Veni Iozzo

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ABOUT VENI IOZZO

Veni Iozzo spent over 35 years with CIBC, a leading North American Bank, where she worked across personal banking, wealth management, commercial banking, product P&L and corporate office portfolios. A transformational leader with more than four decades of financial services, she has a track record of successfully balancing short-and long-term goals while driving performance and growth. Veni’s expertise spans distribution, sales, product management, marketing, communications, public affairs, digital, workplace transformation, and real estate. She is a collaborative leader, executive advisor, and board director committed to elevating the impact of organizations and people in the broader economy. As a global executive, Veni has led significant enterprise-wide initiatives. Her experience spans oversight of multi-billion-dollar portfolios, repositioning legacy businesses for growth, and leading change initiatives that aligned culture, strategy, and operations at scale. Veni is a passionate philanthropist and community leader. She serves as Vice-Chair on the Trillium Health Partners Foundation Board, one of Canada’s most extensive community-based healthcare facilities; Chair of the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, GTHA Community Board, focused on the well-being of youth at risk and on the board of Soulpepper Theatre. In addition, Veni is a founding member of The Prosperity Project, focused on women’s economic participation. Veni has an MBA from Royal Roads University, British Columbia and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. She has received the extraordinary distinction of being inducted into the Hall of Fame of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100(WXN) and recipient of the Distinguished Changemaker Alumni Achievement Award(RRU).