Sector Roundtables
Crypto Roundtable
Crypto Roundtable is a group of lenders, platforms, and infrastructure providers working on compliant crypto-enabled lending, custody, valuation, and risk frameworks, with an emphasis on regulatory clarity and prudent market development.
35
Companies
Overview
The CLA’s Crypto Lending Roundtable is made up of leading solutions providers operating in the cryptocurrency space. Through advocacy with all levels of government, this roundtable will encourage innovation, the use of technology, and healthy competition to advance the needs of borrowers and provide Crypto-backed products and services that meet 21st century needs.
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
Lori Stein
Partner, Fintech, Securities Regulatory & Investment Products
Gordon Wong
Managing Director, Financial Services
Sacha Mamontow
Head of Cards & Fintech Market Development
Varun Abrol
Director, Payments Modernization & Digital Assets
Shakir Chambers
Associate Vice President, External Affairs
Alex Nelson
Senior Director - Digital Finance
Steve McSherry
Director of Business Development
Ahmed Khairat
Vice President Retail Credit
Sean Parker
Managing Director and CEO
Karim Nanji
CEO
Alex Nazha
Head of Gatestone Digital & VP, Client Solutions
Alexander Taskey
CEO
Hamza Mhadi
Founder, CEO
Roundtable Events
Upcoming
Oct
15
October 15, 2026
Past
Jul
17
July 17, 2026
Oct
27
October 27, 2025
Sep
24
September 24, 2025
Dec
1
December 1, 2022
Participating Companies
35 companies are represented in this roundtable, including members whose individual staff are kept confidential on this page.
BLG
DLA Piper
JLT & ASSOCIATES
Lendaverse
Navigator Limited
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pando Law
Personalized Loan
PKF Antares Toronto

