Mentorship for Businesswomen/Women Entrepreneurs | The Scotiabank Women Initiative

Scott Morrison

Director & Head, Commercial Derivative Products Group & Foreign Exchange, Sales

Scott Morrison is Director and Head, Commercial Derivatives Products Group and Foreign Exchange Sales. Based in Toronto, Scott leads a diverse team who work with Mid-Market clients across Canada providing customized risk management solutions to mitigate market risks such as currency, interest rate and commodity exposures.

Scott joined Scotiabank in 2001 in Scotia Asset Management where he was part of the Institutional Sales Team. In 2003 he moved to Global Banking and Markets to join the Foreign Exchange Sales Team and in 2007 became part of the Derivative Products Group.

Scott has over 17 years of experience within the financial services industry and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. Scott is an avid squash player and enjoys spending free time with his family.

Sloane Muldoon

Senior Vice President,
Prairie Region,
Canadian Branch Banking

Sloane Muldoon was named Senior Vice President, Prairie Region in May 2017.

Sloane has been with Scotiabank since 1991 and has held progressively more senior roles in the Bank. Most recently, Managing Director for the Caribbean East Region and Country Head & Managing Director, Cayman Islands & British Virgin Islands.

Prior to this, Sloane assisted in developing the Bank’s long term strategies relative to strategic planning for the year 2020 and has held a number of Senior Management positions within the bank including District Vice-President, Alberta South, Vice President, Agriculture, Commercial Banking.

Sloane holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Saskatchewan, is an accredited Personal Financial Planner and completed the Executive Management Program at Schulich School of Business at York University, Toronto.

Sloane currently sits on the board for the Calgary Flames Foundation and SAIT School of Business Dean’s Advisory Council. She is a participant for the Calgary Economic Development Committee.

Alida Pellegrino

Vice President, Credit Adjudication Canada

Alida Pellegrino joined the Scotiabank team in June 2017 and is responsible for leading the Credit Adjudication team in credit decisions for Canada for Retail, Small Business, Indirect Mortgage, Indirect Automotive and Private Banking segments. She provides strategic direction, leadership and oversight for this group ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are supported in compliance with governing regulations and internal policies.

Prior to Scotiabank, Alida worked in the financial services industry and has held executive roles in Commercial Banking, Commercial Financial Restructuring, Retail & Small Business Debt Collections & Recovery, and Product Management for Small Business & Agriculture, and both Commercial and Retail Risk Management. Alida has expertise across numerous industries, is a strong relationship builder and is well known for her passion for the customer, working on solutions to meet their needs.

She holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business. Alida and her husband Fernando have two daughters, and two dogs that keep life busy and fun!

Rose Porter

Senior Vice President, Corporate Credit

Rose Porter is Senior Vice President, Corporate Credit for Scotiabank with responsibilities for Corporate and Real Estate Credit. Rose has a wealth of financial services industry expertise in business leadership, risk adjudication, client relationship management, and corporate finance. She has held increasingly senior positions in Global Risk Management as well as across divisions of the Bank: International Banking, Global Banking & Markets, and Canadian Banking. Rose is a founding member of the Scotiabank GRM Women in Leadership VP Board, and a member of the Investment Committee of WU, a United Way fund.

Rose holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters of Business Administration. She also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Dan Rees

Group Head, Canadian Banking

Dan Rees was appointed Group Head, Operations in August 2018. In this role, Dan is responsible for developing a bank-wide approach to efficiency and continuous improvement and for ensuring that key functional areas partner effectively with the business lines to improve our customer experience.

Over the course of his career, Dan has developed a track record of success in driving results and building strong teams. He first joined Scotiabank in 2000 and has held a number of increasingly senior roles in Canadian Banking, Wealth Management, Global Banking and Markets, Global Risk Management and International Banking. He was, most recently, Executive Vice President, Operations and prior to that appointment, Senior Vice President, Leadership in Human Resources, responsible for recruiting and developing the most senior level talent at the Bank.

Dan graduated from Queen’s University with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Economics Degree. He also earned a Master’s of Science in Management from The London School of Economics.

He is the Honorary Chair for the 2018 Ride to Conquer Cancer in support of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.

Jason Schneider

Senior Vice President,
Canadian Commercial Credit

Jason is responsible for working with our Canadian Banking partners to grow and manage the risk for the Commercial portfolio. He is also responsible for leading the risk professionals and workout bankers by providing management and oversight for the SAM portfolios globally.

