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VersaFi’s Champions of Change Award recognizes corporate leaders from our Platinum Partners who are pushing the boundaries for the advancement of women in the Canadian finance sector. 

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2024 Winner Leslie J. Anderson Global Head, One Client Wealth Management BMO Financial Group Learn more
2024 Winner Eoin Brady Partner, National Mergers and Acquisitions Tax Leader PwC Canada Learn more
2024 Winner Dale Burgess Executive Managing Director of Infrastructure and Natural Resources Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2024 Winner Jim Byrd Global Head, Macro Products RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Tristan Cammaert Global Client Serving Partner EY Learn more
2024 Winner Nick Chan Managing Director and Head, Financial Resource Management BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Sarine Chitilian Director, Business Operational Strategy, Resilience and Risk Management National Bank Financial Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Étienne Dubuc Executive Vice-President National Bank Financial Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Marin Gagliardi Managing Director, Syndicated & Leveraged Finance Group TD Securities Learn more
2024 Winner Sean Gilbert Managing Director & Global Co-Head, Debt Capital Markets, Global Investment Banking CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Erin Griffiths Senior Vice President, Client Solutions, Canadian Wealth Management Scotiabank Learn more
2024 Winner Maria Hushovd Managing Director and Head ESG Credit Group RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Michelle Joliat Senior Managing Director of Product and Delivery Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2024 Winner Brian Kernohan Senior Managing Director, Environment & Policy, Chief Sustainability Officer Manulife Learn more
2024 Winner Meric Koksal Managing Director, Wealth Solutions Group, Deputy Head and Head of Structuring, Innovation & Private Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2024 Winner Michael Kruse Global Head, Multinational Banking and CEO and Head, Global Banking and Markets U.S. Scotiabank Learn more
2024 Winner Neil Pengelly Canadian Technology Solutions Delivery Leader, Partner EY Learn more
2024 Winner Lindsay Scott Managing Director, Canadian Diversified Industries TD Securities Learn more
2024 Winner Carly Stallwood Partner, Finance Leader for Assurance PwC Canada Learn more
2024 Winner Jasmine Tehara Global Head of Retirement Operations Manulife Learn more
2023 Winner Giorgia Anton Managing Director & Head, Research Global Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Shoshana Baizer Deals Partner and Member of the Deals Leadership Group PwC Canada Learn more
2023 Winner Charley Butler Chief Pension Officer Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2023 Winner Janie Cervera Managing Director & Head of Client Field Services BMO Learn more
2023 Winner Michael Cherny Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2023 Winner Charles Fortier Head, Institutional Sales - Canada HSBC Securities Learn more
2023 Winner Nicole Frew Executive Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer Scotiabank Learn more
2023 Winner Lindsay Jones Vice President & Market Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking HSBC Bank Canada Learn more
2023 Winner Rich Kelly Managing Director and Head of Global Strategy TD Securities Learn more
2023 Winner Charles-Antoine Laplante Head of Finance and Strategy Manulife Investment Management Learn more
2023 Winner Linda Lavin Executive Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking TD Securities Learn more
2023 Winner Kevin Li Managing Director – Head, Global Investment Banking CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Lori Messer Global Head, Business and Client Services RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Bich-Thanh Ngo Vice-President Business Strategy National Bank Financial Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Samantha Paisley Partner and Capital Markets Consulting Leader PwC Canada Learn more
2023 Winner Paul Scurfield Managing Director and Global Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities, Global Banking and Markets Scotiabank Learn more
2023 Winner Ralph Sehgal Managing Director & Deputy Head, Global Corporate Banking RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Camille Stewart Head of Continuous Delivery Manulife Investment Management Learn more
2023 Winner Yury Shmuylovich Executive Vice-President and Managing Director, Co-Head Global Funding and Treasury National Bank Financial Markets Learn more
2023 Winner Victor Tung U.S. Chief Technology and Operations Officer and Chief Information and Operations Officer, Capital Markets BMO Financial Group Learn more
2022 Winner Kathy Butler Managing Director and Head of BC Capital Markets and Co-Head of Technology & Innovation Investment Banking CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2022 Winner Andrew Cherry Head of Global Markets, Canada HSBC Securities Canada Inc. Learn more
2022 Winner Ryan Fan Managing Director & Vice-Chair Global Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2022 Winner Tamara Finch Executive Managing Director & Global Head of Financial Sponsors Group TD Securities, Corporate & Investment Bank Learn more
2022 Winner Maude Leblond Managing Director & Head, Financial Institutions & Securitization National Bank Learn more
2022 Winner Valerie Lemieux Managing Director, Head of Institutional Clients Group, Canada, Sustainable Finance Lead, Global Banking & Markets HSBC Learn more
