Donna Bales
Co-Founder, Canadian RegTech Association
Donna is a highly-experienced product development and business professional with a track record for managing complex capital market industry initiatives often with multiple stakeholders, regulatory challenges and time-to-market constraints. She has been at the forefront of market structure change and innovation in financial services, having led transformation initiatives in electronic trading, market data and regulatory reporting at TD Securities and IHS Markit. Since returning to Canada from Asia, Donna has worked with both regulated and unregulated entities on a range of strategic, regulatory, business impact and transformation initiatives. She has advised and worked with the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), the Canadian Securities Transition Office and major financial institutions to strengthen strategy and manage technology change.