Pascal St-Jean

President & CEO

3iQ

Throughout his career, Pascal has focused on the transformation and disruption of industries via rapid scaling of businesses under his leadership. Having successfully created and grown multiple business ventures, Pascal was recognized as one of the youngest recipients of the Forty Under 40 award.
Before joining 3iQ, Pascal was an active angel investor and served as Strategic Advisor and Fractional Executive to over 5% of the Globe and Mail’s 500 fastest growing companies in Canada.
Pascal’s experience in open-source technologies and distributed systems led him to invest in cryptocurrency in 2016, and act as an educational resource on digital asset investments to several organizations. As President & CEO of 3iQ, Pascal is focused on overseeing the growth and global expansion of the company as it continued to pave the way as a global leader in Digital Asset Management.

Charlie Morris

Co-founder and Managing Partner

CMCC Global

Charlie is the co-founder of CMCC Global. CMCC Global was founded in 2016 and is one of Asia’s first venture capital companies focused solely on blockchain investments. The company now has offices in both Asia and North America and offers three different investment products: Digital Asset Fund (tokens), SyzCrest (fund of quant funds) and Titan Fund (equity VC).

Charlie was previously the CIO at a blockchain VC firm as well as a management consultant in London and software engineer in Hong Kong. He is an expert Blockchain Adviser for Chinese investment company, CLSA and was an Ethereum ICO investor in 2014. Charlie holds a PPE degree from Oxford University.

Lois Tullo

Executive in Residence

The Global Risk Institute

Lois Tullo is an expert in the area of risk, technology, finance, compliance and corporate governance. She has over 30 years of business experience spanning financial services, technology, cryptocurrency, telecommunications, strategy consulting, raising venture capital, M&A, and natural resources. In 2024 she was awarded Top 10 Women CFOs in Canada. She is a UN CEFACT Expert, Digital Euro Association Expert and Global Blockchain Business Council Ambassador. She is currently completing her Doctorate in Emerging Technology with a specialization in AI at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

As CFRO/CCO she is responsible for financial oversight for KuberMIC a Mortgage Investment Corporation and Advisor for YAMS LLP a Crypto system company. She has over 20 years of Board experience as Chair, Treasurer, and Risk and HR Committee Chair, for a tier 1 bank, private sector and not-for-profit organizations. As an Executive-in-Residence for the Global Risk Institute she spoken on and published the Global Risks and Trends Framework (GRAFT), the linkage of risk management and business strategy, Polycrisis, and the Future of Digital Assets. She has publications for the Banking, Government, and Pension/Asset Management sectors. She is an conference speaker at the United Nations, IACPM, Risk.net, etc, author, and faculty of risk mgt; cyber security, data and IT risk; and financial services at the Schulich School of Business, York University. She teaches in the Master of Risk Management Certificate program, executive programs, MBA, and undergraduate program. She is the author of the whitepaper Enterprise Risk Management – Canadian Best Practices, and Nonfinancial Risk Best Practices in Canada. She was previously CFO for CIBC Finance Inc. where she was responsible for a $6 Billion credit portfolio, Human Resources, and $1.5 securitization. She held senior positions with a large telecommunication company in the area of Finance, HR, and Business Process Redesign. She provided strategy and technology advice for a Boston consulting firm in the financial, oil and gas, mining, and government sectors. She has done international relief and development work in Ethiopia. She was in data management for a gas transmission company. Previously she was a C.P.A./C.A. with Clarkson Gordon/E&Y, and PWC.

Ms. Tullo is a CPA, CA, ICD.D, CCO. She has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Saskatchewan, and an EMBA from the Ivy School of Business, University of Western.

James Emerson

Manager, Digital Asset CoE

KPMG

James is a Manager in KPMG’s Digital Asset Center of Excellence based in Toronto and he has a deep understanding of blockchain networks, digital assets and risks & controls. He has been actively involved in the Digital Asset space since 2017 and bring over 8 years of audit and advisory experience focused on supporting large publicly traded crypto funds, private financial institutions and crypto-native companies.
He specializes in the financial technology industry and has led complex crypto financial statement audits for Digital Asset exchange and broker clients. He also advises clients with their Digital Asset strategy and implementations, vendor assessments, SOC reviews, identification and evaluation of controls and risks. He has also been responsible for overseeing the development of several in house crypto specific audit tools and has delivered several externally facing educational workshops on global Digital Asset regulations.
He is certified on Chainalysis Reactor and is an Elliptic Specialist Investigator and has performed on chain digital asset investigations and wallet risk rating analysis using these blockchain analytics tools for a number of audit clients and select advisory clients.