2022 Winner Irene Lopes Assistant Vice-President and HR Partner Global Wealth and Asset Management, Canada Manulife Learn more
2022 Winner Lynn Maki Managing Director, Global Markets BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2022 Winner Chris Manning Senior Vice President, Global Business Payments Scotiabank Learn more
2022 Winner Loretta Marcoccia Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Global Banking and Markets Scotiabank Learn more
2022 Winner Sue Mezzanotte Managing Director and Deputy Head of Global Credit RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2022 Winner Emily O’Donohue Director and Associate General Counsel, Derivatives Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2022 Winner Matthew Owens Managing Director and Head of Trading and Execution Services, Quantitative and Technology Services RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2022 Winner Sean St. John Executive Vice President, Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income, Co-Head of Risk Management Solutions National Bank Learn more
2022 Winner Silvio Stroescu Head, Wealth Digitech Transformation and President, BMO Investorline BMO Wealth Management Learn more
2022 Winner Jo Taylor President & CEO Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Learn more
2022 Winner Tim Wiggan Vice Chair and Co-Head of Global Markets, TD Securities Executive Vice President TD Bank Group Learn more
2022 Winner Leo Zerilli Head of Wealth and Asset Management, Canada Manulife Investment Management Learn more
2021 Winner Harleen Bains Managing Director & Head of Macro & Spread Institutional Sales RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2021 Winner Elaine Barsalou Managing Director, Investment Banking National Bank Financial Inc. Learn more
2021 Winner Eric Bélanger Managing Director & Head, Global Distribution and Global Markets International Global Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2021 Winner Charles Bendaly Regional Vice President, Wealth Sales Manulife Investments Learn more
2021 Winner Greg Debienne Managing Director and Global Head of Linear Foreign Exchange Trading TD Securities Learn more
2021 Winner Amanda Holmes Director, Talent Acquisition Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Learn more
2021 Winner Lisa Hutfloetz Head of Finance, Public Markets Manulife Investment Management Learn more
2021 Winner Michelle Khalili Managing Director and Head, Global Equity Capital Markets Scotiabank Learn more
2021 Winner Chint Kulkarni Managing Director and Head, Loan Syndications and Mining CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2021 Winner Scott Lampard Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Head of Global Banking HSBC Bank Canada Learn more
2021 Winner Joëlle Mulombo Director & Assistant Market Leader, London & Area BMO Wealth Management Learn more
2021 Winner Millan Mulraine Chief Economist Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Learn more
2021 Winner James Neate President and Group Head, Corporate and Investment Banking Scotiabank Learn more
2021 Winner Jeremy Sonnenburg Head of Quantitative & Technology Services RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2021 Winner Linda Seymour President & CEO HSBC Bank Canada Learn more
2021 Winner Alan Tannenbaum Head, Global Investment & Corporate Banking (I&CB) BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2021 Winner Ray Williams Managing Director & Vice Chairman - Financial Markets National Bank Financial Learn more
2021 Winner Jennifer Young Head of Human Resources, TD Securities Executive Vice President Human Resources, TD Bank AMCB Learn more
2020 Winner Jeffrey Allsop Executive Vice President, Head of Global Banking | Chairman & CEO HSBC Bank of Canada | HSBC Securities Canada Learn more
2020 Winner Erica Benjamin Chief Administrative Officer BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Marta Cano Managing Director and Head, Canada and LATAM Notes Business Development, Investor Solutions - Global Equity Derivatives Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Lisa Deakin Head, Global Markets Corporate Sales, Western Canada Global Markets HSBC Bank Canada Learn more
2020 Winner Laurent Ferreira Executive Vice-President Co-Head, Financial Markets Member of the Office of the President National Bank Learn more
2020 Winner Derek Flood Group Head, Equity Sales and Head of Canadian Equities RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Darrel Hackett Head, US Wealth Management BMO Bank of Montreal Learn more
2020 Winner Ziad Hindo Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Learn more
2020 Winner Melissa Li Managing Director, Private Capital Group CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Sean Mann Managing Director and Head, Securitization Global Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Aliyah Mohamed Managing Director, Investment Banking TD Securities Learn more
2020 Winner Marjorie Nadeau Managing Director, Risk Management Solutions Group National Bank Financial Learn more
2020 Winner Paul O’Hea Managing Director, Head Global Equity Sales and Trading Scotiabank Learn more
2020 Winner Robbie Pryde Vice Chair and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Executive Vice President TD Securities | TD Bank Group Learn more
2020 Winner Svetlana Radan Global Wealth and Asset Management Transformation & CostFit Head Manulife Learn more
2020 Winner Anita Stefan Global Head of Business Services and Global Markets RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2020 Winner Beth Tyndall Chief People Officer Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Learn more
2020 Winner Christopher Walker Chief Compliance Officer, Wealth and Asset Management Manulife Learn more
