Responsible for Operations and Technology, including Investment and Sales Operations, Fund Processing, Client Services, Information and Solutions Delivery as well as all aspects of Information Technology.

Technology executive with a strong track record of success in leading national, regional, and global teams in the establishment and maintenance of robust information technology strategy and programs.

Benoit Bertrand is a Digital transformation leader with strong business acumen with a pragmatic view aimed at realizing long term and sustainable business value.

Senior Information Technology executive with extensive experience in the financial services industry. She currently leads the engineering group that provides technology management to Scotiabank’s Global Banking and Markets, Group Treasury, and Global Risk Management divisions.

Hesham is passionate about technology, building products and scaling teams to achieve the impossible. He has been innovating software products and solutions for 23 years, including 17 years of senior leadership roles.

Strategic leader specializing in global scale transformation, business case development, benefits realization, change management & communications

Senior business and IT leader with a history and passion for digital transformation. 25 years experience spanning a wide range of technologies, industries and geographies. Full-spectrum of leadership skills and organizational acumen required to initiate and scale new ventures, and transform existing organizations. Motivated by strategic challenges, triple bottom line philosophy and all things green.

Experienced VP with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation/trucking/railroad industry. Strong leader skilled in Business Process Design, Value Stream Mapping, IT Strategy, and Business Transformation.

Maher Gaha is the Chief Information Officer at TC Transcontinental. CIOCAN is a not-for-profit community of CIOs and IT leaders whose mission is to facilitate networking, sharing of best practices and executive development, and to collaborate on issues facing CIOs/IT Executives.

Senior executive with extensive experience leading organizations through change. Diverse perspective developed from roles in organizations ranging in size from startup to multi-billion dollar in industries including retail, high-tech, manufacturing and government.