Layial El-Hadi

Layial El-Hadi serves as the Executive Director and Head of Responsible Finance & Curriculum at Fintech Cadence, as well as an Advisor for Holt Accelerator. In academia, Layial holds positions as Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director at Concordia University's Centre for Engineering in Society, along with experience as a Sessional Professor. Previous leadership roles include Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations at Apisen Operations Services Inc. and Business Process Consultant at Sun Life Financial. Educational qualifications include a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from HEC Montréal and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Calgary.