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Connie Bonello brings several years of global executive level experience. She is currently an Associate Partner at IBM and provides analytics and cognitive solutions and services to enable innovation, business insight and financial performance to financial service organizations.

Ms. Bonello has deep experience in strategy, governance, information management, business analytics as well as risk management and regulatory compliance. She has provided consulting services to financial service organizations across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Prior to her consulting career, Ms Bonello worked in industry for American Express Bank (Athens), Westpac Banking Corporation (Sydney), Ministry of Treasury and Economics and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board.

Ms. Bonello is a sought after speaker on big data, analytics and cognitive. Select speaking engagements include:
 * 2014 Financial Executive International Annual Conference, Accelerating Financial Performance with Analytics Creating New Models and New Insights
 * University of Toronto, Rotman School of Business Big Data Expert Series, New Models, New Insights: Extracting the Power of Big Data through Analytics
 * Evanta CFO Executive Summit, CFO Role as Change Agent in Promoting Innovation
 * Toronto Research Management Symposium, Complexities of Big Data Research: Connecting the Dots with Cognitive Computing
 * Insurance Canada Technology Conference, The Digital Customer Experience
 * 2015 American Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants Financial Planning and Analysis Conference, Improving Finance Efficiency: Driving Enterprise Agility through Enterprise Integration
 * CPA Canada The One National Conference 2015, Data is the New Currency, Big Data Big Decisions
 * CPA Canada 2015 Webinar Series, New Models New Insights: The Power of Big Data and Analytics
 * Schulich School of Business Tech Leader Series: The Cognitive Bank
 * Schulich School of Business Connect 2016 Conference: Data Driven Decision Making Panel
 * Schulich School of Business Women in Leadership 2017 Conference: Key Note Speaker

Ms. Bonello is an active member of the community. She is a Board of Governor and in coming Chair of the Investment and Pension Committee of Trent University, Chair of the Bonham Centre Advisory Board, University of Toronto, and Advisory Board member Schulich School, Masters of Business Analytics Program. She is the recipient of the 2015 U of T Arbor Award and the 2013 IBM Volunteer Excellence Award.

Ms. Bonello holds an Honours BA in Economics and a MBA from the Schulich School of Business, York University. She is an avid road cyclist, horse rider and world traveler.