Shemina Jiwani

Chief Operating Officer at AscendantFX Capital Inc.

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Bio Shemina Jiwani is Chief Operating Officer for AscendantFX Capital, leading the sales, marketing, and operations teams to deliver the best possible service and most innovative new products to clients. Career History Shemina's previous roles include Director of Business Development for Custom House Global Foreign Exchange and Corporate Dealer for Thomas Cook Global Financial Services. In addition, she spent 5 years owning and operating a hotel development in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and an MBA from Queens University. Shemina also dedicates her time to mentoring young female professionals and advocating for equality, inclusion, and diversity in the finance industry.

Blogs

Women in FinTech

Why Are Women Leaving the Workforce?

05 Mar 2021

Strategies for retaining and nurturing female talent The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly had a disproportionate impact on women in the workforce. For instance, a recent study of six countries (China, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and the US) found that women were 24% more likely to lose their jobs compared to men. Additionally, December 2020 U...

Fintech

No More Us vs. Them - How Banks and Fintechs are joining forces to drive innovation

19 Dec 2019

“In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it is the fast fish which eats the slow fish.” – Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum A common theme of late has been to paint fintech’s as the harbingers of death for the banking industry, disrupting their businesses and cutting into their mar...

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