Wednesday, November 19, 2025
As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionize the financial sector, it brings immense opportunities for innovation and efficiency. However, it also introduces critical ethical challenges that need to be addressed to ensure responsible and fair use.
“Ethical AI in Finance: Ensuring Responsible Use”is an exclusive session where we’ll explore how finance leaders can navigate the complexities of AI implementation while upholding essential values such as data privacy, transparency, and fairness.
In this session, we’ll focus on how AI can be responsibly integrated into financial systems, addressing topics such as:
Additionally, we’ll delve into regulatory frameworks and offer practical strategies for establishing robust AI governance within finance.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025 | 5:00 – 7:30 PM
Location: The National Club, 303 Bay St., Toronto
Tickets: Ethics Centre members: $110.00 per person | Promo code: pros2025
*Online registration closes November 11th.
Meet the Speakers:
Rose Genele, CEO, The Opening Door.
As CEO of The Opening Door, Rose specializes in responsible artificial intelligence integration for investors and enterprise. Her work emphasizes the importance of safe and ethical AI—where technologies are designed with fairness, transparency, accountability, and human-centred design in mind. With years of experience in the tech industry, Rose has developed a reputation as an AI transformationalist with a penchant for data, ethics, and futures-forward thinking.
Rose sits on the board for the Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy, and Volcano Theatre. She was a 2024 nominee for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, and recipient of Canada’s Top 100 Black Women to Watch of 2024 Award. Rose is also alumnae of Toronto Metropolitan University, with a Bachelor of Commerce in Law and Business.
Brenda Vethanayagam
Partner, Risk Services, AI Trust Leader
PwC Canada
Brenda leads the AI Trust practice at PwC Canada. The AI Trust practice collaborates with key experts across the firm to ensure we are putting the appropriate risk management, governance and compliance measures in place to build trust in AI systems. She currently leads the Risk stream of PwC Canada’s own AI Transformation.
Brenda is also a seasoned risk and technology leader specializing in AI governance, risk management, and compliance. She leads PwC Canada’s AI transformation risk stream, overseeing the risk framework for the rollout of 9,000 Copilot licenses and national AI use cases. Brenda has advised major financial institutions on AI risk strategies, policy enhancement, and third-party risk management. Previously, she led Technology and Operations audit for one of Canada’s Big Five banks for over five years, navigating complex regulatory and tech environments. With deep expertise in assurance, digital transformation, and emerging tech risk, she builds trusted AI solutions by embedding robust risk frameworks across the AI lifecycle.
Moderator:
Chris MacDonald
Associate Prof and Director, MBA Program, at Ted Rogers School of Management
Director, Ted Rogers Leadership Centre
Chris MacDonald,PhD, teaches ethics and critical thinking at the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM), at Toronto Metropolitan University. A philosopher by training, he is Chair of the Law & Business program, and Director of the Ted Rogers Leadership Centre. MacDonald is an award-winning instructor, and the author of two textbooks. MacDonald is also co-author of the Concise Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and founding co-editor of the Business Ethics Journal Review, both of which are free resources available to students, scholars, and professionals.
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