Speakers

Jimmy brings over 11 years of corporate strategy, product management and strategic business development experience within the intersecting ecosystems of mobile, online commerce and emerging payments. Previous to CIBC, Jimmy served as Director of Mobile Payments at MasterCard Inc. In this role, he led go–to–market product strategies and strategic partnership development in Canada focused on NFC and P2P payments. Jimmy has also been extensively involved in developing mobile money transfer and service monetization solutions with mobile network operators in emerging and un–banked markets globally.

Jimmy received a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Under his leadership, Roshan has grown to be Afghanistan’s market leader, with over 5 million customers. Roshan has received international recognition for Outstanding Achievement in the Face of Adversity and Special Recognition for Corporate Philanthropy.

Mr. Khoja started his GSM career as CEO for Mobilink in Pakistan, and then launched Era GSM in Poland. He went on to spin off the company, HT Mobile, from Croatia Telecom. Over the course of the last eight years, Mr. Khoja has dedicated his time to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to bring competition and best practices to the telecommunication industry in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. He has focused not only on financial results, but also on how technology can be used to change lives.

Mr. Khoja serves on the Board of several international companies. He is the Chairman of the Afghan Investment Climate facility, a £30m fund to encourage private enterprise, an advisor to the GSMA Development Fund and an advisory Board Member of the Legatum Center at MIT.

Paal oversees a truly North American team, rich in industry experience, and focused on the areas of channel strategy, customer experience, product development, business and delivery services, and operations. In this capacity, he holds enterprise-wide responsibility for corporate websites, consumer and small business online banking services and mobile banking.

Prior to joining TD, Paal was a Senior Vice President at BB&T Corporation, a financial services company operating 1,500 financial centres and headquartered in North Carolina. At BB&T he built the online channel from its inception to enterprise-wide responsibility, including corporate websites, corporate intranet, and consumer and business online services. In that role, he successfully transformed the online channel to an independent sales channel by pioneering the design and development of an enterprise online sales platform.

Paal is an active participant in industry groups and forums in Canada and the U.S., particularly related to payments, customer authentication and mobile services. He was born in Bergen, Norway and graduated from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina with a BS in Business Administration and MBA. When he’s not online or exploring the latest mobile device, he enjoys skiing, boating, sailing, and kite-surfing, his new favourite activity.

Sarah is currently focused on the Task Force on the Payments System Review and on CPA rule changes in support of contactless payments. Mobile payments at the point–of–sale and person–to–person are among the areas of research and policy development under Sarah’s supervision. Prior to joining the CPA in September 2010, Sarah held senior strategic policy and government relations positions in the private sector, including at BCE/Bell Canada.