Jason joined Scotiabank in January 2002, and has held progressively more senior roles in Credit Solutions, ScotiaMocatta, Forex and GRM. He has more than 14 years of diverse leadership and credit experience, and brings strong client relationship skills to his role. Jason has experience in both adjudicating corporate credit in a number of different industrial portfolios, as well as structuring and closing transactions in both the banking and trading environment.

Jason is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a MBA from York University.

Anya Schnoor

Executive Vice President,
Retail Products

Anya Schnoor was appointed Executive Vice President, Retail Products for Canadian Banking in November 2017. In this role, Anya and her team are responsible for designing and delivering financial solutions that drive growth through Scotiabank’s Canadian branch network, call centres and digital channels.

A native of Jamaica, Anya’s experience in the financial services sector in the Caribbean spans more than 25 years in the areas of wealth management, insurance and banking. She is widely-recognized as a strong business leader in the Caribbean Region.

Anya first joined Scotiabank Jamaica in 2006 as Senior Vice President, Investments & Wealth, International Banking based in Jamaica. Since that time, she has taken on increased levels of responsibility for Scotiabank business across the region including, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Trinidad & Tobago, International Banking from 2012-2016, and most recently Senior Vice President and Head, Caribbean South & East, International Banking from 2016-2017 with responsibility for the Bank’s business across 12 countries in the Caribbean.

Anya has served on a variety of Scotiabank subsidiary and other external boards, and is an active member of the community. Most recently she served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Trinidad and Tobago and she is currently a member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF) which is an organization dedicated to supporting the next generation of women leaders.

Anya holds a Master of Business Administration from Barry University and a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and International Business from Florida International University.

Naomi Shaw

Senior Vice President,
Human Resources

Naomi Shaw is currently the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, with HR responsibility across almost 50 countries for International, Digital, Canada and Global Banking and Markets groups.

Naomi has more than 20 years of experience in a variety of HR roles within Scotiabank. Before her role in Asia, she was the Vice President of Leadership, responsible for succession planning and leadership development globally. Her previous roles in HR included performance management, balanced scorecard, HR systems, career development, employee relations and HR integration.

Naomi has a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Economics from University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration degree from Dalhousie University.

Permpreet Sidhu

Vice President, Performance and Inclusion, Global Human Resources

Permpreet leads the Performance and Inclusion function within Global Talent with a mandate to build diverse, high performing teams across the Bank. In this role, she works closely with Scotiabank’s executive management to drive the change agenda for a culture of inclusion as the enabler for a high-performance organization.

Since joining Scotiabank in 2012, Permpreet has had held various roles in human resources with expertise in organizational design, leadership development, performance, human capital analytics, recruitment strategy and diversity and inclusion.

Prior to Scotiabank, Permpreet worked in the financial services industry within retail banking and institutional investment management. She speaks Punjabi and Spanish and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Financial Management from Wilfrid Laurier University.

When not working, Permpreet loves to be outdoors and explore different cities and countries. She is a passionate hiker.

Lesly Tayles

Senior Vice President, British Columbia & Yukon Region, Canadian Branch Banking

Lesly Tayles joined the Scotiabank team in December 2017 and is responsible for defining and implementing the strategic direction, goals and execution of key initiatives for the Branch Network across British Columbia and Yukon.

Lesly has held progressively senior roles across various banking areas including; Branch Banking, Small Business Banking, Commercial, Wealth Management, Project Management and Learning & Development. She is passionate about creating an inclusive culture, sourcing and developing diverse talent and building high performing teams that focus on delivering solutions and building financial literacy for our customers.

She completed her MBA at Dalhousie University and is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers. Lesly and her husband Dave have two sons who keep them very active.

Roxana Tavana

Vice President & Head of Specialty Business Banking

Roxana Tavana is currently Vice President & Head of Specialty Business Banking in the Commercial Bank at Scotiabank. President & CEO and Managing Director and Head, Scotiatrust with Scotiabank.

Before her recent appointment to the Commercial Bank, Roxana was President & CEO, Managing Director and Head of Scotiatrust for three years where she led a national team of 200 professionals. Prior to 2016, Roxana was Vice President and Head of Legal for Global Asset Management at Scotiabank having joined the bank via the DundeeWealth acquisition in 2012 where she led the investment management and corporate secretarial legal group globally as Vice President, Legal. Roxana started her legal career at the firm of Davies, Ward, Phillips and Vineberg LLP where she summered, articled and became an Associate practicing corporate and securities law. Roxana is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the e.p.i.c. school, a leading progressive school specializing in early education for children in the City of Toronto and a Director of METRAC, an organization working with individuals, communities and institutions to change ideas, actions and policies in Canada to end violence against women and youth.

