Board of Directors
Ascend Officers Toronto
Ascend Officers Vancouver

Board of Directors

Kathleen E. Butterfield (姚嘉敏)
General Counsel – Loyalty, Air Canada
Bhavna Duggal
Board Member / Vice President, CFS, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
Naveed Irshad
Board Member / President & CEO, Manulife Canada
Michael Ku
PharmD, MBA Head of Global Clinical Supply
Andrew Kwong
Board Member / Partner, Deloitte – Risk Advisory Ontario Regional Market Leader
Vincent Lee 2023
Vincent Lee
Board Member / Managing Director and Head of North American Institutional FX Sales, CIBC World Markets
Shirol Liu
Board Member / Vice President, Data & Analytics Strategy & Planning, Corporate Transformation & Operations, TD Bank Financial Group
Sahezad Pardhan, CPA, CA, CF
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Cadillac Fairview
Alexander Peh
President & Chair of the Board, Ascend Canada / Vice President, Merchant Solutions, Royal Bank of Canada
Farah Qasemi
Board Member / Partner, Financial Services and Markets
Manjit Singh
Board Member / Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
Elaine Wong KPMG
Elaine Wong
Board Member / Partner, Management Consulting – KPMG

Ascend Officers Toronto

Agha Ahmed
VP, Finance
Tazrian Alam
AVP, Operations
Alexandra (Ali) Gabura
VP Strategy
Margarita de Guzman
VP, Sponsorship & Member Engagement
Karthik Kannan
VP, Marketing & IT
Sarah Lau
VP, Governance
Ali Najafi
VP, Operations
Ashish Shah
AVP, Strategy
Dominique Villanueva
VP, Student Affairs

Ascend Officers Vancouver

Ghislaine Chan
VP, Events
Ivy Chen
Co-VP, Marketing
Bronche Cheng
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Jeff Cho
VP, Sponsorship & Membership
Constance Chow
EVP Marketing
Grant Damery
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Lynda Juan
VP, Volunteer Engagement
Fornia Lau
President
Christina Ma
Co-VP, Students Chapter
Brian Pang
VP, Operations
Conrad Rego
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Joanne Sun
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Geraldine Tagle
Co-VP, Students Chapter
Sky Tong
Vancouver Council member
Anthony Wan
EVP, Ascend Vancouver
Jerry Wei
AVP, Sponsorship & Membership
Ankie Wong
Co-VP, Marketing
David Yu
Vancouver Council Member