Sector Roundtables
SMB Roundtable
SMB Financing Roundtable is a group of SMB lenders and platforms focused on improving open access to credit for small and medium-sized businesses, addressing underwriting innovation, data access, fraud risk, and regulatory barriers.
48
Companies
Overview
The CLA Small Business Lender Roundtable is made up of the leading FinTech SMB lenders in Canada. The goal of this invite-only group is to work on strategies to advance services for small businesses across the lending spectrum.
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
Robin Stewart
VP | Head SMB
Harley Greenspoon
COO
David Gens
CEO
Darren Lorimer
SVP & Group Head, Commercial Banking
James Jang
President
Jordan Fein
CEO
Natasha Dillon
CFO
Paul Pitcher
Managing Partner
Mark Joseph
President
Mark Thibeault
Managing Director
Ketan Bhole
Partner
Sean Quagliani
CEO | Co-Founder
Jean Dauvin
Partner
Don Ludlow
Vice President & National Head Treasury Solutions
Atul Mehra
Co-Founder & Director
Maarten Van der Putten
Director of Enterprise Sales & Partnerships
Steve McSherry
Director of Business Development
Ormond Yeung
COO
Monica Ruffo
Founder
Mustapha Darbaj
Co-Founder
Chady Zahiri
Founder | President
Chris Service
Managing Partner
Hamid Akbari
Chair of the Board
Andrew Graham
CEO | Founder
Sacha Mamontow
Head of Cards & Fintech Market Development
Lauren Thompson
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Partnership Management
Derek Szeto
Co-Founder | CEO
Francois Cote
CEO
Miles Schwartz
Co-Founder & CEO
Kira Tchernikovsky
Co-Founder and COO
Hughes Boivin
President
Bassil Bassil
Vice President Commercial Credit
Sean Parker
Managing Director and CEO
Bulent ONSOY
Co-Founder
Harlen Suslik
CEO
Hamza Mhadi
Founder, CEO
Su Ning Strube
Chief Growth Officer/Chief Product Officer
Ahmad Sobh
CEO
Alex Nazha
Head of Gatestone Digital & VP, Client Solutions
Teyjes Virmani
Founder & CEO
Samuel Medjuck
Founder
Michael King
Director Business Development
Roundtable Events
Past
Jul
6
July 6, 2026
Mar
10
March 10, 2026
Nov
12
November 12, 2025
Sep
15
September 15, 2025
Aug
7
August 7, 2024
Jul
5
July 5, 2023
Participating Companies
48 companies are represented in this roundtable, including members whose individual staff are kept confidential on this page.
Navigator Limited
NewCo Capital Group
