CANADA

ADVISORY BOARD

Our Advisory Board brings together prominent female trailblazers in the Canadian payments and fintech industry. This talented group of women provides guidance and input to the Women in Payments Canada Symposium program and ensures the experience includes best-in-class keynote speakers, panelists and break-out session leaders.

SARIT DANIEL

SARIT DANIEL

Senior Director, Payments and FX, P&CB

RBC

SARIT DANIEL

Sarit is a Senior Director of Digital Payments and FX at RBC. Her work focuses on advancing RBC’s market position of several key digital retail payment solutions through leading innovation, client engagement, risk management and strong partnerships. With over 12 years of experience in financial services and consulting, Sarit has diverse experiences in Canada and internationally in areas of strategy development, product management, divestitures, corporate governance, analytics and corporate communications.

DEBBIE GAMBLE

DEBBIE GAMBLE

Chief Officer, Innovation Labs and New Ventures

Interac

DEBBIE GAMBLE

Debbie brings 35 years of experience to Interac as their Chief Innovation and New Ventures Officer. Her firsthand experience as an entrepreneur and with such innovations as mobile commerce, digital ID and cryptocurrency solutions make her one of the country’s most seasoned authorities on the digital economy.

Her many accomplishments include being named one of The 25 Most Influential Women in Payments and FemTech Leader of the Year.

MARILU GAUDIO

MARILU GAUDIO

President, - Chase Merchant Services Canada

JP Morgan & Chase Co

MARILU GAUDIO

Marilu is President for Merchant Services Canada leading a team of Sales, Relationship Management and Sales Strategy professionals. The team is focused on delivering merchant solutions to Small Businesses and National accounts in Canada — with a goal to deliver exceptional service, innovative ideas, great solutions and developing strong referral partners.

Over her tenure with Chase, Marilu has built strong relationships with key strategic partners and developing client value.

SARAH GOWDY

SARAH GOWDY

Vice-President, Retail Day to Day Banking and Payments

Scotiabank

SARAH GOWDY

Sarah is Vice-President, Business Payment Products responsible for Scotiabank’s Global Payment and Commercial Card portfolios. She joined Scotiabank in 1998 as part of the Bank’s Trainee Program and has held progressively senior roles focused on customer process design, change management and digital banking.

As a passionate advocate for the customer, Sarah and her team are focused on simplifying processes to increase operational efficiencies and value for our clients.

CHRISTINE HUNTER

CHRISTINE HUNTER

VP, Enterprise Payments Strategy

TD Bank

CHRISTINE HUNTER

Christine is VP Payments at TD, leading Enterprise Payments Strategy with a focus on accelerated digital/technology advances and increasing customer expectations. She co-creates line of business strategies, roadmaps payments platform investments, governs enterprise payments oversight and leads industry collaboration as Chair of Payments Canada's Member Advisory Committee. Career highlights include managing a national sales team in auto lending, managing multiple P&Ls, running large programs and navigating complex negotiations.

MIA HUNTINGTON

MIA HUNTINGTON

EVP, Digital and Associations

Elavon

MIA HUNTINGTON

Mia is EVP, Digital and Associations at Elavon. With more than 20 years of financial services experience and a background in technology solutions, she has a reputation for driving results and successfully executing strategy. She leads a high-performance team charged with propelling the vision and implementation of Elavon’s digital strategy.

Mia is passionate about client success, and the role that integrated partners play in the payments ecosystem.

MAUREEN JARVIS

MAUREEN JARVIS

Managing Director & Head of Corporate Global Transaction Services

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada

MAUREEN JARVIS

Maureen manages the Large Corporate Global Transaction Services (GTS) sales team in Canada and has overarching responsibility for driving the enterprise strategy for the GTS organization in Canada. With more than 20 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Maureen has held a variety of senior positions with global transaction services in multiple regions, including Asia, EMEA, Latin America and Canada.

