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)
Michael Ku
PharmD, MBA Head of Global Clinical Supply
Andrew Kwong
Board Member / Partner, Deloitte – Risk Advisory Ontario Regional Market Leader
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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
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Samiha Sachedina
Board Member / Senior Vice-President, Enterprise and Operational Risk Management for Sun Life
Elaine Wong KPMG
Elaine Wong
Board Member / Partner, Management Consulting – KPMG
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Pamela Wong
Board Member / Head of Affinity, Manulife Canada

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
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
Tiffane Mak
Tiffane Mak
VP, Mentorship
Conrad Rego
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Joanne Sun
Vancouver Strategic Council Member
Adrian Tan
Adrian Tan
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