{"id":18755,"date":"2026-04-24T01:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/sarah-hamel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:41:01","slug":"sarah-hamel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/fr\/sarah-hamel\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Hamel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18755\" class=\"elementor elementor-18755 elementor-18743\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0a54430 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0a54430\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6e9e69\" data-id=\"b6e9e69\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-81ef6ff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81ef6ff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb7544a\" data-id=\"eb7544a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1d1fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1d1fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-Hamel.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18742\" alt=\"Sarah Hamel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-Hamel.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-Hamel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-Hamel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ascendleadership.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sarah-Hamel-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6ee93f\" data-id=\"c6ee93f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8c6777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8c6777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AVP, Strategy<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc80f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcc80f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A senior data and business executive, Sarah Hamel brings years of experience leading enterprise data strategy, governance, and large-scale transformation initiatives within the financial services sector. Throughout their career, Sarah has focused on building enterprise data capabilities to support regulatory compliance, risk management, and business innovation; helping organizations translate complex data environments into actionable insights, measurable value, and AI capabilities.<\/p><p>In her current role as Assistant Vice President, Data Strategy &amp; Management at TD Bank Group, Sarah leads initiatives that strengthen data governance, improve data accessibility, and enable advanced analytics and AI-driven decision-making across the organization. Over the years, Sarah has held leadership positions at several of Canada\u2019s major financial institutions, including TD Securities, CIBC, BMO Financial Group, and Laurentian Bank of Canada.<\/p><p>Sarah is also a strong advocate for diversity in leadership, believing that organizations are at their best when leadership teams reflect the communities they serve. \u201cI am particularly passionate about creating pathways for underrepresented voices in senior leadership.\u201d As the AVP of Strategy at Ascend Canada, Sarah is especially interested in supporting and strengthening Pan-Asian leadership development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AVP, Strategy A senior data and business executive, Sarah Hamel brings years of experience leading enterprise data strategy, governance, and large-scale transformation initiatives within the financial services sector. 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