partner, Luge Capital

Renée Walkom
Chief Operating Officer, Foxquilt

Saba Shariff
Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy, Product and Innovation, Symcor

Surinderjit (Jeet) Kaur Bhatti
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Fathom4sight

Rob Khazzam
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Float

Alice Reimer
Chief Executive Officer, Fillip

Mahima Poddar
Senior Vice-President and Group Head, Personal Banking, EQ Bank

Nayla Chebli
Investment Director, VC and Technologies, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Devon Kirk
Partner, Portage and Co-head, Portage Capital Solutions

Anne No Delaide
Managing Director, RBCx, Royal Bank of Canada

David Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer, Nuvei

Jacques Marchand
Managing Director, Private Large Capitalizations, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Charles Richard
Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI

Vanessa Taddei
Vice-President, Consulting Services, CGI

Christine Day
Chief Technology and Information Officer, Questrade

Julie Lévesque
Executive Vice-President, Technology and Operations, National Bank of Canada

Malik Yacoubi
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nesto

Sophia Bennaceur
Regional and Technology head, Morgan Stanley

Valérie Bergeron
Vice-President and Managing Director, Business Solutions and Technology, PSP Investments

Simon De Baene
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Workleap

Nathalie Francisci
Executive Regional President - Eastern Canada, Gallagher

Caroline Bergeron
Global Head, ESG and Impact Solutions, Innocap

Damien Charbonneau
Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer, Nesto

Émilie Hamel
Senior Vice-President, Operations, GhGSat

Melissa Bernardino
Head of Risk and Compliance, Finix

Rachel Jolicoeur
Director, Fraud Mitigation and Strategy, Interac

Manoj Verma
Founder and Chief Revenue Officer, Tabapay

Jean-François Bérubé
Vice-President, Quantitative Strategies and Data Science, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)

Alain Bergeron
Senior Vice-President, Information Technology (CIO), iA Groupe Financier

Daniel Grossi
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, Desjardins Group

Deb Pimentel
General Manager, IBM Canada

Alex Tapscott
Entrepreneur and Business Author

Sarah Mjidou
Senior Director, Digital Transformation, Ivanhoé Cambridge

MODERATORS:

Matthew Parker-Jones
Senior Vice-President and Head of Products and Operations, Global Business Payments, Scotiabank

Philippe Daoust
Vice-President and Managing Director, NA Ventures, National Bank of Canada

Félix Deschatelets
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Emma

Chris Ferron
Head of Digital Partnerships and Fintech, Visa

Laviva Mazhar
Principal, Luge Capital

David Marotte
Quebec Leader, Data and Artificial Intelligence, KPMG

Alexandre Hovette
Vice-President, Capgemini Invent

Stephan Marois
Director, Private Equity and Impact Investments, Services - Technologies, Fonds de solidarité FTQ

Corey B. Davis
Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

Zlata Huddleston
Partner, Practice Leader, IBM Consulting Sustainability Services Canada

Ravy Por
Partner and Leader, Omnia, Deloitte

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Phil Fayer
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuvei

Malcolm deMayo
Global Vice-President, Financial Services Industry, NVIDIA

Diederik Van Liere
Chief Technology Officer, Wealthsimple

2023 Sponsors

• Portage
• EY
• Flinks
• CGi
• CDPQ
• IBM
• Sun Life
• Visa
• Fonds de solidarite FTQ
• VoPay
• Ivanhoe Cambridge
• National Bank
• Symcor
• BMO
• CFA Montreal
• Roynat Capital | Scotiabank
• Deloitte
• Canadian Bankers Association
• Morgan Stanley
• KPMG
• Desjardins
• Autorite Des Marches Financiers
• iA Financial Group
• Investissement Quebec
• Synechron
• Fasken
• TMX
• Accenture
• PSP Investment
• Luge Capital
• Fathom 4 Sight