Cross-Sector Roundtables

Risk Roundtable

Risk Roundtable is a cross-sector group of risk, compliance, and credit leaders focused on shared risk frameworks, fraud typologies, regulatory interpretation, supervisory expectations, and operational resilience across lending verticals.

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Companies

Overview

The CLA Risk Roundtable is comprised of chief risk officers of leading lenders in Canada. The goal of this roundtable is to develop proactive strategies to avoid threats to business. The group will be developing a comprehensive strategy on best practices and working collectively to advance shared objectives.

Visit the CLA’s Calendar to view all upcoming Roundtables.

To inquire about joining this roundtable, reach out to info@canadianlenders.org.

Please note: it is important that CLA members do not engage, under the auspices of the CLA, in coordinated behaviors or practices that restrict competition or target competitors who are not members of the CLA. It is critical that CLA staff and CLA members abide by these guidelines which are designed to avoid not only actual wrongdoing but also the appearance of wrongdoing. To that effect, CLA members should generally refrain from sharing with each other any confidential sensitive commercial information such as pricing, capacity, expansion, business plans etc. 

Members

James Muhato

James Muhato

Co-Founder

Woveo
Dina Duhon

Dina Duhon

VP Risk and AML/ATF Data, Insights and Analytics

EQ Bank
Cameron Nelson

Cameron Nelson

SVP, Risk

Journey Capital
Jaya Sritharan

Jaya Sritharan

Head of Credit

TransUnion
Jason Appel

Jason Appel

Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

Goeasy
Serge Sigouin

Serge Sigouin

General Director

Alterfina
Jeremy Wilson

Jeremy Wilson

President

Skycap Financials
Lloyd Evetts

Lloyd Evetts

CTO

CreditBook
Hamid Akbari

Hamid Akbari

Chair of the Board

Blanc Labs
Evan Chrapko

Evan Chrapko

CEO | Foudern

Trust Science
Christian Laroche

Christian Laroche

President & CEO

Groupe Alesco
Jitin Bindish

Jitin Bindish

Senior Vice President, Solutions. Americas

Intellect Design Arena
Ahmed Waqar

Ahmed Waqar

VP Finance & Risk

iA Auto Finance
Peleg Bartfeld

Peleg Bartfeld

President & Chief Financial Officer

Merchant Growth
Andrew Smee

Andrew Smee

Partner

Deloitte
Nikhil Gupta

Nikhil Gupta

Vice President Credit & Investor Analytics Flex Pay

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Wayne Yung

Wayne Yung

Director, Non-Financial Risks

General Bank of Canada
Samantha Horton

Samantha Horton

VP Account Acquisition

Santander Consumer
Victor Harfuch

Victor Harfuch

Chief of Risk

Spring Financial
Wassim El Ouni

Wassim El Ouni

VP & Head, Canada Consumer Credit

BMO
Tim Clausen

Tim Clausen

Managing Director, Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Strategy

ATB Financial
Vito Illuzzi

Vito Illuzzi

President & Co-Founder

Finance CreditFix
Charles-Antoine Carrier

Charles-Antoine Carrier

National Account Manager – Banking & Government

CARFAX Canada
Tara Skewes

Tara Skewes

Director of Business Development

Accord Financial
Kate Wybrow

Kate Wybrow

VP Lender Solutions

FCT
Samantha Tom

Samantha Tom

VP & General Counsel

Borrowell
Amanda Bafaro

Amanda Bafaro

Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel

BridgePoint Financial
Jerry St. Vil

Jerry St. Vil

Senior Director

FICO

Richard Carpentier

Richard Carpentier

VP, Recovery Solutions

ESC Corporate Services, Ltd.
Eric Walker

Eric Walker

Vice President, Retail Risk

RBC
Monica Ruffo

Monica Ruffo

Founder

Originarium
Victoria Abramson

Victoria Abramson

Growth Marketing Lead

Earnix
Lauren Biagioni

Lauren Biagioni

Legal Counsel

Kapcharge by Kapital Solutions
Brent Reynolds

Brent Reynolds

Founder | President

Payson Solutions
Hughes Boivin

Hughes Boivin

President

TIB Finance
Bassil Bassil

Bassil Bassil

Vice President Commercial Credit

Servus Credit Union
Sean Parker

Sean Parker

Managing Director and CEO

AML Consultancy Inc.
Karim Nanji

Karim Nanji

CEO

Inverite
Nazeera Khan

Nazeera Khan

Vice President, Enterprise Risk

Sagen
Brian Menges

Brian Menges

CEO

Sobankable
Hamza Mhadi

Hamza Mhadi

Founder, CEO

Herald Labs
Su Ning Strube

Su Ning Strube

Chief Growth Officer/Chief Product Officer

Judi.ai
Ahmad Sobh

Ahmad Sobh

CEO

Contract-It
Nash Taktak

Nash Taktak

Senior Director Operations

Gatestone
Teyjes Virmani

Teyjes Virmani

Founder & CEO

Daixta intelligence
Meseret Haileyesus

Meseret Haileyesus

CEO

Canadian Center for Women Empowerment
Samuel Medjuck

Samuel Medjuck

Founder

theBNK
Michael King

Michael King

Director Business Development

Spiria

Roundtable Events

Past

Apr

15

CLA Q2 Risk Roundtable

April 15, 2026

Oct

17

Q4 Risk Roundtable

October 17, 2023

Participating Companies

59 companies are represented in this roundtable, including members whose individual staff are kept confidential on this page.

Accord Financial
Affirm
Alterfina
AML Consultancy Inc.
ATB Financial
Blanc Labs
BMO
Borrowell
BridgePoint Financial
Canadian Center for Women Empowerment
CARFAX Canada
CIM
Contract-It
Credit Counselling Society
CreditBook
Daixta intelligence
Deloitte
Earnix
EQ Bank
Equifax
ESC Corporate Services, Ltd.
FCT

FICO

Finance CreditFix
Financeit
Gatestone
General Bank of Canada
Goeasy
Groupe Alesco
Haventree Bank
Herald Labs
iA Auto Finance
Intellect Design Arena
Inverite
Journey Capital
Judi.ai
Kapcharge by Kapital Solutions
Merchant Growth

Navigator Limited

NICE Actimize
Originarium
Paays
Payson Solutions
Propel
RBC
Sagen
Santander Consumer
Servus Credit Union
Skycap Financials
Sobankable
Spiria
Spring Financial
theBNK
TIB Finance
TransUnion
Trust Science
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Voxen Capital
Woveo
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