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Dr. Marry Gunaratnam

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Dr. Marry Gunaratnam is the Senior Vice President of IT at Northern Credit Union. Marry is known as a strategic technology, data, and payments executive with 20+ years of experience. In her role at Northern Credit Union, Marry has led a multi-year modernization portfolio encompassing core banking transformation and payments. Throughout Marry’s career, she has established herself as a trusted...

Wellington Holbrook

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Wellington Holbrook is the President and CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest community credit union. With a 30-year career in Canada’s financial services industry, Wellington has focused his career on cooperatives and banking institutions with missions that extend beyond profits. As a CEO currently leading one of the largest credit unions in Canada, Wellington brings an operating perspective that reflects the...

Sunny Sodhi

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Sunny Sodhi is responsible for overseeing the Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Development, Innovation, Legal, Corporate Governance, and Government Relations within Meridian. Prior to joining Meridian in 2014, Sunny focused his legal practice on advising domestic and international banks and insurance companies on a broad array of complex corporate and regulatory matters and practiced law in Toronto with Torys LLP and...

Shawn Neumann

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Shawn Neumann is the Board Chair for Tru Cooperative Bank, a role he has held since 2011. Shawn’s current responsibilities include serving on the Government Relations and Partnership, and Human Resources committees. As Board Chair, Shawn is also an ex-officio member of all other committees. Shawn’s academic credentials include an ICD.D designation and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and...

Shawn Good

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Shawn was appointed Libro Credit Union’s President & CEO in 2023. He has 25 years of credit union and financial services experience and is committed to lifelong learning, leadership and development. Previously Shawn was President and CEO of Prospera Credit Union in BC and, most recently, CEO at SaskCentral in Regina. Shawn holds an Executive MBA from Queen’s School of...

Penny-Lynn McPherson

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From 1987 until her retirement in 2015, Penny-Lynn was Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at the Payments Canada. She has over 25 years’ experience in payments, clearing and settlement, ecommerce, compliance, risk management and corporate governance. She has served on and co-chaired a number of payment system committees and also served as a director of the Queensway Carleton Hospital...

Karen Horcher

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Karen Horcher is an experienced leader and professional in treasury and finance. She began her career in international banking and financial markets, and throughout her career she has advised governments, regulators, and multinational corporations, including some of the world's most successful companies. She is also a respected provider of professional and executive education. Karen has served on a number of...

Jeff van Duynhoven

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Jeff van Duynhoven is a former Executive Director and Senior Payments Advisor at Payments Canada. Jeff is a multifaceted, energetic executive leader who seeks challenging business opportunities. Jeff is strong leader with extensive strategic senior executive business experience and leadership in payments, operations and web technologies, as well as a demonstrated commitment to enhancing both the client and employee experience...

Dan Dickinson

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Dan Dickinson is the Chief Information Officer at BioScript Solutions. Dan is an expert in driving digital transformation and project execution, and he plays a pivotal role in using data and technology to achieve BioScript’s strategy. Dan grew up on a farm in Nova Scotia and holds both a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA from Dalhousie University. His career...

Brian Harris

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Brian Harris is President and CEO of Beem Credit Union, an amalgamation of Gulf & Fraser Fishermen’s and Interior Savings Credit Unions on January 1, 2024. Prior to assuming the role at Beem, Brian was President and CEO of Interior Savings since 2022. Before joining Interior Savings, Brian was Chief Product Officer at Nets, a leading payments provider based in...