Ronald C. Landry

Vice President, Head of Segment Solutions and Canadian ETF Services

CIBC Mellon

As Vice President, Head of Segment Solutions and Canadian ETF Services at CIBC Mellon, Ron leads a team responsible for developing products and solutions that meet the sophisticated and evolving needs of CIBC Mellon’s clients.

Kevin Jiang

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Virgo Digital Asset Management Inc.

Kevin Jiang is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Virgo Digital Asset Management Inc., where he leads the firm’s vision, investment strategy, and execution across multiple digital asset strategies. With over 14 years of experience spanning digital assets, fixed income, equities, and derivatives, Kevin brings a rare blend of traditional market discipline and cutting-edge crypto expertise. Prior to VDAM, Kevin served as Head of Trading and Portfolio Manager at 3iQ Digital Asset Management, overseeing more than $4 billion in AUM. In that role, he was instrumental in launching one of the world’s first spot Bitcoin ETFs, not only in Canada but also Australia’s first spot Bitcoin ETF through an ETF-of-ETF wrapper— a milestone that helped shape the global digital asset investment landscape. Kevin’s institutional-grade approach to portfolio construction, risk management, and market execution has earned him a reputation for turning ideas into investable realities. He has a proven track record of developing and launching innovative, emerging investment products that anticipate market trends and meet the evolving demands of sophisticated investors.

Jennie Baek

Partner, Capital Markets & Securities

McMillan LLP

Jennie Baek practises capital markets and securities law with an emphasis on the investment funds and asset management industry, including compliance and registration matters.

Advising on a variety of corporate and securities law matters, Jennie assists clients with the formation, structuring, management, and distribution of public funds and private equity funds as well as other investment products. She also provides counsel on registration and regulatory compliance, corporate governance and reporting obligations, public and private financings, and stock exchange listings. Jennie is a member of McMillan’s Sustainability / ESG Initiative and co-leads the firm’s blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital assets group.

Jennie has significant experience in share and asset transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, and other corporate transactions.

Prior to joining McMillan, Jennie worked as in-house counsel at a leading investment fund company and practised at a Toronto law firm.

Saad Hassan

Principal and North American Head

Hassan Family Office

Saad Hassan is Principal and North American Head of Hassan Family Office, a Abu Dhabi–based single‑family office dedicated to private alternative investments. As a member of the firm’s Investment Committee, he collaborates with fellow principals and family members to shape strategic asset allocations across private equity, venture capital, real estate and private credit.

In his North American role, Saad leads deal sourcing and due diligence for co‑investment opportunities throughout the region, leveraging an extensive network of sovereign wealth funds, institutional allocators and top‑tier general partners. He applies a data‑driven investment framework combined with hands‑on value‑creation initiatives—focusing on operational improvement, risk management and ESG integration—to optimize long‑term risk‑adjusted returns.

A University of Waterloo alumnus with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Saad began his career in financial services and consulting, where he honed the analytical rigor that informs his investment philosophy today. He regularly serves as a judge at startup competitions and mentors emerging entrepreneurs on fundraising, business models and scaling high‑growth ventures.

Dean Skurka

President and CEO

WonderFi

Dean Skurka is the President and Chief Executive Officer of WonderFi and oversees the execution of WonderFi’s strategy including product development, and growth initiatives for the Company. During his tenure, the Company has completed several acquisitions, expanded internationally, launched WonderFi Labs, and experienced significant increases in user activity, revenues, and profitability. Most notably, in 2023, Mr. Skurka led WonderFi through the transformational acquisitions of Coinsquare and Coinsmart, establishing Canada’s leading crypto-trading-platform that now has over 1.7 million retail and institutional client accounts, with over $2 billion of assets under custody.