Leadership

VersaFi’s Executive Leaders Program is a national program designed to offer mid-senior women a distinctive and invaluable professional development experience, positioning each of them to advance their respective leadership goals. In partnership with Felix Global, VersaFi’s Executive Leaders Program provides a dynamic seven-month experience that includes executive coaching and personal development sessions, including a Facet5™ […]

December 8, 2025 – On behalf of the VersaFi Board of Directors, as well as our President & CEO, Tanya van Biesen, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Raman Rai as our recently appointed board member. Raman is the Managing Partner for Financial Services at Deloitte, responsible for the firm’s four financial services […]

December 4, 2025 – VersaFi is proud to welcome Kristina Fanjoy, CPP Investments and Humayun Jafrani, EY Canada, to our Advisory Council.  Kristina Fanjoy is Senior Managing Director and CFO of CPP Investments. Kristina leads the global finance functions including business and financial planning, valuations, performance reporting and analytics, tax, and financial policy, controls and reporting. […]

Octobre 8, 2025 – VersaFi est fière d’annoncer les noms des récipiendaires des Prix du leadership VersaFi 2025, décernés dans sept catégories prestigieuses à des personnes et des organisations d’exception, qui seront à l’honneur le 13 novembre à Toronto. Ces récipiendaires ont fait preuve d’un dévouement exceptionnel pour la promotion des femmes dans le secteur financier […]

October 8, 2025 – VersaFi is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 VersaFi Leadership Awards, recognizing individuals and organizations across seven prestigious categories. The recipients  will be honoured November 13 in Toronto. These honourees have demonstrated exceptional dedication to advancing women in finance through their roles as visionary, innovators, leaders, allies and volunteers. […]

June 10, 2025 – VersaFi is proud to announce the appointments of Brad Black as our new Chair of the Board of Directors, and Joanne O’Hea as Vice Chair.  Both offer exceptional leadership experience in the finance sector – and as returning board members, step into their new roles with a deep understanding of our […]

September 1st, 2023 – We wish Lara well as she pursues an external career opportunity and would like to thank her for her dedication and commitment to our organization over the past 2-1/2 years. Lara has significantly grown WCM’s organizational capability and sponsorship base and we look forward to her continuing to be an active […]

Women in Capital Markets (WCM), a national not-for-profit organization that creates solutions to accelerate gender diversity in the Canadian financial services industry, held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 24, 2023. As part of the formal proceedings, WCM announced the slate of National Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 term, including the reappointment of six members of its Board of Directors...