Speakers
Dominic Jacques
Vice-President, International
National Bank of Canada
Dominic Jacques is Vice-President, International at National Bank of Canada, where he oversees the Bank’s portfolio of international investments in emerging markets and represents the Bank on the boards of financial institutions in Asia and Africa. Since 2016, he has served on the Board of Directors of ABA Bank, Cambodia’s leading bank and a recognised digital banking innovator, as well as ATA IT Ltd., an Asia-based technology company, both subsidiaries of National Bank of Canada.
Mr. Jacques has more than 20 years of experience in banking, strategy, investment and M&A. Prior to joining National Bank of Canada in 2010, he worked at PwC, where he specialised in transaction advisory services, including due diligence, valuation and M&A. At National Bank, he initially joined the Strategy and Corporate Development team, advising senior management on strategic initiatives, partnerships and acquisitions before moving into his current international leadership role.
Throughout his career, Mr. Jacques has worked in Montréal, London, Paris and Silicon Valley, developing extensive experience in financial services across both developed and emerging markets.
He is a graduate of HEC Montréal, a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and a CFA charterholder.
Speaking at the summit
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11:25am–12:10pmMon 16 NovForum StageOpen
Chamkar - The Proving Ground
A Different Financial Future: What Emerging Markets Can Shape, Share and Scale
Forum StageOpen
About this session
If emerging markets can build stronger domestic financial infrastructure, connect it across borders and reduce unnecessary dependence on external intermediaries, the impact goes far beyond payments. It changes how trade is settled, how capital moves, how small businesses reach markets, how governments exercise monetary and regulatory authority, and how regions relate economically to one another. The closing plenary steps back from the architecture itself to examine what this shift could mean at scale. It asks where greater financial autonomy could materially change economic outcomes, which forms of regional cooperation could create the greatest shared value, and what new risks or concentrations of power could emerge alongside that progress. The discussion looks ahead to the financial system these choices could produce over the next decade, and what role emerging markets can play in shaping it rather than simply adapting to it.

