Chris Lee

Chris joined Interac as the head of Debit in February 2024. Prior to joining Interac, Chris spent the last 10 years with Scotiabank, most recently as the Vice President of Retail Lending and Payments, where he led product teams for Visa & Interac Debit, Interac e-Transfer, cross border payments, BNPL and unsecured lending. During his time at Scotiabank, Chris was a key contributor in the bank’s agile transformation, leading the formation of the agile teams in Scotia Digital and bringing payment innovations such as installment payments and instant wallet provisioning to Scotiabank customers. Prior to Scotiabank, Chris was a strategy and technology consultant with Deloitte, MasterCard and Accenture, serving clients in the payments and financial services industry. Chris completed his Engineering degree at the University of Waterloo and MBA at the University of Toronto.