Gary Schwartz is the President of the Canadian Lenders Association. An alumnus of Columbia University, New York and Stanford University Center, Yokohama, where he was a recipient of the Asia and Japan Foundation Fellowships.
Over the past 25 years, Gary has played a leadership role in the high-tech industry founding, investing and managing a number of companies in the FinTech and DataTech sectors, he is currently the Founder of Pingme. Gary is a serial award winner; he is a six-time recipient of the Deloitte Fast 50 Award and was recognized as the 2013 “Mobile Commerce Evangelist of the Year” and 2014 “US Retail Innovator of the Year” among others.