Payments Canada Summit 2024 | Canadian Payments Association | 29 May 2024 | Beanfield Centre, 105 Princes' Blvd, Toronto, ON M6K 3C3, Canada

The Summit is where the best minds in payments join to connect and collaborate on a wide range of subjects with multiple perspectives. A wide variety of session formats and networking opportunities will be available, empowering attendees to tailor their ideal conference experience. Several Payments Canada speakers will be featured throughout The SUMMIT programming, along with international experts and thought leaders in payments.

The Summit is where the best minds in payments join to connect and collaborate. We invite you to attend this transformational event and unlock the future of payments alongside fellow innovators, leaders and experts.

2024 Speakers

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
Super Bowl Champion, Medical Resident

Leah Anderson
President & CEO, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Mike Cook
Global Payments Lead, IBM

Radhika Kakkar
Chief Operating Officer, Wealthsimple

Robyn King
Director, Industry Relations, Payments Canada

Donna Kinoshita
Chief Payments Officer, Payments Canada

Sasha Krstic
President, Mastercard Canada

Kristina Logue
Co-CEO (Interim), Chief Financial Officer, Payments Canada

Robert Mara
Lead, Financial Services Risk Technology, EY Americas

Ron Morrow
Executive Director, Payments, Supervision & Oversight, Bank of Canada

Amita Oppal Gill
Canadian Country Leader, Intuitive Operations & Automation, Banking & Financial Services, Cognizant

Sarah Paquet
Director & CEO, FINTRAC

Matthew Parker-Jones
SVP, Global Transaction Banking, Scotiabank

Jude Pinto
Co-CEO (Interim), Chief Delivery Officer, Payments Canada

Saba Shariff
SVP, Chief Strategy, Product & Innovation Officer, Symcor

Hemen Shah
Partner, Financial Crime & Forensics, EY United Kingdom

Ramesh Siromani
Executive Vice President, Cards, Payments & Transformation, Royal Bank of Canada

Nick Stanescu
EVP, Chief FedNow Executive, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Supriya Syal
Deputy Commissioner, Research, Policy & Education, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Abraham Tachjian
Director, Digital Banking, PwC Canada

Paul Thomalla
NED & Industry Leader, UNIFITS

Shawn Van Raay
Chief Information Officer, Payments Canada

Margaret Weichert
Chief Product Officer, The Clearing House

Andy White
CEO, Australian Payments Network

Michiel Wielhouwer
President & Country Manager, Visa Canada

Jeremy Wilmot
President & CEO, Interac Corp.

Larry Zelvin
EVP & Head, Financial Crimes Unit, BMO

Arvind Agarwal
Head, Payments & Platform, Mydoh

Khadir Ahmed
VP, Canada Payment Operations, ADP Canada

Rania Ahmed
Director, Enterprise & Payment Product Risk, Payments Canada

Keith Ajmani
Advisor, Payments Canada

Mohamad (Mo) Al-Bustami
CISO, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario

Stephen Alsace
Global Head, Economic Sanctions, Royal Bank of Canada

Jas Anand
Lead, Value Engineering & Sales Enablement, Feedzai

Alma Angotti
Partner, Guidehouse

Nicole Apata
Analyst, Market Insights, Payments Canada

Hamed Arbabi
Founder & CEO, VoPay

Daniela Aubry
Deputy Chief, Payments Division, Metrolinx

Peter Aziz
Senior Counsel, Torys

Veena Balram
VP, Consulting Services, Banking & Financial Markets, CGI

Opher Baron
Professor, Operations Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Patrick Barr
Director, Strategy & Programs, Large Credit Union Coalition

Thierry Sébastien Battistini
Canada Country Manager, Matera

Sonia Baxendale
President & CEO, Global Risk Institute

Kerri Behrendt
Senior Analyst, Legal, Payments Canada

Eddie Beqaj
Head, Client Management, Flinks

Segun Bewaji
Lead Economic Advisor, Payments Canada

Michelle Beyo
Founder & CEO, FINAVATOR

Ruchi Bhardwaj
Principal Product Manager, OpenText

Kalyani Bhatia
Global Head, Payments & PMI, Swift

David Birch
Global Ambassador, Consult Hyperion

Ireen Birungi
Head, Information Security & CISO, Interac Corp.

