Jill Denham

Jill Denham is the President and Founder of Authentum Partners Ltd., which invests in and advises financial technology startups and growth companies. Previously, Ms. Denham spent more than 20 years as an executive at CIBC in Canada and Europe. She began her career as an investment banker and subsequently ran the private equity business of CIBC. She also ran several other lines of business within CIBC, including the Retail Bank, where she was responsible for more than 20,000 employees generating more than $1 billion in profits. She retired as Vice Chair of CIBC in 2005.

Ms. Denham has been a board member of the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, Kinaxis (a world leader in supply chain software), Markit, National Bank, CP Rail, and Exiger (a global governance, risk, and compliance business). She chairs the board of Morneau Shepell, the global leader in Wellness and EAP, and at Munich Reinsurance Canada. She is also the Lead Director at Canaccord Genuity.

Ms. Denham holds an Honours Business Administration (HBA) degree from the Ivey Business School, Western University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.