speakers at finposium 2025 Conference
BrADEN DENNIS, Finchat.io Founder & CEO
Braden Dennis is the Co-founder and CEO of Finchat.io, a leading platform for financial data and AI-powered insights. He’s also the co-founder behind some of Canada’s top business podcasts under the Canadian Investor Podcast Network. Engineer by trade, Braden seeks to level the playing field for financial information using technology.
Eva Wong, Borrowell, Founder & COO
Eva is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer atBorrowell, a fintech that helps people feel confident about money. Borrowell offersfree credit scores and reports as well as personalized financial product recommendations. Borrowell also helps people build credit with Credit Builder and Rent Advantage, Canada’s first tenant-driven rent reporting product. With over 3 million members and 1 million mobile app users, Borrowell is one of largest consumer fintech companies in Canada. Borrowell has won numerous awards, including being named one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world by KPMG and ranking 4th on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ list of fastest growing companies in Canada. Eva and her co-founder Andrew Graham are EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® winners in Ontario. Eva currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Smith School of Business. She holds degrees from the Kennedy School at Harvard University and the Smith School of Business at Queen's University.
Andrew McKinney, IGM Financial
Jason Parker, iA Global Asset Management
Andrew McKinney, Senior Vice-President
With over thirty years of experience in the Canadian Financial Services industry, Andrew McKinney’s career experience spans Digital Transformation, Application Development, Infrastructure Operations, Architecture, Information Security and Relationship Management. Andrew is currently the Senior Vice-President of Architecture, Core Technology and Information Security where he is responsible for managing IGM Financial’s core Wealth and Asset Management platforms in service of its IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Investments lines of business. Prior to IGM, Andrew held the position of Vice-President of Wealth Management Technology at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), where he was responsible for delivering and supporting Technology solutions for CIBC’s Brokerage, Asset Management and Private Wealth businesses. He has also held senior management roles at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Fidelity Investments and Richardson Partners Financial Ltd.
Jason Parker, iA Global Asset Management
Jason Parker, iA Global Asset Management
Jason Parker, VP & Portfolio Manager, iA Global Asset Management
Jason is Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income at iA Global Asset Management, helping oversee the company’s $125+ billion in assets under management. He is also a member of the Approval Committee for iA GAM’s alternative investments, including private equity, real estate and infrastructure. Jason boasts nearly 30 years’ work experience in the capital markets, most of it spent on sell side fixed income research, where he led his team to a #1 rank for 13 consecutive years. Jason is a Fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute, a CFA charter holder and member of CFA Society Toronto’s Professional Development Committee. He is currently completing his Doctor of Business Administration in Behavioural Finance at the University of Calgary and has an MA in Geography (Toronto), an MA in International Affairs (Carleton) and an MEd in Development Psychology (Toronto).
GRAHAM WALKER, OpenSesame, Founder
GRAHAM WALKER, OpenSesame, Founder
Graham is a software entrepreneur focused on building customized AI applications using no-code tools tailored specifically to solve specific problems. He is here today because he is known for his passionate curiosity to explore new frontiers in AI and apply them in practical and innovative ways. Having been involved in software for over 20 years, including two companies from early stage to unicorn exits, Graham brings some great insights into how to drive towards success.
DEvon Badger, Queen's MFIT
GRAHAM WALKER, OpenSesame, Founder
Devon Badger is a finance professional with experience across tech, real estate, energy, and infrastructure. She’s led projects focused on strategy, reporting, and improving financial systems. Currently, she’s pursuing a Master’s in Financial Innovation & Technology (MFIT) at Queen’s University, where she’s exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping finance.
TREVOR BERGERON, StockAlgos, Founder & CEO
Trevor Bergeron, Founder
Trevor Bergeron is a mechanical-engineer-turned-fintech-builder creating practical AI for everyday investors. He founded StockAlgos.com in 2021, delivering a toolbox for a variety of datasets –congressional & insider trades, fundamental ratios, news analysis, hedgefund holdings, historical earnings analysis and much more that hosts thousands of retail investors.
In 2023 he launched Predictr.ca, a “Substack-meets-stock picking” prediction marketplace where users publish trade ideas, compete for cash prizes, and monetize their followings.
Trevor began his entrepreneurial path at Queen’s University (B.Sc. MechEng, ’17) with a student holiday-shuttle service, then ran a boutique dev agency for Canadian SMEs, and later served as CTO & co-founder of the venture platform StartupFuel. His current work sits at the intersection of Gen AI, community incentives, and capital markets.
JON AIKMAN, FOUNDER, NORDAI
Jon Aikman, Founder
Jon is an adjunct faculty at Queen’s University and Cornell University. He teaches graduate and executive courses in the Master of Finance, MBA, Master of Management of Artificial Intelligence and Master of International Business programs. Jon is on the advisory board for the MFIN and MFIT programs. Jon is also the founder of Matrix Law P.C. (www.matrixlaw.ca), and Nordai (www.nordai.co). He is a qualified lawyer in Canada, England & Wales. He is also a Chartered Investment Manager, sits on the investment committee of endowment and pension fund of Victoria College at the University of Toronto, and the Canadian Bar Association. Jon was a member of a working group on financial stability and systemic risk at the Federal Reserve of Chicago. He was the Chief Investment Officer of an alternative investment firm. Jon has a law degree from Queen’s University, an MBA from the University of Oxford and has completed advanced certificates on artificial intelligence and fintech from MIT.