Advisors
The Advisory Group provide strategic and operational support to NCFA Canada that contribute to the organizational development and delivery of services to members on a voluntary basis.
 John Wires |  Bernd Petak, Advisor, |  Sunny Shao |
| John Wires was called to the Bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2011. He is a member of the Advocates’ Society and practices corporate commercial law with a focus on internet and... View Profile | Bernd Petak is Chief Operating Officer of Finstripe.com a Fintech company based in Vancouver and serving the global debt markets. He is also Investment Partner at Northmarkventures.com... View Profile | Prior to returning to complete her MBA, Sunny worked as a strategic marketing and communications professional in the manufacturing and financial services industries. Throughout her experience... View Profile |
 Douglas Cumming |  Robin Ford, Advisor, Governance and Regulation |  Rojin Nair, Advisor, Fintech, Blockchain, AI, Payments |
| Douglas Cumming, J.D., Ph.D., CFA, is a Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship and the Ontario Research Chair at the Schulich School of Business, York University. His research interests include... View Profile | After 25 years as a public sector lawyer and regulator, Robin is now consulting in the areas of financial services regulation, governance, and compliance. She has extensive experience working with... View Profile | At Incyub8 Inc, Rojin is focusing on nurturing and guiding various national and international start-ups to establish their business and accelerate their growth. He also serves as the Head of Product Innovation... View Profile |
 Alixe Cormick, Advisor, Securities and Financings |  Alan Wunsche, Advisor, Blockchain |  Jeff Musson, Advisor, Entrepreneur in Residence |
| Alixe is the founder of Venture Law Corporation in Vancouver, BC. Alixe concentrates her legal practice in the areas of initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, reverse takeovers... View Profile | Alan Wunsche, Advisor, Blockchain | Jeff is an accomplished entrepreneur with 10 years experience in achieving corporate goals. As President of Dynamitenetwork.com; a leading software development company... View Profile |
 Peter-Paul Van Hoeken, Advisor, Investment Crowdfunding |  Lauren Linton, Advisor |  Karsten Wenzlaff |
| Peter-Paul is Founder and CEO of FrontFundr, a FinTech company focused on supporting start-ups and young ventures in Canada with access to capital through innovative online investment-based funding... View Profile | Lauren is the Executive Director of CIX with expertise in association management and in the Canadian innovation arena. From 2001-2014, Lauren was the... View Profile | Karsten is a Crowdfunding and Fintech Expert from Germany. He is Secretary-General of Digital Invest Germany and Board Member of the European Digital Finance Association, where he serves as Research Director View Profile |
 Sherwood Neiss, Advisor, Global Markets |  Michael R. King, PhD CFA, |  Carlos Pinto Lobos |
| Sherwood Neiss co-authored the “Crowdfunding Exemption Framework” which became the basis of Title III of the U.S. JOBS Act to legalize equity and lending-based crowdfunding. View Profile | Professor 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... View Profile | Carlos Pinto Lobo is the Chief Compliance Officer at The SVX and an accomplished, compliance, governance and risk management professional with over 25 years of extensive experience.... View Profile |
 Cato Pastoll, Advisor |  Paul Schulte, Advisor, Banking and Financial Services |  Mahi Sall, Advisor, Fintech-Bank Partnerships, Payments and Financial Inclusivity |
| Cato Pastoll 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 .... View Profile | Paul is the Founder and Managing Editor of Shulte Research with 30 years of banking & financial services including equity & fixed income research (buy & sell) in emerging markets. View Profile | Mahi is fluent in fintech-bank partnerships, he previously championed the multi-corporate fintech innovation platform Fintech Europe at Germany’s largest bank, and in 2021 contributed alongside 280+ CEOs View Profile |
 Paul Niederer, Advisor |  David Lucatch |  Bundeep Rangar, Advisor, |
| Paul Niederer is one of the world’s leading authorities in equity based crowdfunding, investor aggregation and trust based blockchain driven systems and has personally been involved with successfully assisting.. View Profile | David , the International Chamber of Virtual Assets, centered in Dubai, focusing his efforts on the intersection of investors and amazing startups. View Profile | Bundeep Rangar Singh has more than 20 years' combined experience in finance, banking, consultancy, technology and media. He has incubated and is the CEO of Fineqia Limited, an international platform... View Profile |
 Sue Britton, Advisor, Innovation & Partnerships |  Jason Saltzman, Advisor, Securities and Financings |  Michelle Beyo, Advisor, Payments and Financial Inclusivity |
| Sue is a product innovation and growth strategy addict with a passion for customer needs and persevering to get new products to market to address them. View Profile | Jason Saltzman is a partner in Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP’s Toronto office practising in corporate finance and securities law, with an emphasis on securities offerings, mergers .... View Profile | Michelle is Founder & CEO of Finavator INC, Money2020 RiseUp Alumni, Women in Payments Global Console & Award Committee Member, FinTech Strategic Advisor, CPPO Member, Open Banking Initiative Canada View Profile |
 David Durand, Advisor, Innovation and Advocacy |  Charlene Cieslik, Advisor, AML and Compliance |  Lynn Johannson, Advisor, Sustainability and ESG |
| David David’s background in law and science has transformed Durand Lawyers into a leading boutique law firm with a focus on intellectual property, technology law and data privacy in the fast evolving fintech, crypto and software... View Profile | Charlene is the Principle of Complifact AML Inc., and currently spends her time assisting those in the digital asset space, as well as the traditional fiat space, who are serious about compliance... View Profile | Lynn Lynn has chalked up many firsts as an environmental entrepreneur and maverick. She is passionate about connecting the dots between the power of nature’s genius and the opportunity to enhance... View Profile |
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