Meet Our Team
Donna Bales
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Donna is a highly-experienced product development and business professional with a proven track record of managing complex capital market industry initiatives often with multiple stakeholders, regulatory challenges and time to market constraints. Donna has been at the forefront of market structure change and innovation in financial services and has led transformation initiatives in electronic trading, market data and regulatory reporting while at TD Securities and IHS Markit. Since returning to Canada, Donna has worked with both regulated and unregulated entities on a variety of strategic, regulatory. business impact and transformation initiatives. She has acted as an advisor to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Canadian Securities Transition Office and has worked with tier one financial institutions to strengthen strategy and manage technology change. Donna has an economics degree from the University of Western Ontario and has an Executive Certificate in Directorship from Singapore Management University. Donna est la fondatrice de Balmoral Advisory Inc., une firme de consultants qui vise à fournir des informations compréhensibles sur les marchés, à donner des conseils pratiques et du soutien par rapport aux structures du marché, ses réglementations et questions de conformité, tout en mettant l’emphase sur la recherche de stratégies, la transformation et ses impacts sur l’entreprise. Donna a été à l’avant-garde des changements structurels et de l’innovation dans les services financiers tout au long de sa carrière, en guidant plusieurs consortiums bancaires par rapport à leurs données sur les marchés et leurs initiatives d’échanges. Plus récemment, Donna agissait en tant que conseillère au sein de l’Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM) et du Bureau de transition canadien en valeurs mobilières en plus de travailler en proche collaboration avec un consortium d’institutions financières et l’Alliance des services financiers de Toronto (TFSA) afin de positionner le Canada dans les investissements de devises RMB. |
Paul is a highly skilled business professional that began his career with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts learning the art of hospitality under the tutelage of founder Isadore Sharp, before changing course and entering the financial services sector. Paul has developed a diverse set of skills over 20 years working in progressively senior roles with Royal Trust, Star Data Systems, CGI, Royal Bank of Canada and most recently Scotiabank where he was a Director in Risk Management responsible for the design and implementation of data governance programs for market risk, counterparty credit risk and anti-money laundering / sanctions risk. He is currently serving as a Strategic Advisor to Montreal based Prodago (a CRTA member firm) and provides independent business development services to emerging Canadian and International technology companies. During his career, Paul served for a 2 year-term on the Board of Directors for www.edmcouncil.org , served as a Chairperson for the Canadian Banking Associations’ BCBS-239 Market Risk & Counterparty Credit Risk working group and he is presently a Financial Trustee for the East End United Church. Paul has an advanced diploma from Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology, and Business & Corporate Communications certification from Ryerson University. Eric is COO of PNC Bank, Canada, the international arm of one of the United States’ largest banks. He is responsible for executing on PNC’s strategy of being the leading North-American bank for medium and large companies doing business on both sides of the border. With master's degrees in both law and business, he understands the challenges facing people, process and technology from multiple perspectives, and works with businesses to continually enhance their customer experience, grow market share and improve results. Previously, Eric served as Vice-President – Compliance, Corporate and Investment Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he had regional responsibility for developing and executing the Sanctions Compliance program across all lines of business, and for executing anti-money laundering (AML) and regulatory compliance program across JPMC Corporate and Investment Banking teams in Canada. Earlier, he held national and regional executive roles for strategy implementation, operations, AML, and sales at HSBC, heading Global Banking and Commercial Banking for Latin America based in Mexico City, with teams in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. |
Wendy is an innovative securities industry leader, with demonstrated accomplishment in the introduction of leading-edge electronic trading products & services to the Canadian market. Most recently, as a senior executive at the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), she was instrumental in modernizing the regulation of Canadian equity- and debt markets, as well as the conduct- and prudential regulation of investment dealers. Wendy’s past positions include her role as Partner - Capital Markets for Capco, Chief Executive Officer at TriAct Canada Marketplace, and senior management roles in business development at ITG Canada, CIBC World Markets and the Toronto Stock Exchange. She has also served as President of the Canadian Capital Markets Association, and as a member of the IIROC Board of Directors. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, and a Masters of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University. Wendy est un chef de file novateur du secteur des valeurs mobilières, qui a démontré son efficacité en introduisant des produits et des services de négociation électroniques de pointe sur le marché canadien. Plus récemment, en tant que cadre supérieur à l'Organisme canadien de réglementation du commerce des valeurs mobilières (OCRCVM), elle a joué un rôle clé dans la modernisation de la réglementation des marchés canadiens des actions et des titres d'emprunt, ainsi que de la réglementation prudentielle et de la conduite des courtiers en valeurs mobilières. Wendy a occupé les postes suivants : partenaire – marchés financiers pour Capco, chef de la direction de TriAct Canada Marketplace et rôles de haute direction dans le développement des affaires chez ITG Canada, Marchés mondiaux CIBC et à la Bourse de Toronto. Elle a également été présidente de l'Association canadienne des marchés des capitaux et membre du conseil d'administration de l'OCRCVM. Wendy est titulaire d'un baccalauréat en mathématiques en informatique de l'Université de Waterloo et d'une maîtrise en administration des affaires de l'Université Wilfrid Laurier. |