2019 Winner Kirsten Kennedy Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales and Sales Manager BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Jason Parker Head of North American Credit Research, Global Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Laurie Mahon Vice Chair, Global Investment Banking, Capital Markets CIBC Learn more
2019 Winner Eric Metivier Managing Director & Head, Corporate Banking - Canada, Global Corporate Banking, Capital Markets CIBC Learn more
2019 Winner Jason Henderson Executive Vice President, Head of Global Banking & Markets HSBC Bank Canada Learn more
2019 Winner Catherine Milum Head of Wealth Sales, Wealth & Asset Management, Canada Manulife Learn more
2019 Winner Tim Deacon Global CFO, Wealth & Asset Management Manulife Learn more
2019 Winner Isabelle Paquet Managing Director, Global Equity Derivatives National Bank Financial Learn more
2019 Winner Denis Girouard Executive Vice-President, Co-Head, Financial Markets, Member of the Office of the President National Bank Financial Learn more
2019 Winner Gillian Brown Senior Managing Director, Capital Markets Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2019 Winner Jason Chang Managing Director, Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities, Capital Markets Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Learn more
2019 Winner Nadine Ahn, CPA Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Finance RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Michael Bowick Head, Global Markets RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Mary Robertson Managing Director and Head, Global Capital Markets Relationship Management Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Scott Morrison Director and Head, Commercial Derivative Products Group and Foreign Exchange, Sales Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets Learn more
2019 Winner Jenn Ocampo-King Managing Director, Prime Brokerage TD Securities Learn more
2019 Winner Andrew Phillips Executive Managing Director and Head of Real Estate, Diversified Industries and Financial Sponsors TD Securities Learn more
2018 Winner Brad Black Managing Director and Global Heald, Financial Solutions Group, Global Markets CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2018 Winner Sunil Bhutani Managing Director, Head of Government Finance and Syndication National Bank Financial Learn more
2018 Winner Jeff Davis Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, General Counsel Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Learn more
2018 Winner Christine Helsdon Tekker Managing Director, Head of Canadian Credit, Investment Division Manulife Learn more
2018 Winner Jonathan Hunter Global Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2018 Winner Deland Kamanga Global Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities BMO Capital Markets Learn more
2018 Winner Michelle Khalili Managing Director, Private Capital Group, Global Investment Banking CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
2018 Winner Bernard Letendre Head of Wealth and Asset Management, Canada, President and CEO Manulife Investments Learn more
2018 Winner Keith McQueen Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Risk Management TD Securities Learn more
2018 Winner Nicole Musicco Senior Managing Director, Public Equities Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Learn more
2018 Winner Daphne Myler Vice President, Technology Solutions Delivery Learn more
2018 Winner Kieran O’Donnell Managing Director and Head, Global Equity Derivatives and Investor Solutions Bank of Nova Scotia Learn more
2018 Winner Lindsay Patrick Director, Global ETF Strategy RBC Capital Markets Learn more
2018 Winner Joanna Rotenberg Group head, BMO Wealth Management BMO Financial Group Learn more
2018 Winner Linda Roy Managing Director, Fixed Income and Head, Securitization National Bank Financial Learn more
2018 Winner Andi Sabada Senior Vice President, Global Business Payments, Sales Bank of Nova Scotia Learn more

VersaFi’s Leadership Awards recognize the exemplary leadership and contributions of individuals and firms in the Canadian finance sector. These industry leaders share an inspiring vision for the future; an equal workplace. A mission that can harness the full potential of our talent pool – a future of better ideas, stronger teams, improved businesses and new levels of prosperity.

VersaFi has been recognizing trailblazing leaders since 2007.
Below is a full history of our award recipients.

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Ally Winner Chris Abe 2023 Recipient Managing Director – Head of Global Credit RBC Capital Markets Learn more
Ally Winner Kam Dhadwar 2023 Recipient Managing Director CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
Ally Winner Roman S. Dubczak 2023 Recipient Deputy Chair CIBC Capital Markets Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner BMO Private Wealth 2023 Recipient Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner Scotiabank 2023 Recipient Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner Lindsay Patrick 2021 Recipient Head of Strategic Initiatives and ESG RBC Capital Markets Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner Farnaz Shahed 2021 Recipient Director - Institutional Solutions Group RBC Capital Markets Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner TD Securities' Women in Leadership Committee Canada 2021 Recipient Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan 2020 Recipient Learn more
Award for Excellence in Innovation Winner Wendy Smith 2018 Recipient Managing Director, Head of Diversity and Inclusion Office Scotiabank GBM Learn more