KELLIE JOHNSON

KELLIE JOHNSON

SVP Product Sales, Treasury & Trade Solutions

Citi

KELLIE JOHNSON

Kellie is the Senior Vice President, Treasury and Trade Solutions at Citi Canada and is responsible for enabling best in class cash management solutions for businesses. Kellie has more than 20 years experience in payments and cash management at domestic and international banks, in financial technology and Payments Canada helping to shape the modernization

MEGAN JONES

MEGAN JONES

Vice President Card Product Development and Benefits Strategy

CIBC

MEGAN JONES

Megan joined CIBC as Vice President Card Product Development and Benefits Strategy in 2021. Over the past two decades she has made significant contributions in the business as an innovative leader and role model, has a passion for her community and contributes her time to worthy organizations like United Way and Weekend to End Women’s Cancers. She was awarded the Women in Payments Award for Innovation in 2021.
MEGAN KELLS

MEGAN KELLS

VP & Head, North American Treasury & Payment Solutions Product

BMO Financial Group

MEGAN KELLS

With over 10 years in end-to-end payment experience at BMO, Megan is Head, North American Treasury & Payment Solutions Integration and currently responsible for the development of new Payment products for the commercial marketplace in North America, Trade Finance products for the global marketplace, and US Commercial Deposit and Liquidity solutions.

She proudly serves as an Executive Sponsor of 'BMO Without Barriers,' BMO's commitment to creating an inclusive work environment.

AVIVA KLEIN

AVIVA KLEIN

Vice President of Digital Payments & Cybersecurity Solutions

Mastercard

AVIVA KLEIN

Aviva has 20 years of experience in the payments and financial services industries. Currently, Aviva is the Vice President of Digital Payments & Cybersecurity Solutions for Mastercard Canada.

She oversees the commercialization and scale of Mastercard assets to support the needs of Canadians and Canadian businesses while they transition to digital payments. She is also responsible for the product strategy associated with Mastercard’s Cybersecurity suite of products.

KERRI-ANN SANTAGUIDA

KERRI-ANN SANTAGUIDA

Vice President and General Manager of Merchant Services

American Express

KERRI-ANN SANTAGUIDA

A skilled executive with a passion for partnerships and collaboration, Kerri-Ann Santaguida is the VP and GM of Merchant Services at American Express Canada.

Kerri-Ann sits on the Canadian Executive Team and is responsible for growing coverage and market share through acquisition channels and existing merchant partnerships. A passionate supporter of small businesses, she led the 2020 Shop Small campaign, and is a powerful advocate for women in the workplace.

MELISSA STERNBERG

MELISSA STERNBERG

Global Head of ESG

Swift

MELISSA STERNBERG

Melissa leads Swift’s strategic ESG program that focuses on embedding ESG into the business, understanding and managing ESG risk, while also exploring ESG opportunities to leverage Swift’s core capabilities to enable their ecosystem to achieve strategic ESG priorities in the future. Melissa joined Swift in 2019 and has a background in strategic program management across HR, and spent last 12 months quickly getting up to speed on climate change, third-party risk management, and broader ESG topics with the goal to develop a multi-year strategic ESG roadmap to be launched in 2024.

MONIKA STILICHA

MONIKA STILICHA

Global Business Services Associate Partner - Digital Payments

IBM

MONIKA STILICHA

As an Associate Partner for Digital Payments and Payments Modernization at IBM, Monika brings expertise as a trusted advisor to transformation leaders in Transaction Services and new Payments Platforms Management and Development at Financial Institutions and Financial Market Infrastructures. Known for her strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, Monika has 25 years of Payments Domain experience, spanning across Payments Product Strategy, Market Management, Product Management and Development.

ALEX SUKHAREVA

ALEX SUKHAREVA

Director of Merchant Strategy and Platform Go To Market

Worldpay from FIS

ALEX SUKHAREVA

In her role, Alex is responsible for setting growth strategy for Worldpay for Platforms, which empowers software companies that serve SMBs by seamlessly embedding payments and finance features into their platform. She is also responsible for setting commercial strategy with card network scheme partners. Alex has a breadth of experience across financial services including payments, wealth management, banking, and securitization. She is most passionate about setting growth strategy, enabling organization-wide transformations, and enhancing customer experience.

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