SUMMIT PROGRAM – BFUTR 2025 Innovation Leadership Big Ideas

The Digital Detectives: Tech Careers in Fraud & AML

Join us for a dynamic roundtable exploring how technology is reshaping the fight against digital fraud, money laundering, and internal control breaches.

  • What is digital fraud and AML? 
  • How is tech transforming the field?
  • Career paths, real world insights and the power of global diversity in fraud tech 

Let’s uncover the future of fraud prevention—together.

Speakers

Damian Jones

Scotiabank

VP Payments and Cash Management

Tsahai Irving-Walker

Tangerine

Director AML, Retail, Business Banking

Denrek Lewis

Scotiabank

Senior Manager, Inbound Fraud

Mentorship Reloaded: Power Plays Unlocked

This talk explores the transformative power of mentorship in (industry) where guidance meets growth.

Through real stories of mentor-mentee success, we uncover how intentional support, sponsorship, and networking fuel career breakthroughs. Learn how to find your people, amplify your path, and pay it forward.

Speakers

Rohan Christie

Scotiabank

Managing Director, Global Head of Central Compliance

Delphine Wapoutou

Scotiabank

Director, Centre of Excellence - Cultural Segments

Lily Macream

Scotiabank

Senior Manager, Customer Care Consultants

Melissa Dalmacio

Scotiabank

Director and Global Head, Campus Recruitment

Scotia Digital Factory: Innovation in Action and Impact

Join the conversation as we explore how one of Canada’s leading financial institutions is reshaping everyday banking through cutting-edge fintech innovation and partnerships. This two-part session dives into how innovation comes to life inside one of Canada’s most forward-thinking digital labs – Scotia Digital Factory.

Speaker

Michael Younders

Scotia Digital Factory

Senior Manager Fintech Partnership

Yinka Adesesan

DMZ

Black Innovation Programs Manager

Leading the Shift: How Tech & Engineering Leaders Are Shaping the Future of Scotiabank

Join us for an exclusive fireside chat where Scotiabank’s top technology and
engineering minds share how they’re leading a digital transformation across the bank. In this candid and conversational session, you’ll get a front-row seat to the real stories behind smarter, more connected systems that power everyday banking for millions.

Speaker

KL Wong

Scotiabank

SVP, Global Head of Resilience and Enterprise Architecture

Inci Akpinar

Scotiabank

SVP and CIO Canadian Banking Engineering

Colleen Ward

Scotiabank

Senior Manager Fintech Partnership

Pamela Ramnarain

Scotiabank

Global Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Global Operations & Technology