FFCON20 DIGITAL: RISE

Michael R. King, PhD CFAProfessor Michael R. King is the Lansdowne Chair in Finance at University of Victoria’s Gustavson School of Business. Prior to joining UVic, he held the Tangerine Chair in Finance at Western University’s Ivey Business School (2011-2019), where he co-founded... Read More →

Cato Pastoll is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lending Loop, Canada's first peer-to-peer lending marketplace for business lending. Prior to starting Lending Loop, Cato served as the Executive Vice President of a medium sized software consulting business. In addition to holding a senior... Read More →

Robert Asselin is a Senior Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and is Senior Director (Global) of Public Policy at BlackBerry. He recently served as Policy and Budget Director (2015-2017) to the Minister of Finance of Canada. Before serving in the Department... Read More →

Elisabeth is managing partner of the Holt Accelerator. Holt Accelerator is Canada’s most active seed fintech investor. Over the last two years, Holt has received over 1,800 applications for a spot in the program from over 75 countries, in which they invest in the top 1% of applications... Read More →

Frances McRae is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Small Business and Marketplace Services at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). Her sector fosters business and consumer confidence in the marketplace and small business competitiveness by championing and administering... Read More →