Women in Payments: Canada Symposium 2023 | Payments Canada | 11 October 2023 | The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6, Canada

This year’s event will offer keynotes, panels and breakout sessions under the theme of ‘Forward Focus’. The event brings together women working in payments to hear key perspectives, learn from industry leaders and pursue career development and networking. Topics covered include current payment issues and initiatives, fintech and leadership. The conference provides an opportunity for women pursuing careers in payments to engage with current and relevant content that will help achieve their professional goals. This is a unique event that provides perspectives from key women leaders in payments, supports diversity and gender parity, and includes topics impacting all aspects of the payments ecosystem. The format includes keynote addresses, executive panel discussions, career development breakout sessions and networking breaks. This forum is an unparalleled opportunity that is empowering, current and immediately relevant to any woman pursuing a career in payments.

2023 Speakers

Ravina Bains
Senior Vice President, Payments & Specialized Client Solutions, Business Banking, Scotiabank

Veena Balram
Vice President Consulting Services | Banking and Financial Markets, CGI

Kalyani Bhatia
Global Head of Payments Go To Market, Business Development, SWIFT

Sarah Billings
Senior Vice President, Head of Payments and International, PNC Financial

Anne Butler
Chief Legal Officer, Peoples Group

Martha Cass
Vice President of Finance Business Operations, Paypal

Martha Cass
PayPal

Sarit Daniel
Sr. Director, Payments & FX of RBC

Christine Dougan
Managing Director, Payments, Customer Experience & Technology of ATB

Abdulah El Tarazi
Partner, IBM Payments Center and CBDO at Expertus, an IBM company

Sue Ennis
Vice President Corporate DevelopmentVice President Corporate Development at Hut 8 Mining Corp.

Chris Ferron
Head of Fintech, Visa

Lisa Ford
Partner, Dentons Canada LLP

Monique Gara
Senior Director Everyday Payments & Innovation, Payments Strategy & Transformation of CIBC

Sarah Gowdy
Vice President, Tangerine

Diana Halder
Partner, EY

Daria Hill
VP, Marketing & Communications, Interac

Isabelle Hudon
President and CEO, BDC

Christine Hunter
VP Payments at TD, leading Enterprise Payments Strategy, TD Bank

Mia Huntington
EVP, Buy Now Pay Later / POS Lending, Elavon

Sue Hutchison
President, Equifax Canada

Noelle Ibrahim
Associate Partner, Industry Consultant Banking and Financial Markets, IBM Quantum

Srishti Jain Adraesan
Sales Executive Head of Canada, RS Software

Alison James
SVP, Enterprise Payments, CIBC

Maureen Jarvis
Managing Director - Head of Global Transaction Services Canada, Bank of America

Megan Jones
Vice President, Cards, CIBC

Andy Joyce
Global Head of FX, PayPal

Rupinder Khullar
Senior Manager, Money Movement, Access Cards & Cross Border Banking, TD

Annette Kingsley
Vice President, Colleague Experience, American Express

Aviva Klein
Vice President, Product Management, Mastercard

Kathy Kmiotek
Channel Marketing Director, Fortis

Sasha Krstic
President, Canada, Mastercard

Heather Lamont
VP, Global Customer Experience, Caf.io

John Landry
Trade and Treasury Solutions Country Head, Citi Canada

Lisa Lansdowne-Higgins
SVP Business Transformation and Deposits, RBC

Judy Li
Director, Data Analytics, Information Management and ISO, Payments Canada

Stephanie Marentette
Head of Visa Direct Sales, Visa Canada

Belinda McCulloch
Senior Key Account Manager, Convera

Darcey Mcvanel
CBDC Policy Integration Lead, Bank of Canada

Katie Mosley
Channel Sales Executive, Bottomline Technologies

Keren Moynhan
CEO, Boss Insights

Cathy Pin
Canadian Head of Client Service, Global Payments Solutions, HSBC Bank Canada

Nita Powers
Chief Client Experience Officer (CXO), Collabria Financial

Gayle Ramsay
Head of Everyday Banking, Segment & Customer Growth, BMO

Rhiannon Rosalind
Creator & Chief Visionary Officer, Conscious Economics

Maryam Saeed
Head of Risk, Visa

Frances Zelazny
Co- Founder & CEO, Anonybit

Nelli Zaltsman
Lead Product Designer for Onyx Coin Systems, J.P Morgan

Hanna Zaidi
Chief Compliance Officer, Payments at Wealthsimple

Patricia Yun
Head of Digital Commerce, TD Bank

Yinglian Xie
CEO and Co-Founder of Data Visor

Dr. Sandi Wright
DG for RG Modernization, GOC

Eva Wong
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Borrowell

Stephanie Wilczewski
Senior Product Manager - Comprehensive Payables, B2B Payment Solutions and Card Product Management at Bank of America

Sue Whitney
Vice President, Payments Strategy and Relationships, Central 1

Kelly Wen
Director, Head of Treasury Advisory, BNY Mellon

Allison Walsh
TTS Payments & Receivables - Canada Product Head, Citibank

Sheila Vokey
President and COO, Central 1

Koula Vasilopoulos
Senior District President, Robert Half

Jacqueline Tsai
VP and Deputy General Counsel, Interac Corp

Patricia J. Srebrnic
Director Consulting Services - Payments of CGI Inc

Lisa Shields
Founder and CEO, FISPAN

Kerri-Ann Santiguida
Vice President and General Manager, Merchant Services Canada, American Express

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

Kim Salti
Director, North American Business Payment Products, Scotiabank

2023 Sponsors

ORGANIZER:
• Women in Payments

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• J.P. Morgan

GOLD SPONSORS:
• American Express
• Elavon
• Swift
• Worldplay

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Bank of America
• HSBC

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• BNY Mellon
• Visa

DIGITAL:
• Ingenico

REGIONAL AWARDS:
• Scotiabank