Roxana obtained her Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto and her law degree from the University of Western Ontario. Roxana’s first banking job was as a teller at the age of 16 with one of the big Canadian banks. Roxana immigrated to Canada from the middle-east as a young girl. She is trilingual, speaking English, French and Farsi, and lives in Toronto with her two boys.

Meigan Terry

Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Culture and Social Enterprise at Scotiabank

Meigan Terry is the Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Culture and Social Enterprise at Scotiabank.

Meigan has extensive experience leading global communications, brand management, corporate affairs and employee engagement for iconic global brands.

Prior to joining Scotiabank in 2018, Meigan was a member of Virgin Atlantic’s leadership team in the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communications. In this position she managed all aspects of Virgin Atlantic’s communications, brand management, public policy, government affairs and social media. Meigan also led Virgin Atlantic’s sustainability, environment and community investment programs, in addition acting as executive sponsor for the Virgin Atlantic Foundation.

Before joining Virgin Atlantic, Meigan was at BlackBerry where she her roles included Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, Global Head of Advocacy, and Vice President, Marketing for BBM.

Prior to this, Meigan served as a Director at WPP Consultancy Hill & Knowlton in London.

Meigan serves on the board of We Charity in the UK and the Canadian Journalism Foundation Board here in Toronto.

Meigan is delighted to be back in Toronto working at Scotiabank, after 18 years in the UK.

Kevin Teslyk

Executive Vice President, Canadian Commercial Banking

Kevin is responsible for leading the Bank's Automotive Finance operations throughout Canada, including the Retail Prime lending and Commercial Automotive Finance businesses, and Near-Prime Retail lending business (Scotia Dealer Advantage).

Kevin joined Scotiabank in 1992 as a Teller and has held progressively senior roles within the Bank, both inside and outside of Canada, including in personal and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, finance and global risk management.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance) from the Haskayne School of Business, The University of Calgary, and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario.

Phil Thomas

Executive Vice President & Chief Retail Risk Officer

Phil Thomas provides strategic direction, leadership and oversight for retail and small business credit risk globally. Ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are supported in line with risk appetite, governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

He leads a customer focused team to support deepening of client relationships. He leverages broader relationships, systems knowledge and experience to champion the implementation of best in class risk tools, technology and analytical capabilities to support profitable retail and small business growth.

Craig Thompson

Senior Vice President, Retail & Small Business Banking, Atlantic Canada

Craig Thompson joined Scotiabank in 1982 and has held a number of increasingly senior positions in International Trade Finance, Risk Adjudication, Branch Management and Commercial Banking while living in three of the four Atlantic Provinces.

Mr. Thompson was appointed Senior Vice President for Scotiabank’s Atlantic Region in April 2014. In this position, Mr. Thompson is responsible for the profitable growth of the Bank’s personal and small business banking portfolio in Atlantic Canada.

Prior to being named Senior Vice President, Atlantic Region, Mr. Thompson was, most recently, Area Vice president, Commercial Banking for the Atlantic Region from 2008-2014,focused on the delivery of business banking services to large and medium-sized businesses throughout Atlantic Canada.

Mr. Thompson hails from Riverview, New Brunswick. He holds a Bachelor of Science and an MBA from Dalhousie University.

In 2013, Mr. Thompson was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for Community Service in recognition of his long history of community involvement across the Atlantic Region. He is currently Chair of Board for Hope Blooms Inc. and Vice Chair for United Way Halifax.

Mr. Thompson lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Julie Walsh

Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Chief Corporate Governance Officer

Julie is responsible for serving as Corporate Secretary of the Board of Directors and for providing full corporate secretariat services and counsel to the Bank. As Chief Corporate Governance Officer, Julie leads the establishment and oversees the implementation of corporate governance strategies, policies, processes and practices across the Bank and its subsidiaries globally. Julie works with the Board of Directors and the Chairman, and with the management team and subsidiary boards on all matters related to corporate governance.

Julie joined the Bank in 2007 as Senior Legal Counsel. In 2014 she was appointed Vice-President of the Corporate Governance Office and subsequently appointed Senior Vice-President, Corporate Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer in 2017.

Prior to joining Scotiabank, Julie practiced law at Osler LLP. Her practice focused on corporate, securities and corporate governance law.