Jeremy Bornstein
Chief Revenue Officer, Peoples Group

Jason Bouzanis
Assistant Commissioner, Public Affairs, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Brendan Carley
Managing Director, Intergovernmental Affairs & Policy, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Doug Carlson
SVP, Head, Payments Product Management, PNC Treasury Management

Rob Carmona
Lead, Payment Products, Payments Canada

Brigit Carroll
Policy Lead, North America, Wise

Gillian Carter
Director, Assistant Corporate Secretary & Senior Legal Counsel, Payments Canada

Louise Carter
Director, Retail Payments Supervision, Bank of Canada

Stephanie Chan
Senior Product Manager, ISO 20022 Treasury & Payment Solutions, BMO

Matthew Charette
Director, Cybersecurity, Payments Canada

Soumak Chatterjee
Partner, Financial Services, Deloitte Canada

Wayne Chen
Co-Founder & CEO, EukaPay

Adam Cheng
Senior Director, Financial Crime & Fraud, Royal Bank of Canada

Adeline Cheng
Partner, Risk Consulting, EY Canada

Victoria Clark
AVP, Payment Products, ATB Financial

Bernice Cheung
VP, Financial Services & Cultural Markets, Environics Research

Matthew Connors
Counsel, Borden Ladner Gervais

Jason Costain
Founder, Javloc.com

Mike Crumpler
Senior Director, Lead, North America Payments Consulting, Cognizant

Bill Cyr
Director, High Value Payment Systems Operations, Payments Canada

Peter Davey
Venture Partner, Alloy Labs

Carl Davies
Head, Fraud & Identity, Equifax

John Davis
Managing Director & Head, Product Management, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Canada, Citi

Erik De Belder
Director, Americas & UK, Intix

Ajit Desai
Principal Data Scientist, Bank of Canada

Isaac De Souza
Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology Risk Officer, BMO

Tarundeep Dhot
Interim Head, Canadian Fraud Management, TD Bank Group

Miguel Díaz
Head, Toronto Innovation Hub Centre, Bank of International Settlements

Jimmy Dinh
Managing Director & Head, President & CEO, Simplii Financial, CIBC Capital Markets

Nino Di Teodoro
Senior Director, COR.IQ, Symcor

Peter Dodic
Chief Risk Officer, Payments Canada

Becky Drummond
Manager, Enterprise & Payment Product Risk, Payments Canada

Milos Dunjic
Lead, Payments Innovation Technology Practice, TD Bank Group

Lisa Durnford
GM & Chief Compliance Officer, Synctera Canada

Dana El Chaer
Policy Analyst, Policy & Government Relations, Payments Canada

Layial El-Hadi
Executive Director, Fintech Cadence

Mario Falvo
Chief Financial & Risk Officer, Interac Corp.

Umar Faruqui
Director, Registration, Retail Payments Supervision, Bank of Canada

Shaun Ferrari
VP, Global Currency Products, Global Business Development, Currency Research

Chris Ferron
Head, Fintech Partnerships, Visa Canada

Cameron Field
VP, The Vidocq Group

Molly Fischer
VP, Sales, Modern Treasury

Lisa Ford
Partner, Dentons LLP

Kïrsten Fraser
Director, Financial Services Innovation, Department of Finance Canada

Nicholas Galletti
Deputy Managing Director, Communications, Bank of Canada

Andrew Gómez
Director, Lipis Advisors

Brian Green
Country Head, Fiserv Canada

Shannon Gregory
Manager, Industry Governance, Payments Canada

Ryan Grundy
Lead, Ecosystem Management, Payments Canada

Tarush Gupta
Associate Quantitative Analyst, Payments Canada

Kamran Haidardi
Chief Technology & Data Officer, Payfare Inc.

Diana Halder
Partner, Financial Services Practice, EY Canada

Steven Haley
Director, Market & Partnerships, Mojaloop Foundation

Bridget Hall
Leader, Real-Time Payments, Americas, ACI Worldwide

Karim Hamasni
Director, Crypto Asset Management, RBC Global Asset Management

Annie Hardy
Director, Fintech Relations & Third-Party Disclosure, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Ray Harishankar
IBM Fellow, Quantum Safe, IBM

Kjeld Herreman
Head, Strategy Advisory, RedCompass Labs

Abdi Hersi
Director, Payments Strategy, Wealthsimple

Michelle Hilscher
VP, Strategy, BEworks

Chantal Hitchcock
Manager, Member Engagement, Payments Canada

Alexis Holland
Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Financial Services, OpenText

