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Kerri-Lynn McAllister

Founder and CEO | Pawzy

Digital marketing, tech, entrepreneurship, startups, online marketing, growth, SEO, pets, connecting pet parents to healthcare services, telehealth software for pets, personal finance

Claudia Hepburn

CEO | Windmill Microlending

impact investing, employment of immigrants and refugees, immigrants, newcomers, immigration policy, innovative solutions to unemployment, microlending/microfinance, affordable loans, non-profit innovation

Lisa Taylor

President | Challenge Factory

Future of Work author, speaker, consultant and researcher

Hanna Zaidi

Vice President, Payments Strategy & Chief Compliance Officer | Wealthsimple

Learn more at www.hannazaidi.com Can discuss Open Banking, payment modernization, and the fintech landscape

Judy Paradi

Partner, Consultant | StrategyMarketing.ca

Judy is a thought leader, strategist and sought after speaker and writer, frequently addressing the power discrepancy between men and women. Most recently she has specifically focused her attention on the disconnect between women and the financial community.