Acceleration, Innovation and Opportunity; Toronto’s Evolving Fintech Landscape and Focus on AI, Cybersecurity and Blockchain
 

Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue: CanChamHK's Boardroom, ​Unit 10BC,
             China Overseas Building
Admission:
             CanChamHK Members: Complimentary
             Non Members: HK $105

About the Event:
The Toronto Financial Centre is North America’s 2nd largest financial centre and is home to many of the world’s largest banks, insurance institutions and pension funds. Toronto also sits in the 2nd largest technology cluster in North America which is driving innovation in the Canadian financial sector,  particularly in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Blockchain. Join Jennifer Reynolds, President and CEO of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance as she presents an overview of Toronto’s growing fintech ecosystem, home of the world-renowned AI Vector Institute, Blockchain Research Institute and more. Jennifer will discuss opportunities and developments in the Toronto financial centre and the sector’s strength domestically and globally.

Guest Speaker: 

Jennifer Reynolds, MBA, ICD.D
President & CEO
Toronto Financial Services Alliance

Jennifer Reynolds is the President & CEO of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA), a public-private partnership whose mission is to promote and develop Toronto’s financial services sector, and to establish its prominence as a leading global financial centre. 
Jennifer’s 20 year career in the financial services industry has included senior roles in investment banking, venture capital, and global risk management. Prior to joining TFSA, Jennifer was the President & CEO of Women in Capital Markets (WCM), Canada’s largest industry association and advocacy group for women in the financial sector. 

Jennifer is a Director on the Board of the Canada Development Investment Corporation ("CDEV"), Director on the Board of Women’s College Hospital Foundation, and is a former Member of the Ontario Venture Capital Fund Advisory Committee, former Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Microskills Business Incubator, and former Director on the Board of Studio 180, an independent, Toronto based theatre company. In 2015 and 2017, she was named a Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner.

Jennifer is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Women's Leadership program, and she received her MBA from McGill University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Economics and Political Science from McGill University. Jennifer also holds the Institute of Corporate Directors Designation, ICD.D.

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