David Hooper
VP, Consulting, CGI

Marie Houde
VP & Chief Compliance Officer, Laurentian Bank of Canada

Octavia Howell
CISO, Equifax Canada

Jason Hsiung
Executive Director, Payments, J.P. Morgan

Shirley Hsu
GM, Payments, FreshBooks

Sue Hutchison
President, Equifax Canada

Ramesh Jayakrishnan
VP, New Payment Platforms, Mastercard Canada

Chander Jethwani
Program Manager, Cyber Resilience & Awareness, Payments Canada

Hector Jimenez
SVP & Head, Enterprise Risk Management, The Clearing House

Yassir Jiwan
Director, Financial Services & Insurance, Deloitte Canada

Asad Joheb
AVP, Payments Strategy & Innovation, TD Bank Group

Kellie Johnson
SVP, Payments, Americas, RedCompass Labs

Chris Juryn
VP, Emerging Technologies, CGI

Ron Kaine
Product Director, Enterprise Fraud Management, Central 1

Surinderjit (Jeet) Kaur Bhatti
Founder & CEO, Fathom4sight

Bhavna Kaushal
Strategic Advisor, Americas Payments and Loyalty Expert

Adeel Khan
Director, Partners & Alliances, ADP Canada

Rob Khazzam
Co-Founder & CEO, Float

Dan Killey
VP, Customer Engagement, ebankIT

Marek Komor
VP, Enterprise Payments Technology, TD Bank Group

Peter Kristensen
Director, Professional Services, Global Transaction Banking, Scotiabank

Val Kugathasan
Head, Innovation, Digital Transformation & Analytics, ADP Canada

Tracy Lagasse
Industry Lead, Financial Services, Microsoft

Janet Lalonde
VP, Business Program Delivery, Payments Canada

Alexandra Lara
Director, Member Services, Payments Canada

Sean Last
Strategic Account Executive, Bottomline Technologies

Stephen Lawrence
VP, Digital Payments, Mastercard Canada

Joan-Lisa Lazzarotto
Managing Director, Product Strategy & Insights, Global Payments Consulting, J.P. Morgan

Iman Li
Manager, Statistical Reporting, Bank of Canada

Alice Li
Payments Expert

George Leandro
VP, Global Sales Operations & Enablement, GoCardless

William Ledingham
Director, Cyber Resilience & Business Continuity, Payments Canada

Marc Legault
Lead, Payments Canada

Rania Lekadir
Principal Policy Analyst, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada

Marie-Aline Lepaulle
Senior Legal Counsel, CIBC

Evan Liang
AVP, Enterprise Fraud Strategy, TD Bank Group

Julie Lindstrom
VP, Product, Payments Canada

Amy Lombardi
Head, Innovation Services, Symcor

Victor Louro
SVP, Head, Innovation & Integration, Moneris

Marilou Lupien
Senior Manager, Event Coordination, Payments Canada

Adnan Malkoc
Payments & Strategy Specialist, CGI

Carlos Martinez
SVP, Product, Payments Canada

Daniel Marovitz
Chief Development Officer, Payments, Swift

Nadia Massoud
Professor, Financial Technology, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Leslie-Anne Mazza
Director, Enterprise Fraud, Bank of Montreal

Helen McDonald
Managing Director, Global Regulatory Reporting, Accenture

Andrew McFarlane
Managing Director, Accenture

Heather McKay
Director, Industry Relations, Payments Canada

Joanne McKinney
Chief Product & Platform Officer, Zafin

Jon McLellan
VP, Payment Products & Services, Payments Canada

Chris McMeekin
VP, Consulting, CGI

Gaurav Mehta
Product Director, Payments Canada

Sanjib Mehta
VP, Enterprise Platforms, RBC

Karthik Muralidharan
Director, Fintech Strategy & Enablement, CIBC

John Murray
Director, Investment & Economic Research, Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation

Jordi Neilson
VP, Payment Products & Services, Payments Canada

Nikhil Nehru
AVP, AML Advisory, Bank of Montreal

Farshid Nejad
VP, Consulting, CGI

Maryam Nia
Director, Market Insights, Payments Canada

Adam Nogrady
VP, Business Development, Payments Canada

Kelly O’Brien
Associate, Research & Analytics, Payments Canada

Nayab Omar
Data Scientist, Payments Canada

Ann O’Neill
Executive Director, Regulatory Strategy, Payments Canada

Simone Onofrio
Chief of Staff, Strategy & Planning, Payments Canada

Loren Padelford
Managing Director, Head, Global Sales, Shopify

Allyson Pankiw
Lead, Consumer Marketing, Payments Canada

Karan Paul
Senior Legal Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada

Graham Peachey
Director, Payment Products, Payments Canada

Rahul Puri
Manager, Payment Products, Payments Canada

Peter Puhovich
Managing Director, Accenture

Ali Raza
VP, Platform Engineering, Interac Corp.

Kimberley Reber
Chief Financial Officer, SecureKey

Ricardo Rego
SVP, Enterprise Payments, Bank of America

Nishanth Sathyan
Director, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs, Interac Corp.

Phil Scherer
VP, Business Development & Operations, Digital ID, Interac Corp.

Andrea Scott
Managing Director, Global Transaction Banking, TD Bank Group

Jade Scott
Head, Payments Policy, Stripe

Kate Seaman
Director, Strategic Communications, Payments Canada

Jonathon Shewring
Lead, Consumer Marketing, Payments Canada

Ron Simpson
President & Chief Innovation Officer, World Wide Technology

Jill Sloan
Director, Professional Services, Bottomline Technologies

Basil Sortakis
Lead, Research, Payments Canada

Wayne Spittle
VP, Business Development, J.P. Morgan

Maria Splinter
Founder & Principal, MA Squared Communications

Vikram Subha
Global Leader, Capital Markets, Consulting, IBM

Nancy Sun
Lead, Research, Payments Canada

Robyn Tashiro
Senior Manager, Fraud Detection, Payments Canada

Josh Thompson
VP, Enterprise Products, CIBC

Kim Toomey
Director, Government Relations, Payments Canada

David Trites
SVP, Payments & Cybersecurity, Interac Corp.

Jess Turner
EVP, Global Open Banking & API, Mastercard

Samiksha Upadhyay
Director, International Affairs, Payments Canada

Olivier Van Nes
Chief Compliance Officer, Peoples Group

Brett Wackerbauer
Managing Director, M&A and Investment Banking, Commerce Ventures

Jacob Watters
SVP, Product, Interac Corp.

Chris Wawra
VP, Consulting, CGI

Stephanie Wood
Director, Market Insights, Payments Canada

Jeff Wray
Managing Director, Global Payments Practice, EY

John Wylie
Managing Director, North America Payment Solutions, FIS Global

Florence Yip
CFO, Payments Canada

Emily Yost
Co-Founder & CEO, Salt Labs

Zoey Zhang
Manager, Industry Governance, Payments Canada

2024 Sponsors and Partners

ENTERPRISE SPONSORS:
• IBM
• Master Logo

EXECUTIVE SPONSORS:
• Cognizant
• Interac
• Scotiabank
• Symcor
• VISA

STRATEGIC SPONSORS:
• Unifits

STREAM SPONSORS:
• INETCO ("Every transaction tells a story")
• Red Hat
• TD
• Peoples Group

LEAD SPONSORS:
• BMOM
• CGI
• CIBCO
• Data Stealth
• elebanκIT
• EY (Building a better working world)
• Discover Global Network
• Feedzai
• Fiserv
• GTB
• Intellect
• Dintix®
• Kount
• LexisNexis® Risk Solutions
• NICE Actimize
• OpenTextTM
• Tott Pay
• Prairie Payments
• Swift
• TraceFinancial

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• RBC

APP SPONSOR:
• BMO

THE SUMMIT SOCIAL BEVERAGE SPONSOR:
• Flinks

MARKETING PARTNERS:
• Association des Banquiers Canadiens
• Canadian Bankers Association
• CAUFP (Canadian Association of Urban Financial Professionals)
• CCUA (Canadian Credit Union Association)
• Fidata (Financial Data and Technology Association)
• Fintech Cadence
• CPPO (Canadian Prepaid Providers Organization)
• Fintechs Canada
• The Fletcher Group
• Digital Transactions (Trends in the Electronic Exchange of Value)
• Massey Henry
• Station Mediaplanet
• Open Banking Expo
• The Paypers
• Fintech Montréal
• TotalFinance
• Trade Finance Global
• Association of Women in Payments