Karim Hirji, CFO Intact Financial Corp Canada, Managing Director Intact Ventures

Karim Hirji is CFO, Canada & Managing Director, Intact Ventures, at Intact Financial Corporation, Canada’s largest home, auto and business insurer.

Over his twenty-year career at Intact, Karim has held leadership roles in distribution, finance, and corporate research & development.  He launched Intact Ventures in 2016, which invests in startups that will disrupt the property and casualty industry long-term, and has deployed over $300m in capital across 28 investments globally.  He also recently returned from Hong Kong where he spent two years launching Intact’s first international location for their artificial intelligence lab.  Upon returning to Canada, he assumed the leadership of finance function across Canada in addition to leading ventures.

Karim has an Executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance (Honours) from the University of British Columbia and is a Chartered Insurance Professional.

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