Chadwick Westlake

Executive Vice President, Enterprise Productivity & Canadian Banking Finance

Chadwick Westlake is Executive Vice President, Enterprise Productivity & Canadian Banking Finance. He was appointed to this role in November 2018, which includes the leadership of 150+ professionals dedicated to supporting business lines and corporate functions globally to improve productivity, as well as re-engineer and automate processes. This role includes overall accountability for the finance team supporting Canadian Banking.

Chadwick joined Scotiabank in 2002, and has held roles across Canadian Banking, International Banking, and Global Banking & Markets, as well as multiple corporate functions including Global Risk Management, Finance and Operations. Prior to this role, Chadwick was the Senior Vice President of Structural Cost Transformation & Lean.

He has a degree in Economics & Management from the University of Waterloo, and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Nicole German

VP & Global Head of Enterprise Digital Marketing & Growth

As the Global Head & Vice President, Digital Marketing, Sales & Growth at Scotiabank, Nicole is responsible for Scotiabank’s global digital channel sales, marketing & growth strategy, ecommerce, digital customer experience and digital marketing & sales operations as well as pivotal contributor to the Bank’s over all digital transformation. Oversees the development of the global marketing technology strategy including roll out and enablement, all digital customer and digital commerce experiences and the digital acquisition, growth and performance teams.

Focused on building high performance teams and driving fast-paced growth for companies, Nicole has led marketing organizations for global enterprise software and technology companies including SAP, LinkedIn, Descartes Systems Group, Cube Route Inc., Platform Computing, Delano Technology Corp., Psion Teklogix and Hummingbird Communications and more.

From start-up to enterprise, her experience and strengths include strategic development and delivery of global marketing and communications strategies; execution of integrated international marketing plans that provide high impact in a short period of time with limited resources; building and managing world class marketing teams that surpass objectives and expectations and have fun along the way; the development international strategic contacts and nurturing direct and indirect channels for business development and liaising between cross cultural businesses and individuals.

She also serves as a Vice Chair Governor of North York General Hospital Foundation, is the Founder & Executive Director of The Maddie Project, a youth mental health not for profit and a Strategic Advisor at a number of startup organizations including Talentoday and PieSync (acquired by Hubspot). In 2017, Nicole was recognized as an Urban Hero by Inside Toronto and with the Community and Charitable Giving Award by BMO Celebrating Women.

Mike Tasevski

Vice President of Global Sponsorship, Scotiabank

As Vice President of Global Sponsorship, Mike Tasevski is responsible for the strategic direction and execution of Scotiabank’s global sponsorship strategy. Prior to joining Scotiabank Mike had spent 10 years with Mastercard where he was able to hold progressively senior roles; Most recently Vice President North America Sponsorship based out of the New York office/ Vice President Merchant & Business Development (Strategically managing key Canada Merchants), Director Merchant Marketing/Sponsorship Canada and Director Issuing Accounts. In addition to the roles mentioned, Mikes diverse career journey began in the culinary industry working with many prominent global brands. Mike has also allowed held significant senior roles within the Rewards and Loyalty landscape developing programs for the financial/petroleum and culinary industry.

Gillian Riley

Jason Barr

Geneviève Brouillard

Jason Charlebois

Clement Chui

Barry Danilowitz

John Doig

Tanya Eisener

Laura Curtis Ferrera

Nicole Frew

Pruyn Haskins

Heather Lloyd

Maria A. Mangiocavallo

Scott Morrison

Sloane Muldoon

Alida Pellegrino

Rose Porter

Dan Rees

Jason Schneider

Anya Schnoor

Naomi Shaw

Permpreet Sidhu

Lesly Tayles

Roxana Tavana

Meigan Terry

Kevin Teslyk

Phil Thomas

Craig Thompson

Julie Walsh

Chadwick Westlake

Nicole German

Mike Tasevski

Mentorship

The Team Behind the Movement

Gillian Riley

Jason Barr

Geneviève Brouillard

Jason Charlebois

Clement Chui

Barry Danilowitz

John Doig

Nicole German

Tanya Eisener

Laura Curtis Ferrera

Nicole Frew

Pruyn Haskins

Heather Lloyd

Maria A. Mangiocavallo

Scott Morrison

Sloane Muldoon

Alida Pellegrino

Rose Porter

Dan Rees

Jason Schneider

Anya Schnoor

Naomi Shaw

Permpreet Sidhu

Mike Tasevski

Lesly Tayles

Roxana Tavana

Meigan Terry

Kevin Teslyk

Phil Thomas

Craig Thompson

Julie Walsh

Chadwick Westlake