AI Transformation in Financial Services

​We'd like to invite you to an intimate, invite-only lunch conversation on what it actually takes to transform a financial organization toward AI.

We're bringing together a small group of senior leaders from financial and insurance firms for a candid fireside chat and peer exchange — no slides, no pitches.

Featured speakers:
• Ozge Yeloglu, VP Advanced Analytics & AI, CIBC
• Parinaz Sobhani, Head of AI, Sagard

Ozge and Parinaz will share their real stories — the change management battles, governance trade-offs, build vs. buy decisions, how they measure what matters, and what they'd do differently. Then we open the table for peer exchange.

Topics we'll cover:
— Becoming AI-native: what actually changes inside the organization
— Top-down and bottom-up: back-office and front-office examples
— Governance without killing momentum
— Build vs. buy as the market matures
— Measurement and ROI: what to trust and what to ignore

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